Girls' name · since 1915
Truly
Truly has 1,092 recorded births since 1915 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,065 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,793 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,092
- born since 1915
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Truly is the #2793 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,092 recorded since 1915.
Truly has 1,092 recorded births among girls since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2793 as of the latest data, more common than 84% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 2025.
- #7,065 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,793 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,092 born since 1915
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Truly ranks #7,065 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,793 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,092 born since 1915, peaking in the 2010s.
- #7,065 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,793 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,092
- born since 1915
- 2010s
- peak decade
Truly's 1,092 recorded births place it above 90.23% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Truly compares
1,092 Top 31% higher than 69% 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
Truly's all-time total is 190% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Truly | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,092 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 61 | 21 | 19,840 |
Truly's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Truly's SSA record in two at 1991 and the more recent half accounts for 82% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 18%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1915, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 61, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Truly popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 61
- Annual births at peak, across 111 years of records
Truly popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1935 (Truly as boys' name)
Truly by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (406 births, 37% of the file).
2010s was Truly's strongest decade.
406 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Truly births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 23
1910s
23 births
- 1920s 12
1920s
12 births
- 1930s 28
1930s
28 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 11
1950s
11 births
- 1960s 27
1960s
27 births
- 1970s 43
1970s
43 births
- 1980s 44
1980s
44 births
- 1990s 33
1990s
33 births
- 2000s 132
2000s
132 births
- 2010s
2010s
406 births
- 2020s
2020s
328 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 406 births (37% of all-time use).
How Truly 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 Truly's total volume
Truly by state
Where Truly concentrates geographically, total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 81 | 7.4% |
| #2 | California | | 53 | 4.9% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 9 | 0.8% |
| #4 | Tennessee | | 6 | 0.5% |
| #5 | Florida | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.5% |
81 of 1,092 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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- Truly's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (406 total births) through the 2020s (328) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Trulys (81 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Truly: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~110 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, 1915–2025 (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 Truly 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.