Torah — #11517 US girls' name
290 babies named Torah in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 35% of names given to girls today.
60% of everyone ever named Torah was born in this single decade.
26 babies were named Torah in 2010 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Torah
The Social Security Administration has registered 290 babies named Torah between 1997 and 2024, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Torah currently holds the #11517 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 26 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Torah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 173 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Torah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Torah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 290 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Torah at a glance
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Current rank
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Torah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1997
- Peak year (2010)
- 26
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
Currently ranks #11517 among girls.
290 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2010 with 26 births in a single year.
Torah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 173 births that decade — 60% of Torah's all-time total
Torah decade highlights
- Peak decade 173 births
- Runner-up 56 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Torah's strongest decade
173 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 60% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1997–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.