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Torrence

#6,762 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Torrence has been given to 3,395 babies in the U.S. since 1912. In 2025 it ranked #6,762 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1973, with 81 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 94% boys, 6% girls all-time.

Babies named Torrence, 2025

1 in 255,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2025, Torrence went to 28% girls and 72% boys.

19122025

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.

Torrence: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Torrence means

Torrence is a given name.

The naming story behind Torrence

Wikidata records Torrence as a given name. The entity identifier is Q65464880, 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, 3,204 boys were recorded with the name Torrence between 1912 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 81 in 1973; its best national rank was #893 in 1973.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #6,990 in 2020 to #6,762 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,387 in 2015 to #6,762 in 2025.

In the United States, 191 girls were recorded with the name Torrence between 2001 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 23 in 2003; its best national rank was #5,402 in 2003.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #17,316 in 2020 to #17,061 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 Torrence?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 255,000
13 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 131,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#6,762
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
176,762 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Torrence 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 176,762 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Torrence. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Torrences were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Torrence was born before 1983 — so the typical Torrence is around 42 today.

Median birth year
1983
About 42 years old
Biggest decade
1970s
22.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
23.4%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
3,007
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1970s — 22.2% of all recorded uses (711).

Is Torrence 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
+453
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+228
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−2,375
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.57×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
16.0%
Peak was 1973 (81)
Years since peak
52
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
24.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#893
1973

Spellings of Torrence

Torrence is not the most common spelling — Terrence is, with 38.6% against Torrence's 1.7%.

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 Torrence is used

Across 1910–2025, Torrence was most concentrated in Illinois — about 1 in 20,000 boys, against 1 in 107,239 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

05 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Illinois1 in 20,000
  2. 2Florida1 in 25,000
  3. 3Georgia1 in 50,000
  4. 4Louisiana1 in 100,000
  5. 5North Carolina1 in 100,000
  6. 6Alabama1 in —
  7. 7Arkansas1 in —
  8. 8California1 in —

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. Torrence has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Torrence around the world

Where Torrence 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.

  • South Australia
    2011–2011
    #784
    in 2011

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Torrence

People whose public names include Torrence, 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.

Torrence by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#6,762
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 228
Best rank ever
#893
1973
Peak year
1973
81 that year
First recorded
1912
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,204
Count in 2025
13

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#17,061
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 255
Best rank ever
#5,402
2003
Peak year
2003
23 that year
First recorded
2001
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
191
Count in 2025
5

Names similar to Torrence

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

TorranceTorianoTorreyTorenceToribioTorianTorstenToreyCadenceTorrianTarranceKaydenceToranceKadenceLawranceTorrinClaranceTorinTorrenLauranceKaidenceFlorenceTeranceToren

Names with a curve like Torrence

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

DemetriosJaymeSedrickTitoRondellRonnellShanLamarrJebChristosLavellAnibal

Sibling names for Torrence

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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