Boys' name · since 1965
Toure
420 babies named Toure in U.S. Social Security records since 1965, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,772 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 420
- born since 1965
- 1990s
- peak decade
420 boys have been named Toure since 1965, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Toure has 420 recorded births among boys since 1965, 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 1965 to 2024.
- #8,772 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 420 born since 1965
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Toure ranks #8,772 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 420 born since 1965, peaking in the 1990s.
- #8,772 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 420
- born since 1965
- 1990s
- peak decade
Toure's 420 recorded births place it above 80.7% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Toure's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Toure's full recorded timeline at 1993, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1965, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2008 peak of 18 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Toure popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1965–2024
- Peak year (2008)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 60 years of records
Toure by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (102 births, 24% of the file).
1990s was Toure's strongest decade.
102 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Toure births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 10
1960s
10 births
- 1970s
1970s
84 births
- 1980s
1980s
73 births
- 1990s
1990s
102 births
- 2000s
2000s
93 births
- 2010s
2010s
42 births
- 2020s 16
2020s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 102 births (24% of all-time use).
Toure by state
Where Toure concentrates geographically, total births since 1965
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 11 | 2.6% |
11 of 420 births nationwide.
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What to do with Toure's data
- Toure's decade-level peak was the 1990s (102 total births); usage has since declined to 16 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Toures (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Toure: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~59 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, 1965–2024 (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 Toure 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.