Torrie — unisex name
2,873 babies named Torrie in U.S. Social Security records since 1950, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
25% of everyone ever named Torrie was born in this single decade.
154 babies were named Torrie in 1977 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Torrie
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,873 babies named Torrie between 1950 and 2023, spanning 74 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Torrie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 154 babies received it in a single year. Torrie is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 586 additional births since 1965.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Torrie performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 708 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Torrie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 172 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Torrie in 21 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Torrie 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 2,873 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.
Torrie at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Torrie popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1950
- Peak year (1977)
- 154
- Annual births at peak — across 74 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
2,873 total births across 74 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1977 with 154 births in a single year.
Torrie popularity over time — boys
586 total births recorded since 1965 (Torrie as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Torrie accounts for 17% of total recorded use across both genders.
Torrie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 708 births that decade — 25% of Torrie's all-time total
Torrie decade highlights
- Peak decade 708 births
- Runner-up 689 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Torrie's strongest decade
708 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% of all-time use.
Torrie by state
Where Torrie concentrates geographically — total births since 1950
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 172 | 6.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 81 | 2.8% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 48 | 1.7% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 36 | 1.3% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 34 | 1.2% |
| #6 | Florida | | 33 | 1.1% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 32 | 1.1% |
| #8 | Louisiana | | 30 | 1.0% |
172 of 2,873 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 21 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 6.0% of nationwide
- Texas 2.8% of nationwide
- Ohio 1.7% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 1.3% of nationwide
- Michigan 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 21 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 6.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Torrie appears in 21 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1950–2023 (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.