How rare is the name Torrey?

4,890 people in the United States have the first name Torrey, about 1 in 61,765. It ranks #3,980 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

TORREY

#3,980

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,890
About
1 in 61,765
This common or more
83.4%
Who bears it

Of the 4,890 people named Torrey, 48.7% reported their origin as White, 40.7% as Black and 4.8% as two or more races. 77.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Torrey peaked in 1977, when 340 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19382025
Peak year
1977
Births that year
340
In 2025*
25 ▼93%
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 6,344 babies have been given the name since 1938. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Torrey by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #1,271. The largest share of babies named Torrey, 39.2%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1930s#11,9535
1940s#7,45341
1950s#5,95096
1960s#3,107362
1970s#1,2712,118
1980s#1,8451,331
1990s#2,2681,293
2000s#4,835583
2010s#7,147353
2020s#8,470162
Silent Generation 1928–450.4%
Baby boom 1946–643.8%
Generation X 1965–8039.2%
Millennials 1981–9635%
Generation Z 1997–1215.3%
2013 and later6.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Torrey is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Torrey has been most common in Georgia (3.6×), Florida (2.5×), and North Carolina (2.5×), and least common in Ohio (0.47×).

2,767 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Torrey

1 other first name also has 4,890 people.

#3,980 Caleigh · 4,890

Either side of Torrey

#3,979 Everette · 4,891#3,980 Caleigh · 4,890#3,982 Uma · 4,889#3,983 Amare · 4,887

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Torrey, most common first.

#5,075 Torey · 3,470#9,273 Torry · 1,512#11,765 Torre · 1,076

Also a last name

As a last name, Torrey ranks #7,004 of 156,621, with 4,625 people. See Torrey as a last name

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