Torrence
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TOR-unss
- Origin
- Scottish
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Torrence is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “little hills”. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Torrence mean?
Scottish: variant of Torrance, a Scottish place name and surname
“little hills”
A spelling of Torrance, a Scottish surname derived from Gaelic torran, a small hill or knoll.
Is Torrence a girl's or a boy's name?
Torrence is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls and 13 boys in the US.
How popular is Torrence in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,442nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Torrence, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 1973, with 81 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912. 5 girls were also named Torrence in 2025 (14,937th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Torrence in the US since 1880 were born between 1971 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2018, 17% of the babies named Torrence in the US were girls.
Torrence in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 22 | #4,606 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 26 | #4,000 |
| 2018 | 29 | #3,704 |
| 2017 | 27 | #3,885 |
| 2016 | 33 | #3,357 |
| 2015 | 23 | #4,293 |
| 2014 | 30 | #3,530 |
| 2013 | 37 | #2,996 |
| 2012 | 49 | #2,516 |
| 2011 | 50 | #2,477 |
| 2010 | 31 | #3,452 |
| 2009 | 26 | #3,917 |
| 2008 | 33 | #3,342 |
| 2007 | 43 | #2,764 |
| 2006 | 35 | #3,082 |
| 2005 | 42 | #2,610 |
| 2004 | 36 | #2,839 |
| 2003 | 36 | #2,725 |
| 2002 | 34 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 40 | #2,425 |
| 2000 | 32 | #2,800 |
| 1999 | 36 | #2,459 |
| 1998 | 36 | #2,391 |
| 1997 | 33 | #2,445 |
| 1996 | 35 | #2,294 |
| 1995 | 47 | #1,836 |
| 1994 | 38 | #2,118 |
| 1993 | 70 | #1,374 |
| 1992 | 57 | #1,541 |
| 1991 | 66 | #1,390 |
| 1990 | 50 | #1,630 |
| 1989 | 55 | #1,487 |
| 1988 | 65 | #1,266 |
| 1987 | 55 | #1,335 |
| 1986 | 63 | #1,198 |
| 1985 | 53 | #1,320 |
| 1984 | 57 | #1,213 |
| 1983 | 65 | #1,107 |
| 1982 | 43 | #1,463 |
| 1981 | 52 | #1,270 |
| 1980 | 48 | #1,357 |
| 1979 | 59 | #1,177 |
| 1978 | 66 | #1,066 |
| 1977 | 68 | #1,047 |
| 1976 | 72 | #977 |
| 1975 | 75 | #945 |
| 1974 | 68 | #993 |
| 1973 | 81 | #885 |
| 1972 | 74 | #929 |
| 1971 | 76 | #933 |
| 1970 | 72 | #940 |
| 1969 | 52 | #1,075 |
| 1968 | 36 | #1,258 |
| 1967 | 41 | #1,165 |
| 1966 | 35 | #1,281 |
| 1965 | 36 | #1,271 |
| 1964 | 35 | #1,326 |
| 1963 | 32 | #1,374 |
| 1962 | 17 | #1,961 |
| 1961 | 36 | #1,321 |
| 1960 | 26 | #1,580 |
| 1959 | 27 | #1,521 |
| 1958 | 17 | #1,952 |
| 1957 | 18 | #1,886 |
| 1956 | 13 | #2,261 |
| 1955 | 16 | #1,978 |
| 1954 | 7 | #3,174 |
| 1953 | 12 | #2,286 |
| 1952 | 14 | #2,072 |
| 1951 | 10 | #2,493 |
| 1950 | 11 | #2,320 |
| 1949 | 7 | #3,018 |
| 1948 | 12 | #2,217 |
| 1947 | 9 | #2,670 |
| 1946 | 7 | #2,918 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 9 | #2,562 |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 5 | #3,479 |
| 1938 | 7 | #2,868 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 7 | #2,853 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,091 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,650 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,245 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,137 |
| 1925 | 10 | #2,753 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,022 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,501 |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,488 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,384 |
| 1918 | 10 | #2,698 |
| 1917 | 11 | #2,422 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,515 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,650 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,044 |
Names like Torrence
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jose, Jorge, Andre, Kyle, Tyler, Travis, Dante, Matthew, Tate, Jason, Jamie, Luke
Names related to Torrence
More Scottish names
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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, “Torrence: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/torrence, updated 20 October 2026.