Torres
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TOR-ez
- Origin
- Spanish
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Torres is a boys' name of Spanish origin, meaning “towers”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Torres mean?
Spanish: Spanish and Portuguese surname, plural of torre
“towers”
Spanish and Portuguese surname meaning towers; the Torres Strait is named after the navigator Luis Vaez de Torres.
Is Torres a girl's or a boy's name?
Torres is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Torres in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Torres, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1995, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1961.
2025 had more boys named Torres than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Torres in the US since 1880 were born between 1977 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Torres in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,446 |
| 1996 | 14 | #4,390 |
| 1995 | 14 | #4,274 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 9 | #3,855 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 10 | #3,469 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,188 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 9 | #3,368 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,229 |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,645 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
Names like Torres
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Moses Marquez Andres Lucas Juancarlos Luis Josue Marcus Rio Moises Ares Luca
Names related to Torres
More Spanish names
Santiago Lola Xavier Amaya Alaia Diego Cruz Elian Jesus Ximena Javier Esmeralda Amayah Reina Cesar Sierra
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, “Torres: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/torres, updated 20 October 2026.