Torah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- TOR-a
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Torah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “instruction, teaching”. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Torah mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew word
“instruction, teaching”
The Torah is the five books of Moses at the heart of Jewish scripture.
Is Torah a girl's or a boy's name?
Torah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Torah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Torah, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 26 girls. It first appears in the records in 1997.
2025 had fewer girls named Torah than any year since 2009.
Half of all the girls named Torah in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Torah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 23 | #5,445 |
| 2018 | 20 | #6,006 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,450 |
| 2014 | 23 | #5,623 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 26 | #5,245 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
Nicknames for Torah
- Tori 17 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Torah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Selah Hadassah Salem Azariah Taliyah Lilith Delilah Raya Dalilah Kaliyah Zariah Sariyah
Names related to Torah
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Torah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/torah, updated 20 October 2026.