Girls' name · since 1997
Torah
298 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.
- #15,969 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,448 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 298
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
298 babies have been named Torah since 1997, making it today's #12448 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Torah has been recorded 298 times among girls since 1997, currently ranked #12448 nationally and more common than 28% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2025.
- #15,969 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,448 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 298 born since 1997
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Torah ranks #15,969 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,448 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 298 born since 1997, peaking in the 2010s.
- #15,969 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,448 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 298
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
Torah's 298 recorded births place it above 77.91% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Torah compares
298 45th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Torah's all-time total is 21% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Torah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 298 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 26 | 21 | 19,840 |
Torah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Torah's SSA record in two at 2014 and the more recent half accounts for 60% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 40%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2005, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2010 peak of 26, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Torah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025
- Peak year (2010)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Torah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (173 births, 58% of the file).
2010s was Torah's strongest decade.
173 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Torah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 7
1990s
7 births
- 2000s 56
2000s
56 births
- 2010s
2010s
173 births
- 2020s 62
2020s
62 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 173 births (58% of all-time use).
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- Torah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (173 total births) through the 2020s (62) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Torah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2010)
Similar record span (~28 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1997–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Torah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.