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Torrance

#5,367 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Torrance has been given to 4,152 babies in the U.S. since 1940. In 2025 it ranked #5,367 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1973, with 128 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 86% boys, 14% girls all-time.

Babies named Torrance, 2025

1 in 184,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2025, Torrance went to 25% girls and 75% boys.

19402025

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.

Torrance: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Torrance means

Torrance is a given name.

The naming story behind Torrance

Wikidata records Torrance as a unisex given name. The entity identifier is Q61996331, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,590 boys were recorded with the name Torrance between 1940 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 128 in 1973; its best national rank was #713 in 1973.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #5,203 in 2020 to #5,367 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,068 in 2015 to #5,367 in 2025.

In the United States, 562 girls were recorded with the name Torrance between 1975 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 73 in 2002; its best national rank was #2,258 in 2002.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #13,363 in 2020 to #14,777 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #8,898 in 2015 to #14,777 in 2025.

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.

How common is Torrance?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 184,000
18 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 94,900
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#5,367
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
127,662 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Torrance 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 127,662 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Torrance. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Torrances were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Torrance was born before 1984 — so the typical Torrance is around 41 today.

Median birth year
1984
About 41 years old
Biggest decade
1970s
30.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
22.6%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
3,572
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1970s — 30.8% of all recorded uses (1,106).

Is Torrance 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
+3,550
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−164
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,299
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.69×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
14.1%
Peak was 1973 (128)
Years since peak
52
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
30.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#713
1973

Spellings of Torrance

Torrance is not the most common spelling — Terrence is, with 46.8% against Torrance's 2.3%.

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 Torrance is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Torrance was most concentrated in Florida — about 1 in 20,000 boys, against 1 in 74,139 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).

05 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Florida1 in 20,000
  2. 2Georgia1 in 25,000
  3. 3Illinois1 in 33,333
  4. 4Alabama1 in 50,000
  5. 5Mississippi1 in 50,000
  6. 6Texas1 in 50,000
  7. 7Louisiana1 in 100,000
  8. 8Michigan1 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. Torrance has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Torrance is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Torrance was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,052,101 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Ohio1 in —
  3. 3Texas1 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. Torrance has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Torrance around the world

Where Torrance 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
    2002–2003
    #3,594
    in 2003
  • Canada
    2001–2005
    #2,213
    in 2005

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Torrance

People whose public names include Torrance, 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.

Torrance by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#5,367
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 164
Best rank ever
#713
1973
Peak year
1973
128 that year
First recorded
1940
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,590
Count in 2025
18

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#14,777
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,414
Best rank ever
#2,258
2002
Peak year
2002
73 that year
First recorded
1975
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
562
Count in 2025
6

Names similar to Torrance

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

TorrenceTorianoTorreyTorenceToribioTorianTorstenToreyCadenceTorrianClaranceTarranceTorinKaydenceToranceKadenceLawranceTorrinTorrenLauranceKaidenceFlorenceTeranceLawerence

Names with a curve like Torrance

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

SedrickTorreyJaymeDedrickBrandyTremayneJasenLashawnDemetriosKenyattaCheShan

Sibling names for Torrance

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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