Unisex name · since 1959
Tore
Since 1959, U.S. Social Security records show 81 babies named Tore, peaking in 1986. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #18,831 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 81
- born since 1959
- 1990s
- peak decade
81 boys have been named Tore since 1959, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Tore has 81 recorded births among boys since 1959, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1959 to 2004.
- #18,831 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 81 born since 1959
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tore ranks #18,831 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 81 born since 1959, peaking in the 1990s.
- #18,831 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 81
- born since 1959
- 1990s
- peak decade
Tore's 81 recorded births place it above 58.57% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tore's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Tore splits its recorded history at 1985: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1968 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1986 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Tore popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1959–2004
- Peak year (1986)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Tore popularity over time - girls
11 total births recorded since 1993 (Tore as girls' name)
Tore by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (25 births, 31% of the file).
1990s was Tore's strongest decade.
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Tore births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 7
1950s
7 births
- 1960s
1960s
16 births
- 1970s
1970s
15 births
- 1980s
1980s
13 births
- 1990s
1990s
25 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 25 births (31% of all-time use).
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What to do with Tore's data
- Tore's decade-level peak was the 1990s (25 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tore: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1986)
Similar record span (~45 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, 1959–2004 (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 Tore 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.