Girls' name · since 1921
Trinity
85,348 babies named Trinity in U.S. Social Security records since 1921, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #418 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #428 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 85,348
- born since 1921
- 2000s
- peak decade
Trinity currently ranks #428 among girls' names in America, with 85,348 babies recorded since 1921.
Trinity has 85,348 recorded births among girls since 1921, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #428 as of the latest data, more common than 98% of girls, 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 1921 to 2025.
- #418 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #428 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 85,348 born since 1921
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Trinity ranks #418 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #428 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 85,348 born since 1921, peaking in the 2000s.
- #418 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #428 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 85,348
- born since 1921
- 2000s
- peak decade
Trinity's 85,348 recorded births place it above 99.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Trinity compares
85,348 Top 3% higher than 97% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Trinity's all-time total is 227x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Trinity | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 85,348 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 5,638 | 21 | 19,840 |
Trinity's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Trinity splits its recorded history at 1994: 97% of all births land in the more recent half, 3% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1921 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2004 peak of 5,638 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Trinity popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1921–2025
- Peak year (2004)
- 5,638
- Annual births at peak, across 105 years of records
Currently ranks #428 among girls.
85,348 total births across 105 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2004 with 5,638 births in a single year.
Trinity popularity over time - boys
2,844 total births recorded since 1971 (Trinity as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Trinity accounts for 3% of total recorded use across both genders.
Trinity by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (46,889 births, 55% of the file).
2000s was Trinity's strongest decade.
46,889 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Trinity births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 6
1920s
6 births
- 1950s 6
1950s
6 births
- 1960s 59
1960s
59 births
- 1970s 1,075
1970s
1,075 births
- 1980s 1,099
1980s
1,099 births
- 1990s 3,991
1990s
3,991 births
- 2000s
2000s
46,889 births
- 2010s
2010s
26,339 births
- 2020s 5,884
2020s
5,884 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 46,889 births (55% of all-time use).
Trinity decade highlights
- Peak decade 46,889 births
- Runner-up 26,339 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
How Trinity compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Trinity's total volume
Trinity by state
Where Trinity concentrates geographically, total births since 1921
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 8,145 | 9.5% |
| #2 | California | | 7,388 | 8.7% |
| #3 | Florida | | 5,212 | 6.1% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 4,284 | 5.0% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 3,510 | 4.1% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 3,387 | 4.0% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 2,998 | 3.5% |
| #8 | New York | | 2,827 | 3.3% |
8,145 of 85,348 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 9.5% of nationwide
- California 8.7% of nationwide
- Florida 6.1% of nationwide
- Georgia 5.0% of nationwide
- Ohio 4.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 9.5% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Trinity appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Trinity's data
- Trinity's decade-level peak was the 2000s (46,889 total births); usage has since declined to 5,884 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Trinitys (8,145 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 Trinity: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~104 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, 1921–2025 (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 Trinity 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.
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