Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Torrance*

#1,980 most common boys' name of all time · #4,760 across all names · 86% male / 14% female · used 1940–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#1,980
Rank overall
#4,760 of 105,966
First appeared
1940
Years on the list
78 of 146
All-time
4,152
Since 2016
324
Peak year
1973 #713
Best rank
#713 1973
Girls Boys peak 128/yr
19401960198020002020

Torrance first appears in 1940. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 6 18 24 #5,245
2024 10 9 19 #8,429
2023 8 15 23 #5,983
2022 8 21 29 #4,736
2021 7 20 27 #4,812
2020 7 18 25 #5,088
2019 12 25 37 #4,143
2018 13 17 30 #5,370
2017 11 41 52 #2,901
2016 14 44 58 #2,738
2015 13 26 39 #4,008
2014 14 39 53 #2,947
2013 13 24 37 #4,099
2012 22 42 64 #2,833
2011 15 43 58 #2,761
2010 17 34 51 #3,256
2009 26 34 60 #3,293
2008 13 45 58 #2,723
2007 28 44 72 #2,733
2006 39 40 79 #2,841
2005 42 36 78 #2,917
2004 44 33 77 #3,033
2003 62 53 115 #2,108
2002 73 41 114 #2,442
2001 40 51 91 #2,062
2000 39 39 #2,445
1999 43 43 #2,179
1998 51 51 #1,911
1997 48 48 #1,921
1996 49 49 #1,856
1995 52 52 #1,715
1994 41 41 #2,026
1993 64 64 #1,468
1992 77 77 #1,291
1991 80 80 #1,250
1990 73 73 #1,301
1989 81 81 #1,191
1988 83 83 #1,096
1987 70 70 #1,148
1986 57 57 #1,294
1985 44 44 #1,516
1984 54 54 #1,262
1983 43 43 #1,460
1982 44 44 #1,456
1981 63 63 #1,166
1980 85 85 #979
1979 76 76 #1,020
1978 108 108 #824
1977 105 105 #832
1976 109 109 #799
1975 5 110 115 #794
1974 118 118 #748
1973 128 128 #713
1972 114 114 #743
1971 119 119 #754
1970 119 119 #758
1969 91 91 #811
1968 55 55 #1,003
1967 32 32 #1,360
1966 30 30 #1,424
1965 24 24 #1,619
1964 27 27 #1,537
1963 27 27 #1,545
1962 11 11 #2,647
1961 11 11 #2,668
1960 16 16 #2,116
1959 19 19 #1,906
1958 17 17 #2,015
1957 6 6 #3,889
1956 7 7 #3,469
1955 8 8 #3,169
1954 6 6 #3,750
1953 9 9 #2,886
1952 6 6 #3,670
1950 10 10 #2,568
1948 8 8 #3,000
1945 5 5 #3,755
1940 5 5 #3,935