Boys' name · since 1976
Torrez
Torrez has 110 recorded births since 1976 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1996 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,826 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 110
- born since 1976
- 1990s
- peak decade
Torrez is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 110 have been recorded since 1976.
Torrez has 110 recorded births among boys since 1976, 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 1976 to 2005.
- #16,826 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 110 born since 1976
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Torrez ranks #16,826 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 110 born since 1976, peaking in the 1990s.
- #16,826 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 110
- born since 1976
- 1990s
- peak decade
Torrez's 110 recorded births place it above 62.99% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Torrez's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Torrez splits its recorded history at 1996: 59% of all births land in the more recent half, 41% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1982 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1996 peak of 22 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Torrez popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2005
- Peak year (1996)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2005.
110 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1996 with 22 births in a single year.
Torrez by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (72 births, 65% of the file).
1990s was Torrez's strongest decade.
72 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Torrez births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 7
1970s
7 births
- 1980s 16
1980s
16 births
- 1990s
1990s
72 births
- 2000s 15
2000s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 72 births (65% of all-time use).
Torrez decade highlights
- Peak decade 72 births
- Runner-up 16 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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- Torrez's decade-level peak was the 1990s (72 total births); usage has since declined to 15 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 Torrez: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1996)
Similar record span (~29 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, 1976–2005 (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 Torrez 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.
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