Torres comes from the Modern American tradition, meaning Tower' | Formal: 'Reference to towers'.
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How popular is Torres?
1995peak year
Today, Torres is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #11511), with only about 7 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1995, 14 babies were given the name (ranked #4490 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1990s. Torres has been declining in recent years. In all, around 291 babies have been registered as Torres since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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