Torao — boys' name
53 babies named Torao in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1926. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
68% of everyone ever named Torao was born in this single decade.
27 babies were named Torao in 1926 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Torao
The Social Security Administration has registered 53 babies named Torao between 1914 and 1926, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Torao currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1926. The name reached its historical peak in 1926, when 27 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Torao performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 36 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Torao shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 39 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Torao in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Torao 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 53 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.
Torao at a glance
Last recorded 1926Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Torao popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1926–1914
- Peak year (1926)
- 27
- Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1926.
53 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1926 with 27 births in a single year.
Torao by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 36 births that decade — 68% of Torao's all-time total
Torao decade highlights
- Peak decade 36 births
- Runner-up 17 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Torao's strongest decade
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 68% of all-time use.
Torao by state
Where Torao concentrates geographically — total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Hawaii | | 39 | 73.6% |
| #2 | California | | 11 | 20.8% |
39 of 53 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Hawaii 73.6% of nationwide
- California 20.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Hawaii accounts for 73.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1914–1926 (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.