Recorded 1918–1954 Unisex name Peak 1918 34 births

Truby — unisex name

34 babies named Truby in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s81920s151930s61950s5
1920s
Peak decade

44% of everyone ever named Truby was born in this single decade.

1918
Single peak year

8 babies were named Truby in 1918 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Truby

The Social Security Administration has registered 34 babies named Truby between 1918 and 1954, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Truby currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1954. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 8 babies received it in a single year. Truby is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 33 additional births since 1920.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Truby performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 15 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Truby shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in West Virginia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Truby in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Truby in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 34 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Truby at a glance

Last recorded 1954

Total births

34

Since 1918

37 years of records

Peak year

1918

8 births that year

Strongest decade: 1920s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1954

Active since

1918

Recorded for 37 years

Last year on file: 1954

Truby popularity over time — girls

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1954–1918

Last recorded 1954
Peak year (1918)
8
Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
456789 195419331929192419201918 8

Truby popularity over time — boys

33 total births recorded since 1920 (Truby as boys' name)

Unisex variant — 33 births
4.555.566.577.5 194719271926192519231920 5

Truby by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1920s
Peak decade
1920s
15 births that decade — 44% of Truby's all-time total
1910s81920s151930s61950s5

Truby by state

Where Truby concentrates geographically — total births since 1918

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Truby
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 West Virginia
5 14.7%
West Virginia share of Truby's total US births 14.7%

5 of 34 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Truby?
34 babies have been named Truby since 1918. It was last recorded in 1954. The peak year was 1918 with 8 births.
When was Truby most popular?
Truby was most popular in the 1920s decade with 15 total births. The single peak year was 1918.
Where is Truby most popular?
The top states for the name Truby are West Virginia (5 births).
Is Truby a unisex name?
Yes, Truby is used for both boys and girls. As a girl's name it has 34 births, and as a boy's name it has 33 births.
How long has the name Truby been used?
Truby has been recorded in Social Security data since 1918, spanning 37 years of data through 1954.
What names are similar to Truby?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Trudy, Trudi, Trudie, Tru, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1918–1954 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.