Toure — #11105 US boys' name
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.
More common than 22% of names given to boys today.
24% of everyone ever named Toure was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Toure in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Toure
The Social Security Administration has registered 420 babies named Toure between 1965 and 2024, spanning 60 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Toure currently holds the #11105 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Toure performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 102 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Toure shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Toure in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Toure 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 420 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.
Toure at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Toure popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1965
- Peak year (2008)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 60 years of records
Currently ranks #11105 among boys.
420 total births across 60 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 18 births in a single year.
Toure by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 102 births that decade — 24% of Toure's all-time total
Toure decade highlights
- Peak decade 102 births
- Runner-up 93 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Toure's strongest decade
102 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 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.
Top 5 states
- New York 2.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 2.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1965–2024 (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.