girl's name

Torah

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 308

Torah is a girl's name with 2 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 7 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 2010, when 26 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 473,709 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1997.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Torah over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1990s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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Births named Torah by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1990s 7
2000s 56
2010s 173
2020s (to 2025) 62

How popular is Torah?

In 2025, Torah was given to 7 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Torah is used

Canada #2,575 7 in 2010
England & Wales #5,551 3 in 2006
United States #11,984 7 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Torah

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Torah also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Torah over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Torah

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Torah — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Torah

How popular is the name Torah?

In 2025, Torah was given to 7 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Torah a girl's or a boy's name?

Torah is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Torah?

Torah has 2 syllables.

When was Torah most popular?

Torah peaked in 2010, when 26 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Torah a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Torah currently ranks #11,984 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.