Trever — boys' name
6,298 babies named Trever in U.S. Social Security records since 1962, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
35% of everyone ever named Trever was born in this single decade.
248 babies were named Trever in 1994 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Trever
The Social Security Administration has registered 6,298 babies named Trever between 1962 and 2023, spanning 62 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Trever currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 248 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Trever performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 2,173 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Trever shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 585 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Trever in 38 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Trever 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 6,298 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.
Trever at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Trever popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1962
- Peak year (1994)
- 248
- Annual births at peak — across 62 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
6,298 total births across 62 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 248 births in a single year.
Trever by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 2,173 births that decade — 35% of Trever's all-time total
Trever decade highlights
- Peak decade 2,173 births
- Runner-up 1,541 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Trever's strongest decade
2,173 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
Trever by state
Where Trever concentrates geographically — total births since 1962
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 585 | 9.3% |
| #2 | Michigan | | 340 | 5.4% |
| #3 | Texas | | 227 | 3.6% |
| #4 | Utah | | 204 | 3.2% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 181 | 2.9% |
| #6 | Washington | | 163 | 2.6% |
| #7 | Florida | | 161 | 2.6% |
| #8 | New York | | 143 | 2.3% |
585 of 6,298 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 38 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 9.3% of nationwide
- Michigan 5.4% of nationwide
- Texas 3.6% of nationwide
- Utah 3.2% of nationwide
- Ohio 2.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 38 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 9.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Trever appears in 38 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1962–2023 (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.