Trenell — boys' name
286 babies named Trenell in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1975. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
27% of everyone ever named Trenell was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Trenell in 1975 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Trenell
The Social Security Administration has registered 286 babies named Trenell between 1971 and 2015, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Trenell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 20 babies received it in a single year. Trenell is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 144 additional births since 1966.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Trenell performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 76 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Trenell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Trenell in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Trenell 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 286 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.
Trenell at a glance
Last recorded 2015Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Trenell popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1971
- Peak year (1975)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 45 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2015.
286 total births across 45 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1975 with 20 births in a single year.
Trenell popularity over time — girls
144 total births recorded since 1966 (Trenell as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Trenell accounts for 33% of total recorded use across both genders.
Trenell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 76 births that decade — 27% of Trenell's all-time total
Trenell decade highlights
- Peak decade 76 births
- Runner-up 68 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Trenell's strongest decade
76 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% of all-time use.
Trenell by state
Where Trenell concentrates geographically — total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 2.1% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 5 | 1.7% |
6 of 286 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 2.1% of nationwide
- Illinois 1.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1971–2015 (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.