Recorded 1940–2025 · United States
Torrance was most popular in 1973, when 128 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,620 that year. In 2025 it ranked #9,082, with 24 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 4,152 people named Torrance.
Torrance first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1940, which makes it about 85 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 78 of the 86 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 4,152 American births named Torrance between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 3,887 are estimated to be alive today.
24 American babies were named Torrance in 2025, ranking #9,082 that year.
Torrance is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 24 births a year, against 50 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -51% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Torrance is mostly a boy’s name — 13.5% of the 4,152 Americans given it were girls and 86.5% were boys. It changed hands: since 2006 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 30% girls and 70% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 3,887 Americans named Torrance are alive today — 94% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 36 years old, and half are between 22 and 51.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org