Girls' name · since 2009
Torunn
Torunn has 76 recorded births since 2009 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2011 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #30,268 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 76
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
Torunn is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 76 have been recorded since 2009.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Torunn has been recorded 76 times among girls since 2009, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2009 to 2020.
- #30,268 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 76 born since 2009
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Torunn ranks #30,268 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 76 born since 2009, peaking in the 2010s.
- #30,268 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 76
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
Torunn's 76 recorded births place it above 58.14% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Torunn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Torunn's full recorded timeline at 2016, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2009, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2011 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Torunn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2020
- Peak year (2011)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Torunn by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (66 births, 87% of the file).
2010s was Torunn's strongest decade.
66 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 87% of all-time use.
Torunn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
66 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 66 births (87% of all-time use).
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- Torunn's decade-level peak was the 2010s (66 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- 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 Torunn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~11 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, 2009–2020 (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 Torunn 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.