Girls' name · since 1976
Trinh
443 babies named Trinh in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,728 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 443
- born since 1976
- 1980s
- peak decade
Trinh is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 443 have been recorded since 1976.
Trinh has 443 recorded births among girls since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2015.
- #12,728 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 443 born since 1976
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Trinh ranks #12,728 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 443 born since 1976, peaking in the 1980s.
- #12,728 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 443
- born since 1976
- 1980s
- peak decade
Trinh's 443 recorded births place it above 82.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by California.
Trinh's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Trinh's SSA record in two at 1994 and the more recent half accounts for 37% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 63%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 2004, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1982 peak of 27, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Trinh popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2015
- Peak year (1982)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Trinh by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (187 births, 42% of the file).
1980s was Trinh's strongest decade.
187 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Trinh births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 16
1970s
16 births
- 1980s
1980s
187 births
- 1990s
1990s
147 births
- 2000s
2000s
79 births
- 2010s 14
2010s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 187 births (42% of all-time use).
Trinh by state
Where Trinh concentrates geographically, total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 64 | 14.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 10 | 2.3% |
| #3 | Louisiana | | 7 | 1.6% |
64 of 443 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Trinh's data
- Trinh's decade-level peak was the 1980s (187 total births); usage has since declined to 14 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Trinhs (64 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Trinh: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1982)
Similar record span (~39 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, 1976–2015 (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 Trinh 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.