Trula — girls' name
2,045 babies named Trula in U.S. Social Security records since 1893, with the highest year being 1923. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
25% of everyone ever named Trula was born in this single decade.
63 babies were named Trula in 1923 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Trula
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,045 babies named Trula between 1893 and 1982, spanning 90 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Trula currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1982. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 63 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Trula performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 514 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Trula shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Tennessee, which accounts for 486 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Virginia and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Trula in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Trula 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 2,045 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.
Trula at a glance
Last recorded 1982Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Trula popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–1893
- Peak year (1923)
- 63
- Annual births at peak — across 90 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1982.
2,045 total births across 90 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1923 with 63 births in a single year.
Trula by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 514 births that decade — 25% of Trula's all-time total
Trula decade highlights
- Peak decade 514 births
- Runner-up 353 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Trula's strongest decade
514 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% of all-time use.
Trula by state
Where Trula concentrates geographically — total births since 1893
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Tennessee | | 486 | 23.8% |
| #2 | Virginia | | 204 | 10.0% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 32 | 1.6% |
| #4 | Kentucky | | 31 | 1.5% |
| #5 | Texas | | 26 | 1.3% |
| #6 | Oklahoma | | 13 | 0.6% |
| #7 | Missouri | | 5 | 0.2% |
486 of 2,045 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Tennessee 23.8% of nationwide
- Virginia 10.0% of nationwide
- North Carolina 1.6% of nationwide
- Kentucky 1.5% of nationwide
- Texas 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 7 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Tennessee accounts for 23.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1893–1982 (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.