Torry

Last seen for girls in 2004 at #16,099 · Last seen for boys in 2022 at #7,768
Given to boys 86.1% of the time

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Peak · boys
1976 · 71 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,460
since 1946

Torry over time

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201977peak #3,176, 1977peak #990, 1976girlsboys
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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
2024
2023
2022#7,76810
2021
2020#12,0225
2019
2018#10,7606
2017#10,7756
2016#8,1469
2015#9,5687
2014#7,56210
2013#7,53710
2012#7,05011
2011#5,94514
2010#7,08711
2009#7,23611
2008#6,39313
2007#5,66115
2006#5,78114
2005#4,82417
2004#16,0995#5,81313
2003#3,83822
2002#15,4325#4,18819
2001#3,72122
2000#15,0315#4,20418
1999#4,53715
1998#3,70819
1997#2,82327
1996#9,5818#2,91125
1995#13,3865#2,40032
1994#6,67213#2,04140
1993#9,5598#2,25734
1992#13,3175#2,30332
1991#9,3368#2,34430
1990#11,4096#2,30830
1989#12,3625#2,10633
1988#11,7985#1,98932
1987#1,89633
1986#1,51144
1985#10,6775#2,42721
1984#2,52919
1983#10,2755#1,82230
1982#1,65436
1981#10,4115#1,66135
1980#6,7899#1,44943
1979#7,3138#1,40744
1978#8,5626#1,18656
1977#3,17624#1,09363
1976#4,61413#99071
1975#6,4848#1,19150
1974#6,2588#1,83225
1973#8,4235#1,48533
1972#7,2926#1,44135
1971#1,52632
1970#1,98920
1969#5,4568#1,76722
1968#2,44512
1967#1,71121
1966#3,2497
1965#2,9828
1964#2,54611
1963#4,27210#3,0448
1962#5,8606#2,18614
1961#3,60813#2,40912
1960#4,4379#2,12115
1959#4,03110#3,2907
1958#2,64210
1957#3,5526
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First appearance
1946

The first year at least five boys were named Torry! It came in at #3,525, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1946–1956, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Torry
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
  • Biggest jump: 201 spots in 1976 (#1,191#990)
  • Biggest drop: 103 spots in 1977 (#990#1,093)
Rise & fade · boys
30 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1946
  • Peaked 1976 at #990 (71 births)
  • Births halved by 1981, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1976
Share of babies · boys
1 in 22,099
  • Highest: 1 in 22,099 boys born in 1976 were named Torry (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 174,601 boys born in 2022 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1970s
  • 29.4% of all boys named Torry (429) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1964
  • Mostly girls until 1963, mostly boys since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s5#3,525 (1946)#3,525
1950s23#2,642 (1958)#3,161
1960s130#1,711 (1967)#2,446
1970s429#990 (1976)#1,414
1980s326#1,449 (1980)#1,904
1990s284#2,041 (1994)#2,763
2000s164#3,721 (2001)#5,166
2010s84#5,945 (2011)#8,270
2020s15#7,768 (2022)#9,895

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.

Torry in 1977

girls
#3,176
24 births · 1 in 63,881 girls
boys
#1,093
63 births · 1 in 26,083 boys

Top girls' names in 1977

  1. #1Jennifer58,964
  2. #2Melissa26,879
  3. #3Amy26,729
  4. #4Jessica24,846
  5. #5Heather23,773
  6. #6Angela20,998
  7. #7Michelle19,540
  8. #8Kimberly18,286
  9. #9Amanda18,278
  10. #10Kelly18,234
  11. #3,176Torry24

Top boys' names in 1977

  1. #1Michael67,587
  2. #2Jason55,631
  3. #3Christopher46,721
  4. #4David40,515
  5. #5James40,040
  6. #6Robert34,214
  7. #7John34,195
  8. #8Brian32,492
  9. #9Matthew31,965
  10. #10Joseph26,483
  11. #1,093Torry63
More about 1977

girls

1,533,146 girls got a published name in 1977; 1 in 63,881 of them was named Torry, which outranked 72.0% of the 11,329 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Torry
  1. #3,083Victor25
  2. #3,083Vida25
  3. #3,083Virgina25
  4. #3,176Torry24
  5. #3,176Adrea24
  6. #3,176Aleasha24
  7. #3,176Allen24
  8. #3,267Adelaide23
  9. #3,267Adrien23
  10. #3,267Agatha23

Tied with 90 names at #3,176; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1976
Risers
  1. 1,746Shawnte#2,486#740
  2. 1,077Jacklyn#2,060#983
  3. 775Talia#1,482#707
  4. 605Haley#1,047#442
  5. 576Raven#1,154#578
Fallers
  1. 1,033Liberty#543#1,576
  2. 464Luciana#545#1,009
  3. 441Danyel#999#1,440
  4. 428Chaka#897#1,325
  5. 322Catina#861#1,183

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

boys

1,643,220 boys got a published name in 1977; 1 in 26,083 of them was named Torry, which outranked 84.1% of the 6,861 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Torry
  1. #1,079Rosendo64
  2. #1,079Sarah64
  3. #1,079Wiley64
  4. #1,093Torry63
  5. #1,093Aurelio63
  6. #1,093Elizabeth63
  7. #1,093Harris63
  8. #1,099Adalberto62
  9. #1,099Amanda62
  10. #1,099Bartholomew62

Tied with 5 names at #1,093; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1976
Risers
  1. 5,102Lavar#5,587#485
  2. 4,753Kinte#5,587#834
  3. 969Jedidiah#1,873#904
  4. 811Conor#1,748#937
  5. 704Amin#1,608#904
Fallers
  1. 427Jerimy#963#1,390
  2. 322Demetrios#990#1,312
  3. 246Nakia#790#1,036
  4. 244Baron#977#1,221
  5. 235Hakim#878#1,113

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

See the top 100 for 1977