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Torrey

#6,763 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Torrey has been given to 6,344 babies in the U.S. since 1938. In 2025 it ranked #6,763 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1977, with 302 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 80% boys, 20% girls all-time.

Babies named Torrey, 2025

1 in 255,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2025, Torrey went to 48% girls and 52% boys.

19382025

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.

Torrey: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Torrey means

Torrey is a given name.

The naming story behind Torrey

Wikidata records Torrey as a unisex given name. The entity identifier is Q60589711, 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, 5,066 boys were recorded with the name Torrey between 1938 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 302 in 1977; its best national rank was #463 in 1977.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #6,581 in 2020 to #6,763 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,765 in 2015 to #6,763 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,278 girls were recorded with the name Torrey between 1958 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 59 in 1993; its best national rank was #2,235 in 1993.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #9,490 in 2020 to #8,816 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #16,264 in 2015 to #8,816 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 Torrey?

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
#6,763
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
176,762 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Torrey 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 Torrey. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Torreys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Torrey was born before 1982 — so the typical Torrey is around 43 today.

Median birth year
1982
About 43 years old
Biggest decade
1970s
37.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
14.3%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
5,020
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1970s — 37.1% of all recorded uses (1,877).

Is Torrey 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
−1,899
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−182
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−2,998
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.45×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
4.3%
Peak was 1977 (302)
Years since peak
48
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
21.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#463
1977

Spellings of Torrey

Torrey is not the most common spelling — Terry is, with 60.2% against Torrey's 0.72%.

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 Torrey is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Torrey was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in 16,667 boys, against 1 in 58,336 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).

06 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Georgia1 in 16,667
  2. 2Florida1 in 25,000
  3. 3North Carolina1 in 25,000
  4. 4Alabama1 in 33,333
  5. 5Louisiana1 in 33,333
  6. 6Michigan1 in 33,333
  7. 7California1 in 50,000
  8. 8Illinois1 in 50,000

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

Where Torrey is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Torrey was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 50,000 girls, against 1 in 116,498 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 50,000
  2. 2Colorado1 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. Torrey has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Torrey around the world

Where Torrey 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
    1984–1984
    #455
    in 1984

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

Notable people named Torrey

People whose public names include Torrey, 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.

Torrey by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#6,763
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 182
Best rank ever
#463
1977
Peak year
1977
302 that year
First recorded
1938
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
5,066
Count in 2025
13

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#8,816
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 674
Best rank ever
#2,235
1993
Peak year
1993
59 that year
First recorded
1958
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,278
Count in 2025
12

Names similar to Torrey

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

ToreyTorinTorianTorrinTorrenToryTorranceAndreyTorrenceTorianoTorenGodfreyTorbenToribioTorstenKoreyJacoreyTorresTorrianGreyToriAudreyAubreyToryn

Names with a curve like Torrey

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

JeromyJasenTorranceTremayneDemondSedrickJenniferErinKristofferGermaineBrandyShad

Sibling names for Torrey

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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