Unisex name · since 1997
Trew
Since 1997, U.S. Social Security records show 158 babies named Trew, peaking in 2012. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #14,436 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,715 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 158
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Trew is the #12715 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 158 recorded since 1997.
Social Security Administration records show Trew recorded 158 times among boys since 1997, holding rank #12715 nationally today, ahead of 9% of boys, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2025.
- #14,436 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,715 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 158 born since 1997
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Trew ranks #14,436 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,715 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 158 born since 1997, peaking in the 2010s.
- #14,436 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,715 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 158
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
Trew's 158 recorded births place it above 68.25% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Trew compares
158 34th 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
Trew's all-time total is 57% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Trew | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 158 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 34 | 22,252 |
Trew's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Trew splits its recorded history at 2014: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1999 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2012 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Trew popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025
- Peak year (2012)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Trew popularity over time - girls
16 total births recorded since 1999 (Trew as girls' name)
Trew by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (58 births, 37% of the file).
2010s was Trew's strongest decade.
58 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Trew births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 21
1990s
21 births
- 2000s
2000s
35 births
- 2010s
2010s
58 births
- 2020s
2020s
44 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 58 births (37% of all-time use).
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- Trew's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (58 total births) through the 2020s (44) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Trew: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1997–2025 (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 Trew 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.