How popular is the name Torrance?

Torrance ranks 1,309th among boys' names in US records, with 7,506 births since 1912. Over the past decade it accounts for 450.

Is Torrance a unisex name?

No. Torrance is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1973, when 209 children were given the name. It has been in use for 113 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Torrence. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Boy name#1,309 of boy names

Pronounced T AO1 R AH0 N S (ARPABET)

Torrance is a boys' name, and first appears in 1912. It has been given to 7,506 children — the 1,309th most common boys' name on record.

It is still recorded, but barely: 450 births across the past decade, against a peak of 209 in a single year. That peak was in 1973.

Torrence is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

1973Boys: 209Girls: 0

These spellings sound identical to Torrance and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Torrance?: Torrance ranks 1,309th among boys' names in US records, with 7,506 births since 1912. Over the past decade it accounts for 450.
Is Torrance a unisex name?: No. Torrance is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Torrance most popular?: 1973, when 209 children were given the name. It has been in use for 113 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Torrance spelled?: Torrence. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.