Trent
Trent was given to 142 boys in 2025, #1,344 among boys’ names; 51,710 Americans have been recorded with it since 1916 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 48,300 Americans named Trent and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (93% of everyone recorded); the median is 30 years old and half are between 21 and 45.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Trent by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Trent mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Trent is “a male given name transferred from the surname.” Its etymology gives the senses “through” (*trei) and “path” (*sentus).
Inherited from Middle English Trent, from Old English Trēonte; Koch (2006) derives the river name from Proto-Celtic *tri-sent(o)-on-ā-, from the elements *trei (“through”) + *sentus (“path”). Traditionally said to be from Proto-Brythonic elements equivalent to tros (“over”) + hynt (“way”), often taken to mean “the trespasser” The surname in some cases is a shortening of “Tranent”, or “Tranant” in Scottish Gaelic, a geographical location in East Lothian. “Tranant” itself is possibly of Brythonic (Celtic) origin.
/tɹɛnt/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Trent?
#1,344 among boys’ names, 2025
Trent fell from #557 in 2015 to #1,344 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.27 to 0.08 per 1,000.
1,719 babies in 2001, the peak
Trent peaked in 2001, when 1,719 boys were given it, #208 among boys’ names. The 142 births of 2025 are 8% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 142 | #1,344 | 0.08 |
| 2024 | 151 | #1,302 | 0.09 |
| 2023 | 159 | #1,237 | 0.09 |
| 2022 | 188 | #1,129 | 0.11 |
| 2021 | 209 | #1,036 | 0.12 |
| 2020 | 235 | #940 | 0.14 |
| 2019 | 269 | #837 | 0.15 |
| 2018 | 282 | #804 | 0.16 |
| 2017 | 390 | #658 | 0.21 |
| 2016 | 413 | #642 | 0.22 |
Every recorded year (108)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 517 | #557 | 0.27 |
| 2014 | 567 | #497 | 0.30 |
| 2013 | 655 | #441 | 0.35 |
| 2012 | 791 | #381 | 0.42 |
| 2011 | 800 | #375 | 0.42 |
| 2010 | 901 | #344 | 0.47 |
| 2009 | 1,075 | #302 | 0.54 |
| 2008 | 1,069 | #312 | 0.52 |
| 2007 | 1,182 | #289 | 0.57 |
| 2006 | 1,210 | #288 | 0.59 |
| 2005 | 1,225 | #272 | 0.61 |
| 2004 | 1,282 | #258 | 0.65 |
| 2003 | 1,379 | #242 | 0.70 |
| 2002 | 1,453 | #232 | 0.75 |
| 2001 | 1,719 | #208 | 0.88 |
| 2000 | 1,469 | #232 | 0.75 |
| 1999 | 1,367 | #237 | 0.71 |
| 1998 | 1,375 | #231 | 0.72 |
| 1997 | 1,228 | #245 | 0.65 |
| 1996 | 1,174 | #252 | 0.62 |
| 1995 | 1,117 | #252 | 0.59 |
| 1994 | 1,060 | #268 | 0.55 |
| 1993 | 1,040 | #276 | 0.53 |
| 1992 | 1,099 | #257 | 0.55 |
| 1991 | 960 | #278 | 0.48 |
| 1990 | 1,073 | #253 | 0.52 |
| 1989 | 1,081 | #242 | 0.54 |
| 1988 | 930 | #252 | 0.49 |
| 1987 | 706 | #305 | 0.38 |
| 1986 | 656 | #309 | 0.36 |
| 1985 | 701 | #292 | 0.38 |
| 1984 | 596 | #323 | 0.33 |
| 1983 | 523 | #348 | 0.29 |
| 1982 | 586 | #327 | 0.32 |
| 1981 | 567 | #331 | 0.32 |
| 1980 | 578 | #328 | 0.32 |
| 1979 | 635 | #307 | 0.37 |
| 1978 | 548 | #321 | 0.33 |
| 1977 | 572 | #326 | 0.35 |
| 1976 | 569 | #308 | 0.36 |
| 1975 | 666 | #289 | 0.43 |
| 1974 | 633 | #291 | 0.40 |
| 1973 | 600 | #298 | 0.38 |
| 1972 | 712 | #272 | 0.44 |
| 1971 | 834 | #263 | 0.47 |
| 1970 | 864 | #262 | 0.46 |
| 1969 | 703 | #282 | 0.39 |
| 1968 | 660 | #288 | 0.38 |
| 1967 | 628 | #291 | 0.36 |
| 1966 | 593 | #307 | 0.33 |
| 1965 | 554 | #323 | 0.30 |
| 1964 | 543 | #338 | 0.27 |
| 1963 | 488 | #352 | 0.24 |
| 1962 | 371 | #416 | 0.18 |
| 1961 | 330 | #442 | 0.16 |
| 1960 | 261 | #492 | 0.12 |
| 1959 | 228 | #522 | 0.11 |
| 1958 | 179 | #578 | 0.08 |
| 1957 | 166 | #598 | 0.08 |
| 1956 | 130 | #670 | 0.06 |
| 1955 | 137 | #636 | 0.07 |
| 1954 | 98 | #730 | 0.05 |
| 1953 | 89 | #757 | 0.05 |
| 1952 | 62 | #903 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 45 | #1,081 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 45 | #1,061 | 0.03 |
