Toure
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
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Toure is a boys' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Toure mean?
Mande clan name from West Africa
A Mande clan name of West Africa, borne by Samori Toure, who resisted French colonial conquest in the late 1800s.
Is Toure a girl's or a boy's name?
Toure is a boys' name.
How popular is Toure in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1965.
Half of all the boys named Toure in the US since 1880 were born between 1982 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Toure in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 18 | #5,063 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 14 | #4,220 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
| 1989 | 11 | #4,521 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 13 | #3,281 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 9 | #3,855 |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 13 | #2,945 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
| 1971 | 11 | #2,971 |
| 1970 | 11 | #2,890 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
Names like Toure
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Toure: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/toure, updated 20 October 2026.