# Torsten (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/torsten/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 705 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 705 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 81, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 19 | 4,965 |
| 2012 | 28 | 3,793 |
| 2013 | 30 | 3,572 |
| 2014 | 21 | 4,686 |
| 2015 | 31 | 3,584 |
| 2016 | 24 | 4,313 |
| 2017 | 24 | 4,318 |
| 2018 | 25 | 4,207 |
| 2019 | 25 | 4,219 |
| 2020 | 27 | 3,907 |
| 2021 | 24 | 4,350 |
| 2022 | 24 | 4,424 |
| 2023 | 21 | 4,874 |
| 2024 | 18 | 5,422 |
| 2025 | 14 | 6,415 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 4 | 3,687 |
| 2010 | 7 | 2,629 |
| 2011 | 5 | 3,300 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2014 | 5 | 3,362 |
| 2015 | 5 | 3,373 |
| 2016 | 7 | 2,804 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,013 |
| 2021 | 7 | 2,730 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,112 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,256 |

## People named Torsten

- Torsten Frings, German association football player and manager
- Torsten Voss, East German bobsledder
- Torsten May, boxer
- Torsten Gutsche, Canoe racer
- Torsten Gütschow, German footballer
- Torsten Jansen, German handball player
- Torsten Eckbrett, Canoe racer
- Torsten Amft, German fashion designer
- Torsten Kracht, German footballer
- Torsten Lieberknecht, German football manager
- Torsten Laen, Danish handball player
- Torsten Bréchôt, East German judoka

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.