Torance — boys' name
42 babies named Torance in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
42 boys have been named Torance since 1971, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1992.
- 42
- total births
- 1971–1992
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 43%
- born in that decade
43% of everyone ever named Torance was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Torance in 1971 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Torance
The Social Security Administration has registered 42 babies named Torance between 1971 and 1992, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Torance currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 7 babies received it in a single year. Torance is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 39 additional births since 2002.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Torance performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 18 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Torance shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Torance 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 42 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.
Torance at a glance
Last recorded 1992Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Torance popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–1971
- Peak year (1971)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1992.
42 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1971 with 7 births in a single year.
Torance popularity over time — girls
39 total births recorded since 2002 (Torance as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Torance accounts for 48% of total recorded use across both genders.
Torance by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 18 births that decade — 43% of Torance's all-time total
Torance decade highlights
- Peak decade 18 births
- Runner-up 14 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Torance's strongest decade
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% 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, 1971–1992 (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.