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
- Peak · boys
- 1987 · 123 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,973since 1953
Torey over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #8,910 | 8 | |
| 2024 | — | #7,765 | 10 | |
| 2023 | — | #5,927 | 15 | |
| 2022 | — | #8,300 | 9 | |
| 2021 | — | #6,335 | 13 | |
| 2020 | — | #4,540 | 21 | |
| 2019 | — | #4,639 | 21 | |
| 2018 | — | #6,036 | 14 | |
| 2017 | — | #4,466 | 22 | |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | #4,199 | 24 |
| 2015 | #13,006 | 7 | #4,545 | 21 |
| 2014 | — | #5,252 | 17 | |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | #8,789 | 8 |
| 2012 | #12,199 | 8 | #5,720 | 15 |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 | #4,659 | 20 |
| 2010 | #11,246 | 9 | #5,251 | 17 |
| 2009 | #6,544 | 20 | #3,919 | 26 |
| 2008 | #10,807 | 10 | #4,145 | 24 |
| 2007 | #8,098 | 15 | #3,793 | 27 |
| 2006 | #11,417 | 9 | #3,306 | 32 |
| 2005 | #7,500 | 15 | #3,022 | 34 |
| 2004 | #6,768 | 17 | #3,014 | 33 |
| 2003 | #5,586 | 21 | #3,838 | 22 |
| 2002 | #5,897 | 19 | #2,403 | 42 |
| 2001 | #4,688 | 25 | #2,681 | 35 |
| 2000 | #3,886 | 32 | #2,674 | 34 |
| 1999 | #4,201 | 27 | #1,824 | 54 |
| 1998 | #3,831 | 30 | #1,987 | 48 |
| 1997 | #3,302 | 35 | #2,126 | 41 |
| 1996 | #3,237 | 36 | #1,616 | 60 |
| 1995 | #2,456 | 52 | #1,456 | 67 |
| 1994 | #2,323 | 56 | #1,281 | 83 |
| 1993 | #1,841 | 78 | #1,080 | 107 |
| 1992 | #2,295 | 57 | #1,064 | 106 |
| 1991 | #2,660 | 45 | #995 | 116 |
| 1990 | #2,374 | 52 | #988 | 114 |
| 1989 | #2,338 | 50 | #1,009 | 103 |
| 1988 | #3,393 | 28 | #987 | 96 |
| 1987 | #2,612 | 38 | #844 | 123 |
| 1986 | #2,724 | 35 | #1,058 | 77 |
| 1985 | #3,852 | 21 | #1,057 | 76 |
| 1984 | #2,730 | 33 | #1,033 | 74 |
| 1983 | #2,783 | 31 | #1,088 | 67 |
| 1982 | #3,418 | 24 | #1,059 | 74 |
| 1981 | #3,859 | 20 | #1,154 | 63 |
| 1980 | #4,327 | 17 | #1,004 | 81 |
| 1979 | #4,052 | 18 | #1,011 | 77 |
| 1978 | #2,516 | 34 | #874 | 97 |
| 1977 | #1,736 | 59 | #847 | 102 |
| 1976 | #1,775 | 53 | #860 | 94 |
| 1975 | #3,637 | 18 | #1,053 | 62 |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | #1,290 | 43 |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 | #1,201 | 47 |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 | #1,137 | 51 |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 | #1,526 | 32 |
| 1970 | — | #1,462 | 33 | |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | #1,414 | 32 |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 | #1,695 | 22 |
| 1967 | — | #1,573 | 24 | |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 | #2,327 | 12 |
| 1965 | — | #1,856 | 18 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,665 | 10 | |
| 1963 | #4,272 | 10 | #3,318 | 7 |
| 1962 | #3,033 | 17 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,752 | 20 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | #1,561 | 51 | #3,665 | 6 |
| 1959 | #1,052 | 103 | — | |
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| 1953 | — | #3,798 | 5 | |
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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 1996
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Tennessee#501 · 1 in 4,913
- Louisiana#535 · 1 in 3,812
- Pennsylvania#832 · 1 in 13,669
- Georgia#884 · 1 in 9,691
Best ever in a state: #343 in Alabama, 1978.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | #501 | 7 | 1 in 4,913 |
| Louisiana | #535 | 7 | 1 in 3,812 |
| Pennsylvania | #832 | 5 | 1 in 13,669 |
| Georgia | #884 | 5 | 1 in 9,691 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1953
- Peaked 1987 at #844 (123 births)
- Births halved by 1996, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1976–1978
- 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%)
- 28.1% of all boys named Torey (834) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1963, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5 | #3,798 (1953) | #3,798 |
| 1960s | 136 | #1,414 (1969) | #2,509 |
| 1970s | 638 | #847 (1977) | #1,126 |
| 1980s | 834 | #844 (1987) | #1,029 |
| 1990s | 796 | #988 (1990) | #1,442 |
| 2000s | 309 | #2,403 (2002) | #3,280 |
| 2010s | 179 | #4,199 (2016) | #5,356 |
| 2020s | 76 | #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 1996
Top girls' names in 1996
Top boys' names in 1996
More about 1996
girls
1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 48,695 of them was named Torey, which outranked 79.6% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,149Vivianna37
- #3,149Yara37
- #3,149Yuridia37
- #3,237Torey36
- #3,237Alexiss36
- #3,237Aleya36
- #3,237Alicea36
- #3,302Alaura35
- #3,302Andrianna35
- #3,302Anh35
Tied with 64 names at #3,237; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 31,572 of them was named Torey, which outranked 84.7% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,599Tim61
- #1,599Yaakov61
- #1,599Zion61
- #1,616Torey60
- #1,616Avraham60
- #1,616Clemente60
- #1,616Cyle60
- #1,638Akil59
- #1,638Alfonzo59
- #1,638Daequan59
Tied with 21 names at #1,616; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.