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Tore

UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Tore has been given to 92 babies in the U.S. since 1959. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1986, with 8 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 88% boys, 12% girls all-time.

Babies named Tore, 2004

1 in 764,000

Tore over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Tore over time

In 2004, Tore went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19592004

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Tore: meaning, origin, and history

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Old Norse

What Tore means

Tore has more than one naming route in the cited origin entries: distinct naming traditions.

The naming story behind Tore

A separate documented entry treats Tore as a form of Þórir. That is a personal-name relationship, which differs from translating the letters of the modern spelling into one universal English word. The linked origin entry identifies the context of this relationship.

A separate documented entry treats Tore as a short form of Salvatore. That is a personal-name relationship, which differs from translating the letters of the modern spelling into one universal English word. The linked origin entry identifies the context of this relationship.

Origin, language, and formation

Tore is used in Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish. Its origins include Old Norse.

Tore comes through Old Norse Þórir and Proto-Germanic *Þunrawīhaz.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Tora, Tóri and Þórir.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 81 boys were recorded with the name Tore between 1959 and 2004. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1986; its best national rank was #3,587 in 1959.

In the United States, 11 girls were recorded with the name Tore between 1993 and 1994. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1993; its best national rank was #13,327 in 1993.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Tore?

Tore had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2004, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2004
1 in 764,000
5 of 3,820,181 births
Among boys only
1 in 397,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2004
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
529,591 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Tore sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2004 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 529,591 children born in 2004 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Tore. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Tores were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Tore was born before 1985 — so the typical Tore is around 40 today.

Median birth year
1985
About 40 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
30.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
53.1%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
81
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1990s — 30.9% of all recorded uses (25).

Is Tore rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1986 (8)
Years since peak
39
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
30.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,587
1959

Spellings of Tore

Tore is not the most common spelling — Jose is, with 21.0% against Tore's <0.01%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Tore around the world

Where Tore ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1999–1999
    #2,943
    in 1999
  • Norway
    1880–2025
    #347
    in 2025
  • South Australia
    1988–2013
    #754
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Norway and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. SSB, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Tore by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#3,587
1959
Peak year
1986
8 that year
First recorded
1959
Last recorded
2004
All-time count
81
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#13,327
1993
Peak year
1993
6 that year
First recorded
1993
Last recorded
1994
All-time count
11
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Tore

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Tore

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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