Boys' name · since 1974
Tre
Tre has 5,892 recorded births since 1974 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1993 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,608 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,743 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,892
- born since 1974
- 1990s
- peak decade
Tre currently ranks #2743 among boys' names in America, with 5,892 babies recorded since 1974.
Tre has 5,892 recorded births among boys since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2743 as of the latest data, more common than 80% of boys, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 2025.
- #1,608 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #2,743 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 5,892 born since 1974
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tre ranks #1,608 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,743 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 5,892 born since 1974, peaking in the 1990s.
- #1,608 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,743 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,892
- born since 1974
- 1990s
- peak decade
Tre's 5,892 recorded births place it above 96.46% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
41 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Tre compares
5,892 Top 12% higher than 88% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Tre's all-time total is 16x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Tre | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 5,892 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 586 | 34 | 22,252 |
Tre's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tre's full recorded timeline at 2004, 31% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 69% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1974, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1993 peak of 586 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tre popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2025
- Peak year (1993)
- 586
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Tre popularity over time - girls
58 total births recorded since 1992 (Tre as girls' name)
Tre by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (3,067 births, 52% of the file).
1990s was Tre's strongest decade.
3,067 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Tre births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s 80
1980s
80 births
- 1990s
1990s
3,067 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,707 births
- 2010s 703
2010s
703 births
- 2020s 329
2020s
329 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 3,067 births (52% of all-time use).
How Tre compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Tre's total volume
Tre by state
Where Tre concentrates geographically, total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 346 | 5.9% |
| #2 | California | | 303 | 5.1% |
| #3 | Louisiana | | 294 | 5.0% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 292 | 5.0% |
| #5 | Florida | | 262 | 4.4% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 238 | 4.0% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 174 | 3.0% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 174 | 3.0% |
346 of 5,892 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 41 reporting states.
Tre appears in 41 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Tre's data
- Tre's decade-level peak was the 1990s (3,067 total births); usage has since declined to 329 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Tres (346 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tre: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~51 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1974–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Tre draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.