| 1949 | 42 | #1,094 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 38 | #1,170 | 0.02 |
| 1947 | 45 | #1,090 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 34 | #1,213 | 0.02 |
| 1945 | 21 | #1,491 | 0.02 |
| 1944 | 26 | #1,324 | 0.02 |
| 1943 | 28 | #1,338 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 24 | #1,462 | 0.02 |
| 1941 | 25 | #1,371 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 20 | #1,568 | 0.02 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,150 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 21 | #1,517 | 0.02 |
| 1937 | 16 | #1,822 | 0.02 |
| 1936 | 11 | #2,292 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 14 | #2,023 | 0.01 |
| 1934 | 9 | #2,730 | 0.01 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,251 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 8 | #3,072 | 0.01 |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,724 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,568 | 0.01 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,745 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 14 | #2,260 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,177 | 0.01 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,361 | 0.01 |
| 1925 | 10 | #2,919 | 0.01 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,479 | 0.01 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,444 | 0.01 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,620 | 0.01 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,488 | 0.01 |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,924 | under 0.01 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,685 | 0.01 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,846 | 0.01 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Trent a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Trent has been given almost only to boys: 102 girls in 108 years of records.
Girls and boys named Trent: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Trent, and how old are they?
48,300 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 93% of the 51,710 Americans ever recorded as Trent. The median Trent alive today is 30 years old; half are between 21 and 45.
The 2020 Census counted 47,904 people named Trent (111 women and girls, 47,793 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 48,187 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 69 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,450 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 9,170 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 13,300 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 19,200 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 4,150 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Trent born?
The states with the most babies named Trent are California, Texas and Illinois, with 39% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 13 | #1,428 | 0.6× |
| Texas | 10 | #1,745 | 0.9× |
| Illinois | 9 | #925 | 0.9× |
| Florida | 9 | #1,342 | 0.8× |
| North Carolina | 8 | #1,020 | 0.9× |
| Pennsylvania | 7 | #1,086 | 0.9× |
| Indiana | 6 | #936 | 1.6× |
| Virginia | 6 | #1,076 | 0.8× |
| Ohio | 5 | #1,454 | 1.4× |
| New York | 5 | #2,018 | 0.4× |
Where Trent is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Trent is most over-represented in Iowa: since 1916 it was given 2.0 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Trent with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Trent
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Trent and names like it
- Compare Trent and GerardoBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sTrent peaked in 2001.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Trent since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Trent: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2001The year the most babies were named Trent.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Trent alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with TMost given first.