Truman — #1805 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Truman

The Social Security Administration has registered 15,835 babies named Truman between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Truman currently holds the #1805 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1945, when 540 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Truman performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 2,334 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Truman shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,734 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Missouri and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Truman in 37 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Truman 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 15,835 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.