Torsten

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: Swedish

Meaning

Thorsten is a Scandinavian given name. The Old Norse name was Þórsteinn. It is a compound of the theonym Þór and steinn "stone", which became Thor and sten in Old Danish and Old Swedish.

From Wikipedia

Torsten first appears in the data in 1962 and has been recorded in 46 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2009 with 33 babies (rank #3,393 that year). In 2024 it was given to 18 boys (rank #5,408). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Torsten

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Torsten yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

691
Total babies (all years)
46
Years in the data
33
Peak in a single year

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19626#4,012
19676#3,940
196811#2,727
19698#3,575
19708#3,810
19715#5,605
19745#5,951
197510#3,642
19786#5,717
19815#7,212
19825#7,298
19865#7,740
19886#7,192
19916#8,163
19927#7,338
19936#8,616
19958#6,931
19968#7,077
19977#8,038
19987#8,391
19996#9,810
200011#6,270
20019#7,464
20029#7,583
200313#5,855
200414#5,774
200520#4,453
200619#4,841
200728#3,785
200825#4,129
200933#3,393
201028#3,801
201119#4,965
201228#3,792
201330#3,572
201421#4,685
201531#3,582
201624#4,311
201724#4,317
201825#4,205
201925#4,218
202027#3,905
202124#4,350
202224#4,420
202321#4,870
202418#5,408