Torey

Last seen for girls in 2016 at #14,331 · #8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
Given to boys 67.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
1987 · 123 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,973
since 1953

Torey over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201990peak #1,052, 1959peak #844, 1987girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#8,9108
2024#7,76510
2023#5,92715
2022#8,3009
2021#6,33513
2020#4,54021
2019#4,63921
2018#6,03614
2017#4,46622
2016#14,3316#4,19924
2015#13,0067#4,54521
2014#5,25217
2013#16,5475#8,7898
2012#12,1998#5,72015
2011#14,8246#4,65920
2010#11,2469#5,25117
2009#6,54420#3,91926
2008#10,80710#4,14524
2007#8,09815#3,79327
2006#11,4179#3,30632
2005#7,50015#3,02234
2004#6,76817#3,01433
2003#5,58621#3,83822
2002#5,89719#2,40342
2001#4,68825#2,68135
2000#3,88632#2,67434
1999#4,20127#1,82454
1998#3,83130#1,98748
1997#3,30235#2,12641
1996#3,23736#1,61660
1995#2,45652#1,45667
1994#2,32356#1,28183
1993#1,84178#1,080107
1992#2,29557#1,064106
1991#2,66045#995116
1990#2,37452#988114
1989#2,33850#1,009103
1988#3,39328#98796
1987#2,61238#844123
1986#2,72435#1,05877
1985#3,85221#1,05776
1984#2,73033#1,03374
1983#2,78331#1,08867
1982#3,41824#1,05974
1981#3,85920#1,15463
1980#4,32717#1,00481
1979#4,05218#1,01177
1978#2,51634#87497
1977#1,73659#847102
1976#1,77553#86094
1975#3,63718#1,05362
1974#6,2588#1,29043
1973#6,0808#1,20147
1972#5,9598#1,13751
1971#6,0068#1,52632
1970#1,46233
1969#7,4715#1,41432
1968#6,2466#1,69522
1967#1,57324
1966#5,8096#2,32712
1965#1,85618
1964#2,66510
1963#4,27210#3,3187
1962#3,03317
1961#2,75220#4,0655
1960#1,56151#3,6656
1959#1,052103
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First appearance
1953

The first year at least five boys were named Torey! It came in at #3,798, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1953–1959, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Torey is popular in 1990

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Torey, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Torey, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Torey, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Torey, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Torey, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Torey, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Torey, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Torey, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #424 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,345 boysMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Torey, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Torey, so not publishedWIMichigan: #592 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 7,890 boysMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Torey, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Torey, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Torey, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Torey, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Torey, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Torey, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Torey, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Torey, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Torey, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Torey, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Torey, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Torey, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Torey, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,181 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 24,190 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Torey, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Torey, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Torey, so not publishedNEMissouri: #550 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,592 boysMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Torey, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Torey, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Torey, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Torey, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Torey, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Torey, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Torey, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Torey, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Torey, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Torey, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #575 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 6,788 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Torey, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Torey, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Torey, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #634 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,249 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Torey, so not publishedMSAlabama: #509 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,423 boysALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Torey, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Torey, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Torey, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Torey, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Minnesota#424 · 1 in 6,345
  2. Alabama#509 · 1 in 5,423
  3. Missouri#550 · 1 in 7,592
  4. North Carolina#575 · 1 in 6,788
  5. Michigan#592 · 1 in 7,890

Best ever in a state: #343 in Alabama, 1978.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Minnesota#42451 in 6,345
Alabama#50951 in 5,423
Missouri#55051 in 7,592
North Carolina#57571 in 6,788
Michigan#59291 in 7,890
Louisiana#63451 in 6,249
California#1,181121 in 24,190
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Torey
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 1,145 spots since 2024 (#7,765#8,910)
  • 4,370 spots since 2020 (#4,540#8,910)
  • 4,365 spots since 2015 (#4,545#8,910)
  • Biggest jump: 214 spots in 1987 (#1,058#844)
  • Biggest drop: 143 spots in 1988 (#844#987)
Rise & fade · boys
34 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1953
  • Peaked 1987 at #844 (123 births)
  • Births halved by 1996, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 7 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1976–1978
Share of babies · boys
1 in 15,179
  • Highest: 1 in 15,179 boys born in 1987 were named Torey (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 213,509 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 28.1% of all boys named Torey (834) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1964
  • Mostly girls until 1963, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s5#3,798 (1953)#3,798
1960s136#1,414 (1969)#2,509
1970s638#847 (1977)#1,126
1980s834#844 (1987)#1,029
1990s796#988 (1990)#1,442
2000s309#2,403 (2002)#3,280
2010s179#4,199 (2016)#5,356
2020s76#4,540 (2020)#6,963

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Torey in 1990

girls
#2,374
52 births · 1 in 36,511 girls
boys
#988
114 births · 1 in 18,018 boys

Top girls' names in 1990

  1. #1Jessica46,486
  2. #2Ashley45,561
  3. #3Brittany36,536
  4. #4Amanda34,413
  5. #5Samantha25,868
  6. #6Sarah25,824
  7. #7Stephanie24,864
  8. #8Jennifer22,236
  9. #9Elizabeth20,750
  10. #10Lauren20,506
  11. #2,374Torey52

Top boys' names in 1990

  1. #1Michael65,321
  2. #2Christopher52,362
  3. #3Matthew44,826
  4. #4Joshua43,237
  5. #5Daniel33,830
  6. #6David33,748
  7. #7Andrew33,673
  8. #8James32,359
  9. #9Justin30,649
  10. #10Joseph30,137
  11. #988Torey114
More about 1990

girls

1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 36,511 of them was named Torey, which outranked 84.4% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Torey
  1. #2,345Taneka53
  2. #2,345Tyeshia53
  3. #2,345Zina53
  4. #2,374Torey52
  5. #2,374Adelina52
  6. #2,374Alexsandra52
  7. #2,374Alexzandra52
  8. #2,402Abagail51
  9. #2,402Anisa51
  10. #2,402Annastasia51

Tied with 27 names at #2,374; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. 5,592Alannah#6,531#939
  2. 1,178Symone#1,998#820
  3. 869Shelbi#1,750#881
  4. 831Latifah#1,532#701
  5. 828Skyler#1,564#736
Fallers
  1. 2,554Elizabet#524#3,078
  2. 1,572Katherin#717#2,289
  3. 652Stephani#390#1,042
  4. 504Ashanti#893#1,397
  5. 416Audrianna#759#1,175

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 18,018 of them was named Torey, which outranked 89.6% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Torey
  1. #980Jeremey115
  2. #980Jeromy115
  3. #980Tavon115
  4. #988Torey114
  5. #988Deontae114
  6. #988Keenen114
  7. #988Keven114
  8. #992Genaro113
  9. #992Misael113
  10. #992Waylon113

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. 3,636Tevin#4,017#381
  2. 3,283Keenen#4,271#988
  3. 1,325Male#2,027#702
  4. 1,032Denzel#1,476#444
  5. 598Kevon#1,476#878
Fallers
  1. 1,130Kiara#956#2,086
  2. 916Rachel#993#1,909
  3. 855Nicole#985#1,840
  4. 746Tiffany#956#1,702
  5. 681Sarah#819#1,500

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1990