Trena — girls' name
5,160 babies named Trena in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
34% of everyone ever named Trena was born in this single decade.
255 babies were named Trena in 1971 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Trena
The Social Security Administration has registered 5,160 babies named Trena between 1913 and 2009, spanning 97 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Trena currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 255 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Trena performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 1,764 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Trena shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 373 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Trena in 31 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Trena in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 5,160 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Trena at a glance
Last recorded 2009Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Trena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–1913
- Peak year (1971)
- 255
- Annual births at peak — across 97 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2009.
5,160 total births across 97 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1971 with 255 births in a single year.
Trena by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 1,764 births that decade — 34% of Trena's all-time total
Trena decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,764 births
- Runner-up 1,466 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Trena's strongest decade
1,764 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
Trena by state
Where Trena concentrates geographically — total births since 1913
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 373 | 7.2% |
| #2 | California | | 372 | 7.2% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 208 | 4.0% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 197 | 3.8% |
| #5 | Indiana | | 170 | 3.3% |
| #6 | Tennessee | | 138 | 2.7% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 132 | 2.6% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 122 | 2.4% |
373 of 5,160 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 31 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 7.2% of nationwide
- California 7.2% of nationwide
- Ohio 4.0% of nationwide
- Illinois 3.8% of nationwide
- Indiana 3.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 31 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 7.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Trena appears in 31 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1913–2009 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.