Girls' name · since 1944
Trenda
Since 1944, U.S. Social Security records show 673 babies named Trenda, peaking in 1965. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #9,777 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 673
- born since 1944
- 1960s
- peak decade
Trenda sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 673 recorded since 1944.
Trenda has 673 recorded births among girls since 1944, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1944 to 1994.
- #9,777 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 673 born since 1944
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Trenda ranks #9,777 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 673 born since 1944, peaking in the 1960s.
- #9,777 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 673
- born since 1944
- 1960s
- peak decade
Trenda's 673 recorded births place it above 86.48% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Trenda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Trenda splits its recorded history at 1971: 40% of all births land in the more recent half, 60% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1984 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1965 peak of 44 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Trenda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1944–1994
- Peak year (1965)
- 44
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Trenda by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (255 births, 38% of the file).
1960s was Trenda's strongest decade.
255 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Trenda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 23
1940s
23 births
- 1950s 100
1950s
100 births
- 1960s
1960s
255 births
- 1970s
1970s
177 births
- 1980s 78
1980s
78 births
- 1990s 40
1990s
40 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 255 births (38% of all-time use).
How Trenda compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Trenda's total volume
Trenda by state
Where Trenda concentrates geographically, total births since 1944
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- Trenda's decade-level peak was the 1960s (255 total births); usage has since declined to 40 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Trendas (6 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 Trenda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1965)
Similar record span (~50 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, 1944–1994 (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 Trenda 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.