Torrey
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- TOR-ee
- Origin
- Scottish
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Torrey is a name of Scottish origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Torrey mean?
Scottish: surname of uncertain origin, possibly from Gaelic torr 'hill'
The Torrey pine of coastal California is named after the American botanist John Torrey (1796-1873).
Is Torrey a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Torrey has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls and 13 boys in the US.
How popular is Torrey in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,442among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Torrey, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 1977, with 302 boys. It first appears in the records in 1938. 12 girls were also named Torrey in 2025 (8,360th for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Torrey than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Torrey in the US since 1880 were born between 1975 and 1993, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 52 boys in the US were given Torrey or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,156, up from #6,442 for this spelling alone.
In 2021, 39% of the babies named Torrey in the US were girls.
Torrey in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2023 | 19 | #5,070 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 19 | #4,932 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 19 | #4,947 |
| 2018 | 24 | #4,222 |
| 2017 | 23 | #4,327 |
| 2016 | 20 | #4,775 |
| 2015 | 29 | #3,683 |
| 2014 | 29 | #3,615 |
| 2013 | 38 | #2,953 |
| 2012 | 27 | #3,804 |
| 2011 | 24 | #4,108 |
| 2010 | 37 | #3,071 |
| 2009 | 40 | #2,945 |
| 2008 | 46 | #2,683 |
| 2007 | 37 | #3,088 |
| 2006 | 35 | #3,082 |
| 2005 | 30 | #3,315 |
| 2004 | 32 | #3,070 |
| 2003 | 42 | #2,466 |
| 2002 | 44 | #2,333 |
| 2001 | 49 | #2,113 |
| 2000 | 44 | #2,218 |
| 1999 | 52 | #1,876 |
| 1998 | 64 | #1,619 |
| 1997 | 71 | #1,483 |
| 1996 | 60 | #1,613 |
| 1995 | 95 | #1,183 |
| 1994 | 109 | #1,066 |
| 1993 | 121 | #980 |
| 1992 | 95 | #1,126 |
| 1991 | 142 | #881 |
| 1990 | 116 | #966 |
| 1989 | 125 | #904 |
| 1988 | 130 | #831 |
| 1987 | 144 | #763 |
| 1986 | 120 | #828 |
| 1985 | 79 | #1,032 |
| 1984 | 88 | #938 |
| 1983 | 92 | #922 |
| 1982 | 107 | #861 |
| 1981 | 99 | #894 |
| 1980 | 114 | #823 |
| 1979 | 164 | #667 |
| 1978 | 260 | #502 |
| 1977 | 302 | #462 |
| 1976 | 250 | #506 |
| 1975 | 180 | #605 |
| 1974 | 144 | #677 |
| 1973 | 138 | #678 |
| 1972 | 166 | #612 |
| 1971 | 151 | #673 |
| 1970 | 122 | #747 |
| 1969 | 92 | #804 |
| 1968 | 31 | #1,393 |
| 1967 | 28 | #1,448 |
| 1966 | 19 | #1,756 |
| 1965 | 15 | #2,083 |
| 1964 | 11 | #2,545 |
| 1963 | 19 | #1,838 |
| 1962 | 18 | #1,895 |
| 1961 | 17 | #1,996 |
| 1960 | 24 | #1,657 |
| 1959 | 15 | #2,110 |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 11 | #2,492 |
| 1956 | 8 | #2,967 |
| 1955 | 6 | #3,503 |
| 1954 | 8 | #2,940 |
| 1953 | 8 | #2,904 |
| 1952 | 8 | #2,872 |
| 1951 | 9 | #2,660 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 6 | #3,296 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1946 | 7 | #2,918 |
| 1945 | 6 | #2,995 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 9 | #2,522 |
| 1941 | 8 | #2,655 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,533 |
Names like Torrey
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Casey Corey Bradley Cody Tyler Ryan Jeffrey Brody Tyson Trey Travis Jason
Other spellings of Torrey
Names related to Torrey
More Scottish names
Isla Finley Logan Arabella Cameron Bonnie Paisley Carson Maxwell Brodie Finlay Blair Lennox Skye Knox Dallas
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, “Torrey: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/torrey, updated 20 October 2026.