girls:
545 births since 1975
#5171 (10th percentile)
boys:
3.6k births since 1940
#2084 (55th percentile)
overall:
4.1k births since 1940
#4276 (45th percentile)
The name Torrance is the #4,276 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,107 recorded births since 1940. This represents the 44.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 44.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,084 (54.5% percentile) for all time with 3,562 births since 1940. For girls, it ranks #5,171 (9.5% percentile) for all time with 545 births since 1975.
Torrance first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1940 (1940 for boys and 1975 for girls). Birth data for Torrance is available in 76 out of the 84 years between 1940 and 2023 (76 years for boys and 24 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Torrance has been given predominantly to boys, with 86.7% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 68.2% of babies named Torrance were boys.
For boys, Torrance reached its peak popularity in 1973, achieving the 19.0% percentile (ranked #522) with 79 births per million. The name was most common in 1973, with 79 births per million (ranked 19.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Torrance ranks #901 for boys (1.1% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 10.3% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Torrance reached its peak popularity in 2002, achieving the 7.6% percentile (ranked #826) with 37 births per million. The name was most common in 2002, with 37 births per million (ranked 7.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2005, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Torrance ranks #945 for girls (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 10.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Torrance".
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Our model is 88.9% confident that Torrance is pronounced as TAW-ruhns, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is TAW-rihns, at 11.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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