Boys' name · since 1966
Trev
96 babies named Trev in U.S. Social Security records since 1966, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,726 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,374 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 96
- born since 1966
- 1960s
- peak decade
96 babies have been named Trev since 1966, making it today's #8374 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Trev has been recorded 96 times among boys since 1966, currently ranked #8374 nationally and more common than 40% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 1960s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1966 to 2025.
- #17,726 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,374 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 96 born since 1966
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Trev ranks #17,726 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,374 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 96 born since 1966, peaking in the 1960s.
- #17,726 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,374 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 96
- born since 1966
- 1960s
- peak decade
Trev's 96 recorded births place it above 61% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Nebraska.
How Trev compares
96 25th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Trev's all-time total is 74% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Trev | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 96 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 34 | 22,252 |
Trev's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Trev's full recorded timeline at 1977, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1968, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1994 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Trev popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1966–2025
- Peak year (1994)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 60 years of records
Trev by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (28 births, 29% of the file).
1960s was Trev's strongest decade.
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Trev births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
28 births
- 1970s
1970s
21 births
- 1990s
1990s
23 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
- 2020s
2020s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 28 births (29% of all-time use).
Trev by state
Where Trev concentrates geographically, total births since 1966
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Nebraska | | 7 | 7.3% |
7 of 96 births nationwide.
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What to do with Trev's data
- Trev's usage has stayed within range of its 1960s decade-level peak (28 total births) through the 2020s (18) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Nebraska records the most Trevs (7 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Nebraska names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Trev: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~59 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, 1966–2025 (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 Trev 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.