Given name & surname
Torrence
“from the little hills”
Torrence is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “from the little hills.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “from the little hills.”
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Torrence through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,395
- 3,204 boys · 191 girls
- Most popular year
- 1973
- 81 babies
- 2025
- 18
- #6,766 for boys · #17,065 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −44%
- Cooling
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 89% boys.
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 13 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,766 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 39.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 81 in 1973. It also appeared in 5 birth records for girls in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,294 as a first name in 2020; 6,235 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Torrence’s family of names
Torrence has a related form in Torrance. Torrence has a related form in Torrin. Torrence has a related form in Toran.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Torrinvariant
- Torrancevariant
- Torranvariant
- Toranvariant
- Torencevariant
- Torrensvariant · English
- Tornevariant
- Tornvariant
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Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Torrence
- Boosie BadazzAmerican rapper from Louisianaborn 1982
- Torrence ParsonsAmerican mathematician (1941–1987)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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