Boys' name · since 1987
Torion
Torion has 226 recorded births since 1987 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2006 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,246 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 226
- born since 1987
- 2000s
- peak decade
226 boys have been named Torion since 1987, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Torion has been recorded 226 times among boys since 1987, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 2024.
- #12,246 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 226 born since 1987
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Torion ranks #12,246 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 226 born since 1987, peaking in the 2000s.
- #12,246 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 226
- born since 1987
- 2000s
- peak decade
Torion's 226 recorded births place it above 73.07% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Torion's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Torion's full recorded timeline at 2005, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1995, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2006 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Torion popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2024
- Peak year (2006)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Torion by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (95 births, 42% of the file).
2000s was Torion's strongest decade.
95 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Torion births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 13
1980s
13 births
- 1990s
1990s
52 births
- 2000s
2000s
95 births
- 2010s
2010s
47 births
- 2020s 19
2020s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 95 births (42% of all-time use).
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What to do with Torion's data
- Torion's decade-level peak was the 2000s (95 total births); usage has since declined to 19 in the 2020s -- 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 Torion: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~37 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, 1987–2024 (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 Torion 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.