Torrance — #8394 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Torrance

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,572 babies named Torrance between 1940 and 2024, spanning 85 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Torrance currently holds the #8394 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1973, when 128 babies received it in a single year. Torrance is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 556 additional births since 1975.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Torrance performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 1,106 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Torrance shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 311 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Torrance in 18 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Torrance 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 3,572 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.