Trenton
Trenton was given to 213 boys in 2025, #1,042 among boys’ names; 58,635 Americans have been recorded with it since 1913 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 56,600 Americans named Trenton and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (96% of everyone recorded); the median is 24 years old and half are between 17 and 32.
Trenton dropped 157 places in 2025, the #21 drop among the boys’ top 1,000 of 2024.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Trenton by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Trenton mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Trenton is “a male given name transferred from the place name.” Its etymology gives the sense “Trent's town” (named).
Originally named “Trent’s town” in the 17th century, after a Quaker, William Trent.
/ˈtɹɛn.tən/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Trenton?
#1,042 among boys’ names, 2025
Trenton fell from #339 in 2015 to #1,042 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.53 to 0.12 per 1,000.
2,335 babies in 2007, the peak
Trenton peaked in 2007, when 2,335 boys were given it, #178 among boys’ names. The 213 births of 2025 are 9% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 213 | #1,042 | 0.12 |
| 2024 | 271 | #885 | 0.16 |
| 2023 | 282 | #858 | 0.16 |
| 2022 | 327 | #775 | 0.19 |
| 2021 | 415 | #656 | 0.24 |
| 2020 | 438 | #619 | 0.25 |
| 2019 | 515 | #546 | 0.29 |
| 2018 | 553 | #511 | 0.30 |
| 2017 | 683 | #449 | 0.37 |
| 2016 | 821 | #389 | 0.43 |
Every recorded year (113)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,015 | #339 | 0.53 |
| 2014 | 1,159 | #305 | 0.60 |
| 2013 | 1,339 | #266 | 0.71 |
| 2012 | 1,512 | #239 | 0.80 |
| 2011 | 1,629 | #217 | 0.86 |
| 2010 | 1,691 | #213 | 0.88 |
| 2009 | 1,834 | #208 | 0.92 |
| 2008 | 2,055 | #196 | 1.0 |
| 2007 | 2,335 | #178 | 1.1 |
| 2006 | 2,070 | #192 | 1.0 |
| 2005 | 2,104 | #190 | 1.1 |
| 2004 | 2,055 | #188 | 1.0 |
| 2003 | 2,181 | #179 | 1.1 |
| 2002 | 2,119 | #180 | 1.1 |
| 2001 | 2,082 | #181 | 1.1 |
| 2000 | 2,063 | #179 | 1.1 |
| 1999 | 1,943 | #180 | 1.0 |
| 1998 | 1,830 | #183 | 1.0 |
| 1997 | 1,808 | #182 | 1.0 |
| 1996 | 1,707 | #187 | 0.90 |
| 1995 | 1,529 | #199 | 0.80 |
| 1994 | 1,298 | #224 | 0.67 |
| 1993 | 1,278 | #229 | 0.65 |
| 1992 | 1,203 | #239 | 0.60 |
| 1991 | 1,085 | #253 | 0.54 |
| 1990 | 1,011 | #266 | 0.49 |
| 1989 | 994 | #256 | 0.50 |
| 1988 | 828 | #283 | 0.43 |
| 1987 | 673 | #316 | 0.36 |
| 1986 | 670 | #307 | 0.36 |
| 1985 | 663 | #309 | 0.36 |
| 1984 | 510 | #358 | 0.28 |
| 1983 | 429 | #390 | 0.24 |
| 1982 | 418 | #405 | 0.23 |
| 1981 | 336 | #450 | 0.19 |
| 1980 | 356 | #437 | 0.20 |
| 1979 | 419 | #392 | 0.24 |
| 1978 | 359 | #411 | 0.22 |
| 1977 | 285 | #481 | 0.17 |
| 1976 | 255 | #504 | 0.16 |
| 1975 | 269 | #489 | 0.17 |
| 1974 | 230 | #523 | 0.15 |
| 1973 | 192 | #574 | 0.12 |
| 1972 | 220 | #537 | 0.14 |
| 1971 | 234 | #526 | 0.13 |
| 1970 | 228 | #536 | 0.12 |
| 1969 | 175 | #589 | 0.10 |
| 1968 | 144 | #633 | 0.08 |
| 1967 | 114 | #698 | 0.07 |
| 1966 | 99 | #745 | 0.06 |
| 1965 | 96 | #757 | 0.05 |
| 1964 | 87 | #811 | 0.04 |
| 1963 | 73 | #878 | 0.04 |
| 1962 | 48 | #1,118 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 52 | #1,094 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 43 | #1,207 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 38 | #1,278 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 26 | #1,555 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 29 | #1,484 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 20 | #1,813 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 22 | #1,678 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 20 | #1,753 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 18 | #1,895 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 16 | #1,999 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 12 | #2,359 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 13 | #2,197 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 14 | #2,115 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 23 | #1,556 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 15 | #2,068 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 20 | #1,640 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 14 | #1,920 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 9 | #2,621 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 8 | #2,946 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 19 | #1,676 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 14 | #1,990 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 7 | #3,112 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 15 | #1,869 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 16 | #1,812 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 10 | #2,469 | 0.01 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,608 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 8 | #2,925 | 0.01 |
| 1934 | 8 | #2,945 | 0.01 |
| 1933 | 8 | #2,985 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 9 | #2,828 | 0.01 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,635 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 6 | #3,962 | 0.01 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,746 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 10 | #2,832 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 10 | #2,896 | 0.01 |
| 1926 | 12 | #2,555 | 0.01 |
| 1925 | 11 | #2,737 | 0.01 |
| 1924 | 16 | #2,128 | 0.01 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,445 | 0.01 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,224 | 0.01 |
| 1921 | 7 | #3,836 | 0.01 |
| 1920 | 9 | #3,186 | 0.01 |
| 1919 | 11 | #2,648 | 0.01 |
| 1918 | 6 | #4,129 | 0.01 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,520 | 0.01 |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,468 | 0.01 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,793 | 0.01 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,885 | 0.01 |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,221 | 0.01 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Trenton a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Trenton has been given almost only to boys: 78 girls in 113 years of records.
Girls and boys named Trenton: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Trenton, and how old are they?
56,600 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 96% of the 58,635 Americans ever recorded as Trenton. The median Trenton alive today is 24 years old; half are between 17 and 32.
The 2020 Census counted 46,322 people named Trenton (100 women and girls, 46,222 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 55,279 born in the U.S. The Census count is 16% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 40 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 418 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 3,290 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 14,000 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 30,800 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 7,970 |
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 Trenton born?
The states with the most babies named Trenton are Florida, Georgia and Ohio, with 27% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 18 | #845 | 1.0× |
| Georgia | 13 | #755 | 1.4× |
| Ohio | 12 | #748 | 1.2× |
| Michigan | 12 | #674 | 1.2× |
| Texas | 11 | #1,643 | 0.9× |
| Missouri | 11 | #554 | 2.1× |
| Alabama | 11 | #480 | 1.9× |
| Illinois | 10 | #865 | 0.9× |
| North Carolina | 9 | #928 | 1.0× |
| Pennsylvania | 8 | #997 | 0.6× |
Where Trenton is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Trenton is most over-represented in Kansas: since 1913 it was given 2.4 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 Trenton with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 5 names spelled alike, given to 63,954 babies since 1880, Trenton is the most given (92% of them). In 2025 it was given to 213 of their 236 babies (90%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Trenton
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 Trenton and names like it
- Compare Trenton and TrentenBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sTrenton peaked in 2007.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Trenton since 1910.
- From place namesWiktionary’s origin for Trenton: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2007The year the most babies were named Trenton.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Trenton alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with TMost given first.