Toran
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TOR-an
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Toran is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
Where does Toran come from?
Possibly Sanskrit torana 'arched gateway', or a variant of Torin
Is Toran a girl's or a boy's name?
Toran is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Toran in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Toran, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,082nd. Its busiest year was 1996, with 5 boys.
2025 had more boys named Toran than any year since 2019.
In 2025, 101 boys in the UK were given Toran or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #440, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 395th in Northern Ireland.
Toran in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 1 | #6,556 |
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 2 | #6,082 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 1 | #6,277 |
| 2017 | 2 | #6,253 |
| 2016 | 1 | #6,416 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 1 | #6,179 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 1 | #6,332 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 1 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
How popular is Toran in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,906th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Toran, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 1987, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 1965.
Half of all the boys named Toran in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 283 boys in the US were given Toran or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #795, up from #8,906 for this spelling alone.
Toran in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 16 | #3,905 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 17 | #2,938 |
| 1986 | 12 | #3,649 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 9 | #4,232 |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,507 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 7 | #3,242 |
Names like Toran
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Logan, Dylan, Rowan, Ronan, Tristan, Ethan, Nathan, Roman, Evan, Brody, Caelan, Jordan
Other spellings of Toran
Names related to Toran
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Toran: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/toran, updated 20 October 2026.