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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |