Tore — boys' name
81 babies named Tore in U.S. Social Security records since 1959, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
81 boys have been named Tore since 1959, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2004.
- 81
- total births
- 1959–2004
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 31%
- born in that decade
31% of everyone ever named Tore was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Tore in 1986 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tore
The Social Security Administration has registered 81 babies named Tore between 1959 and 2004, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tore currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2004. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 8 babies received it in a single year. Tore is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 11 additional births since 1993.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tore performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 25 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Tore shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tore 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 81 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.
Tore at a glance
Last recorded 2004Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tore popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–1959
- Peak year (1986)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 46 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2004.
81 total births across 46 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1986 with 8 births in a single year.
Tore popularity over time — girls
11 total births recorded since 1993 (Tore as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Tore accounts for 12% of total recorded use across both genders.
Tore by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 25 births that decade — 31% of Tore's all-time total
Tore decade highlights
- Peak decade 25 births
- Runner-up 16 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Tore's strongest decade
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% 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, 1959–2004 (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.