Boys' name · since 1948
Trey
40,476 babies named Trey in U.S. Social Security records since 1948, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #570 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #886 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 40,476
- born since 1948
- 2000s
- peak decade
40,476 babies have been named Trey since 1948, making it today's #886 boys' name.
Trey has 40,476 recorded births among boys since 1948, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #886 as of the latest data, more common than 94% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1948 to 2025.
- #570 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #886 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 40,476 born since 1948
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Trey ranks #570 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #886 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 40,476 born since 1948, peaking in the 2000s.
- #570 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #886 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 40,476
- born since 1948
- 2000s
- peak decade
Trey's 40,476 recorded births place it above 98.74% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Trey compares
40,476 Top 5% higher than 95% 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
Trey's all-time total is 110x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Trey | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 40,476 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 1,798 | 34 | 22,252 |
Trey's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Trey's full recorded timeline at 1987, 91% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 9% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1948, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1999 peak of 1,798 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Trey popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1948–2025
- Peak year (1999)
- 1,798
- Annual births at peak, across 78 years of records
Trey popularity over time - girls
97 total births recorded since 1973 (Trey as girls' name)
Trey by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (13,890 births, 34% of the file).
2000s was Trey's strongest decade.
13,890 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Trey births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
- 1950s 154
1950s
154 births
- 1960s 727
1960s
727 births
- 1970s 1,099
1970s
1,099 births
- 1980s 3,394
1980s
3,394 births
- 1990s
1990s
12,618 births
- 2000s
2000s
13,890 births
- 2010s
2010s
6,413 births
- 2020s 2,175
2020s
2,175 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 13,890 births (34% of all-time use).
How Trey 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 Trey's total volume
Trey by state
Where Trey concentrates geographically, total births since 1948
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 4,457 | 11.0% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 2,007 | 5.0% |
| #3 | Florida | | 1,938 | 4.8% |
| #4 | California | | 1,720 | 4.2% |
| #5 | Louisiana | | 1,681 | 4.2% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 1,589 | 3.9% |
| #7 | Indiana | | 1,429 | 3.5% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 1,253 | 3.1% |
4,457 of 40,476 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Trey appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Trey's data
- Trey's decade-level peak was the 2000s (13,890 total births); usage has since declined to 2,175 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Treys (4,457 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Trey: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~77 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, 1948–2025 (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 Trey 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.