Boys' name · since 1962
Trever
6,311 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.
- #1,545 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,521 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,311
- born since 1962
- 1990s
- peak decade
Trever currently ranks #6521 among boys' names in America, with 6,311 babies recorded since 1962.
Social Security Administration records show Trever recorded 6,311 times among boys since 1962, holding rank #6521 nationally today, ahead of 53% of boys, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1962 to 2025.
- #1,545 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,521 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 6,311 born since 1962
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Trever ranks #1,545 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,521 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 6,311 born since 1962, peaking in the 1990s.
- #1,545 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,521 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,311
- born since 1962
- 1990s
- peak decade
Trever's 6,311 recorded births place it above 96.6% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
38 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Trever compares
6,311 Top 11% higher than 89% of 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
Trever's all-time total is 17x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Trever | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 6,311 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 248 | 34 | 22,252 |
Trever's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Trever splits its recorded history at 1994: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1962 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1994 peak of 248 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Trever popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1962–2025
- Peak year (1994)
- 248
- Annual births at peak, across 64 years of records
Trever by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (2,173 births, 34% of the file).
1990s was Trever's strongest decade.
2,173 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Trever births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 215
1960s
215 births
- 1970s 778
1970s
778 births
- 1980s
1980s
1,043 births
- 1990s
1990s
2,173 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,541 births
- 2010s 493
2010s
493 births
- 2020s 68
2020s
68 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 2,173 births (34% of all-time use).
How Trever compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Trever's total volume
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 6,311 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 38 reporting states.
Trever appears in 38 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Trever's data
- Trever's decade-level peak was the 1990s (2,173 total births); usage has since declined to 68 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Trevers (585 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Trever: 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 (~63 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, 1962–2025 (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 Trever 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.