Torsten — #5269 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Torsten

The Social Security Administration has registered 691 babies named Torsten between 1962 and 2024, spanning 63 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Torsten currently holds the #5269 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 33 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Torsten performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 255 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Torsten shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 21 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Washington and Minnesota. In total, SSA state-level files list Torsten in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Torsten 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 691 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.