Torrance
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- TOR-unss
- Origin
- Scottish
- US rank, 2025
- #5,207 for boys
Torrance is a name of Scottish origin, meaning “little hills”. In 2025 it ranked 5,207th for boys in the US (18 babies).
What does Torrance mean?
Scottish: surname from Scottish place names, from Gaelic torran
“little hills”
From a Scottish surname taken from places called Torrance; Jack Torrance is the father in Stephen King's The Shining.
Is Torrance a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Torrance has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls and 18 boys in the US.
How popular is Torrance in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,207th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 95,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the US were named Torrance, making it the 5,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,037th. Its busiest year was 1973, with 128 boys. It first appears in the records in 1940. 6 girls were also named Torrance in 2025 (13,203rd for girls).
Half of all the boys named Torrance in the US since 1880 were born between 1973 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 4% of the babies named Torrance in the US in 1975, and 32% in 2019.
Torrance in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #5,207 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2021 | 20 | #4,776 |
| 2020 | 18 | #5,037 |
| 2019 | 25 | #4,110 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,316 |
| 2017 | 41 | #2,890 |
| 2016 | 44 | #2,725 |
| 2015 | 26 | #3,980 |
| 2014 | 39 | #2,927 |
| 2013 | 24 | #4,062 |
| 2012 | 42 | #2,810 |
| 2011 | 43 | #2,747 |
| 2010 | 34 | #3,238 |
| 2009 | 34 | #3,272 |
| 2008 | 45 | #2,716 |
| 2007 | 44 | #2,721 |
| 2006 | 40 | #2,831 |
| 2005 | 36 | #2,898 |
| 2004 | 33 | #3,010 |
| 2003 | 53 | #2,098 |
| 2002 | 41 | #2,424 |
| 2001 | 51 | #2,046 |
| 2000 | 39 | #2,421 |
| 1999 | 43 | #2,159 |
| 1998 | 51 | #1,896 |
| 1997 | 48 | #1,905 |
| 1996 | 49 | #1,838 |
| 1995 | 52 | #1,701 |
| 1994 | 41 | #2,007 |
| 1993 | 64 | #1,455 |
| 1992 | 77 | #1,284 |
| 1991 | 80 | #1,239 |
| 1990 | 73 | #1,289 |
| 1989 | 81 | #1,180 |
| 1988 | 83 | #1,090 |
| 1987 | 70 | #1,139 |
| 1986 | 57 | #1,285 |
| 1985 | 44 | #1,503 |
| 1984 | 54 | #1,250 |
| 1983 | 43 | #1,447 |
| 1982 | 44 | #1,440 |
| 1981 | 63 | #1,154 |
| 1980 | 85 | #974 |
| 1979 | 76 | #1,016 |
| 1978 | 108 | #820 |
| 1977 | 105 | #830 |
| 1976 | 109 | #797 |
| 1975 | 110 | #792 |
| 1974 | 118 | #747 |
| 1973 | 128 | #710 |
| 1972 | 114 | #740 |
| 1971 | 119 | #748 |
| 1970 | 119 | #753 |
| 1969 | 91 | #809 |
| 1968 | 55 | #996 |
| 1967 | 32 | #1,339 |
| 1966 | 30 | #1,400 |
| 1965 | 24 | #1,594 |
| 1964 | 27 | #1,509 |
| 1963 | 27 | #1,512 |
| 1962 | 11 | #2,502 |
| 1961 | 11 | #2,536 |
| 1960 | 16 | #2,041 |
| 1959 | 19 | #1,864 |
| 1958 | 17 | #1,952 |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,550 |
| 1956 | 7 | #3,214 |
| 1955 | 8 | #2,962 |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,450 |
| 1953 | 9 | #2,708 |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,370 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 10 | #2,437 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 8 | #2,787 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 5 | #3,458 |
Names like Torrance
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Josue, Jose, Luis, Miguel, Marco, Jorge, Trevor, Marcus, Pablo, Kyle, Andre, Angel
Names related to Torrance
More Scottish names
Isla, Finley, Logan, Arabella, Cameron, Bonnie, Paisley, Brody, Carson, Maxwell, Brodie, Finlay, Blair, Lennox, Skye, Knox
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, “Torrance: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/torrance, updated 20 October 2026.