Unisex name · since 1980
Truc
Truc has 226 recorded births since 1980 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1999 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,588 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 226
- born since 1980
- 1980s
- peak decade
Truc sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 226 recorded since 1980.
Truc has 226 recorded births among girls since 1980, 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 1980 to 2010.
- #18,588 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 226 born since 1980
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Truc ranks #18,588 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 226 born since 1980, peaking in the 1980s.
- #18,588 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 226
- born since 1980
- 1980s
- peak decade
Truc's 226 recorded births place it above 74.3% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Truc's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Truc splits its recorded history at 1993: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1988 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1999 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Truc popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2010
- Peak year (1999)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Truc popularity over time - boys
17 total births recorded since 1985 (Truc as boys' name)
Truc by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (82 births, 36% of the file).
1980s was Truc's strongest decade.
82 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Truc births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
82 births
- 1990s
1990s
78 births
- 2000s
2000s
61 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 82 births (36% of all-time use).
Truc by state
Where Truc concentrates geographically, total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 10 | 4.4% |
10 of 226 births nationwide.
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What to do with Truc's data
- Truc's decade-level peak was the 1980s (82 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Trucs (10 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Truc: 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 (~30 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, 1980–2010 (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 Truc 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.