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.

Torrence*

#2,260 most common boys' name of all time · #5,437 across all names · 94% male / 6% female · used 1912–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#2,260
Rank overall
#5,437 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
100 of 146
All-time
3,395
Since 2016
228
Peak year
1973 #890
Best rank
#890 1973
Girls Boys peak 81/yr
192019401960198020002020

Torrence first appears in 1912. 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 5 13 18 #6,482
2024 12 12 #6,864
2023 22 22 #4,628
2022 15 15 #5,900
2021 15 15 #5,793
2020 5 12 17 #6,665
2019 26 26 #4,022
2018 6 29 35 #3,717
2017 8 27 35 #3,897
2016 33 33 #3,366
2015 23 23 #4,313
2014 6 30 36 #3,541
2013 7 37 44 #3,004
2012 49 49 #2,521
2011 8 50 58 #2,484
2010 8 31 39 #3,461
2009 17 26 43 #3,930
2008 10 33 43 #3,359
2007 12 43 55 #2,775
2006 9 35 44 #3,096
2005 18 42 60 #2,617
2004 15 36 51 #2,851
2003 23 36 59 #2,736
2002 17 34 51 #2,767
2001 17 40 57 #2,436
2000 32 32 #2,818
1999 36 36 #2,471
1998 36 36 #2,404
1997 33 33 #2,465
1996 35 35 #2,304
1995 47 47 #1,848
1994 38 38 #2,138
1993 70 70 #1,383
1992 57 57 #1,553
1991 66 66 #1,401
1990 50 50 #1,643
1989 55 55 #1,498
1988 65 65 #1,271
1987 55 55 #1,350
1986 63 63 #1,204
1985 53 53 #1,328
1984 57 57 #1,219
1983 65 65 #1,111
1982 43 43 #1,473
1981 52 52 #1,278
1980 48 48 #1,364
1979 59 59 #1,185
1978 66 66 #1,072
1977 68 68 #1,052
1976 72 72 #983
1975 75 75 #948
1974 68 68 #996
1973 81 81 #890
1972 74 74 #937
1971 76 76 #935
1970 72 72 #947
1969 52 52 #1,082
1968 36 36 #1,269
1967 41 41 #1,178
1966 35 35 #1,291
1965 36 36 #1,287
1964 35 35 #1,341
1963 32 32 #1,390
1962 17 17 #1,998
1961 36 36 #1,337
1960 26 26 #1,603
1959 27 27 #1,543
1958 17 17 #1,994
1957 18 18 #1,923
1956 13 13 #2,318
1955 16 16 #2,018
1954 7 7 #3,299
1953 12 12 #2,337
1952 14 14 #2,126
1951 10 10 #2,582
1950 11 11 #2,382
1949 7 7 #3,130
1948 12 12 #2,285
1947 9 9 #2,769
1946 7 7 #3,041
1943 9 9 #2,666
1942 5 5 #3,727
1941 7 7 #2,992
1939 5 5 #3,666
1938 7 7 #3,023
1936 7 7 #2,993
1932 7 7 #3,222
1931 9 9 #2,781
1929 7 7 #3,367
1926 8 8 #3,232
1925 10 10 #2,845
1924 9 9 #3,126
1921 12 12 #2,583
1920 7 7 #3,604
1919 12 12 #2,470
1918 10 10 #2,808
1917 11 11 #2,523
1916 6 6 #3,647
1914 7 7 #2,789
1912 7 7 #2,260