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Torey

#9,619 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Diminutive of Victoria

Torey has been given to 4,394 babies in the U.S. since 1953. In 2025 it ranked #9,619 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1987, with 123 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 68% boys, 32% girls all-time.

Babies named Torey, 2025

1 in 414,000

Torey over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Torey over time

In 2025, Torey went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19532025

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.

Torey: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Victoria

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Torey means

Torey is a diminutive of Victoria.

Origin, language, and formation

Torey is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Victoria.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,973 boys were recorded with the name Torey between 1953 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 123 in 1987; its best national rank was #844 in 1987.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,680 in 2020 to #9,619 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,687 in 2015 to #9,619 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,421 girls were recorded with the name Torey between 1959 and 2016. Its highest annual count was 103 in 1959; its best national rank was #1,053 in 1959.

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 Torey?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 414,000
8 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 213,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#9,619
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
287,238 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Torey 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 2025 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 287,238 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Torey. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Toreys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Torey was born before 1988 — so the typical Torey is around 37 today.

Median birth year
1988
About 37 years old
Biggest decade
1980s
28.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
17.8%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
2,973
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1980s — 28.1% of all recorded uses (834).

Is Torey 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
−1,365
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−4,939
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−4,932
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.38×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
6.5%
Peak was 1987 (123)
Years since peak
38
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
29.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#844
1987

Spellings of Torey

Torey is not the most common spelling — Terry is, with 23.7% against Torey's 0.17%.

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.

Where Torey is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Torey was most concentrated in Louisiana — about 1 in 20,000 boys, against 1 in 131,973 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).

05 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Louisiana1 in 20,000
  2. 2Alabama1 in 50,000
  3. 3Florida1 in 50,000
  4. 4Georgia1 in 50,000
  5. 5Illinois1 in 100,000
  6. 6Michigan1 in 100,000
  7. 7Mississippi1 in 100,000
  8. 8North Carolina1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Torey has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Torey is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Torey was most concentrated in Louisiana — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 554,907 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Louisiana1 in 100,000
  2. 2California1 in —
  3. 3Florida1 in —
  4. 4Georgia1 in —
  5. 5Illinois1 in —
  6. 6Michigan1 in —
  7. 7New Jersey1 in —
  8. 8New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Torey has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Torey around the world

Where Torey 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
    2017–2019
    #4,702
    in 2019
  • Canada
    1991–1991
    #1,710
    in 1991
  • South Australia
    1979–2011
    #784
    in 2011

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

Notable people named Torey

People whose public names include Torey, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Torey by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#9,619
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 4,939
Best rank ever
#844
1987
Peak year
1987
123 that year
First recorded
1953
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,973
Count in 2025
8

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,053
1959
Peak year
1959
103 that year
First recorded
1959
Last recorded
2016
All-time count
1,421
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Torey

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

TorreyTorinTorenTorianToryToriTorynTorrinTorryTorrenToranAndreyTorrenceTorianoTorranceTorreKoreyShreyDareyTorbenTorGreyToribioGodfrey

Names with a curve like Torey

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Torey, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

DemetrisDontaDerrekSharifGeraldoDemetricJermeyAntwainMarkeithJustonRyonRamone

Sibling names for Torey

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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