Recorded 1961–2023 Boys' name Peak 1995 291 births

Torres — boys' name

291 babies named Torres in U.S. Social Security records since 1961, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1960s391970s521980s461990s732000s262010s452020s10
1990s
Peak decade

25% of everyone ever named Torres was born in this single decade.

1995
Single peak year

14 babies were named Torres in 1995 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Torres

The Social Security Administration has registered 291 babies named Torres between 1961 and 2023, spanning 63 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Torres currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Torres performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 73 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Torres shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Torres in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Torres 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 291 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.

Torres at a glance

Last recorded 2023

Total births

291

Since 1961

63 years of records

Peak year

1995

14 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2023

Active since

1961

Recorded for 63 years

Last year on file: 2023

Torres popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1961

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (1995)
14
Annual births at peak — across 63 years of records
46810121416 202320132004199619901981197619671961 5

Torres by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
73 births that decade — 25% of Torres's all-time total
1960s391970s521980s461990s732000s262010s452020s10

Torres by state

Where Torres concentrates geographically — total births since 1961

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Torres
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
5 1.7%
California share of Torres's total US births 1.7%

5 of 291 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Torres?
291 babies have been named Torres since 1961. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 1995 with 14 births.
When was Torres most popular?
Torres was most popular in the 1990s decade with 73 total births. The single peak year was 1995.
Where is Torres most popular?
The top states for the name Torres are California (5 births).
How long has the name Torres been used?
Torres has been recorded in Social Security data since 1961, spanning 63 years of data through 2023.
What names are similar to Torres?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Tory, Torin, Torrey, Torrance, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1961–2023 (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.