Truman
Truman was given to 111 boys in 2025, #1,553 among boys’ names; 15,973 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 7,970 Americans named Truman and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (50% of everyone recorded); the median is 24 years old and half are between 13 and 59.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Truman by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Truman mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Truman is “a male given name.”
/ˈtɹumən/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Truman?
#1,553 among boys’ names, 2025
Truman fell from #973 in 2015 to #1,553 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.11 to 0.06 per 1,000.
540 babies in 1945, the peak
Truman peaked in 1945, when 540 boys were given it, #248 among boys’ names. The 111 births of 2025 are 21% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 111 | #1,553 | 0.06 |
| 2024 | 90 | #1,818 | 0.05 |
| 2023 | 114 | #1,546 | 0.07 |
| 2022 | 125 | #1,454 | 0.07 |
| 2021 | 130 | #1,417 | 0.07 |
| 2020 | 148 | #1,254 | 0.09 |
| 2019 | 152 | #1,242 | 0.08 |
| 2018 | 165 | #1,166 | 0.09 |
| 2017 | 175 | #1,109 | 0.09 |
| 2016 | 193 | #1,034 | 0.10 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 213 | #973 | 0.11 |
| 2014 | 221 | #957 | 0.12 |
| 2013 | 209 | #961 | 0.11 |
| 2012 | 220 | #931 | 0.12 |
| 2011 | 183 | #1,040 | 0.10 |
| 2010 | 197 | #996 | 0.10 |
| 2009 | 174 | #1,073 | 0.09 |
| 2008 | 176 | #1,068 | 0.09 |
| 2007 | 202 | #976 | 0.10 |
| 2006 | 194 | #961 | 0.09 |
| 2005 | 167 | #1,016 | 0.08 |
| 2004 | 175 | #961 | 0.09 |
| 2003 | 159 | #996 | 0.08 |
| 2002 | 140 | #1,077 | 0.07 |
| 2001 | 130 | #1,097 | 0.07 |
| 2000 | 145 | #1,012 | 0.07 |
| 1999 | 118 | #1,123 | 0.06 |
| 1998 | 115 | #1,119 | 0.06 |
| 1997 | 95 | #1,228 | 0.05 |
| 1996 | 106 | #1,123 | 0.06 |
| 1995 | 78 | #1,330 | 0.04 |
| 1994 | 78 | #1,325 | 0.04 |
| 1993 | 70 | #1,394 | 0.04 |
| 1992 | 44 | #1,876 | 0.02 |
| 1991 | 51 | #1,644 | 0.03 |
| 1990 | 50 | #1,655 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 46 | #1,699 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 22 | #2,671 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 47 | #1,528 | 0.03 |
| 1986 | 42 | #1,584 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 52 | #1,350 | 0.03 |
| 1984 | 41 | #1,528 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 37 | #1,627 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 29 | #1,927 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 33 | #1,761 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 37 | #1,616 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 37 | #1,594 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 39 | #1,506 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 54 | #1,208 | 0.03 |
| 1976 | 49 | #1,266 | 0.03 |
| 1975 | 38 | #1,448 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 45 | #1,265 | 0.03 |
| 1973 | 43 | #1,267 | 0.03 |
| 1972 | 51 | #1,148 | 0.03 |
| 1971 | 77 | #932 | 0.04 |
| 1970 | 57 | #1,091 | 0.03 |
| 1969 | 62 | #980 | 0.03 |
| 1968 | 59 | #957 | 0.03 |
| 1967 | 56 | #980 | 0.03 |
| 1966 | 46 | #1,099 | 0.03 |
| 1965 | 66 | #919 | 0.04 |
| 1964 | 52 | #1,057 | 0.03 |
| 1963 | 56 | #1,016 | 0.03 |
| 1962 | 51 | #1,078 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 53 | #1,075 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 70 | #908 | 0.03 |
| 1959 | 39 | #1,262 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 50 | #1,088 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 58 | #1,003 | 0.03 |
| 1956 | 51 | #1,066 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 64 | #939 | 0.03 |
| 1954 | 74 | #849 | 0.04 |
| 1953 | 71 | #856 | 0.04 |
| 1952 | 70 | #838 | 0.04 |
| 1951 | 76 | #811 | 0.04 |
| 1950 | 119 | #635 | 0.07 |
| 1949 | 158 | #531 | 0.09 |
| 1948 | 160 | #526 | 0.09 |
| 1947 | 204 | #470 | 0.11 |
| 1946 | 286 | #387 | 0.18 |
| 1945 | 540 | #248 | 0.40 |
| 1944 | 197 | #435 | 0.14 |
| 1943 | 213 | #426 | 0.15 |
| 1942 | 170 | #471 | 0.12 |
| 1941 | 164 | #463 | 0.13 |
| 1940 | 210 | #395 | 0.18 |
| 1939 | 174 | #431 | 0.16 |
| 1938 | 168 | #446 | 0.15 |
| 1937 | 194 | #403 | 0.18 |
| 1936 | 176 | #420 | 0.17 |
| 1935 | 198 | #387 | 0.19 |
| 1934 | 203 | #385 | 0.20 |
| 1933 | 196 | #391 | 0.20 |
| 1932 | 183 | #415 | 0.18 |
| 1931 | 197 | #403 | 0.19 |
| 1930 | 202 | #413 | 0.18 |
| 1929 | 217 | #393 | 0.20 |
| 1928 | 198 | #423 | 0.18 |
| 1927 | 241 | #382 | 0.21 |
| 1926 | 221 | #401 | 0.20 |
| 1925 | 260 | #369 | 0.23 |
| 1924 | 240 | #390 | 0.21 |
| 1923 | 212 | #412 | 0.19 |
| 1922 | 245 | #386 | 0.23 |
| 1921 | 238 | #392 | 0.22 |
| 1920 | 262 | #371 | 0.25 |
| 1919 | 225 | #390 | 0.23 |
| 1918 | 240 | #385 | 0.24 |
| 1917 | 225 | #376 | 0.24 |
| 1916 | 219 | #371 | 0.25 |
| 1915 | 202 | #378 | 0.24 |
| 1914 | 162 | #374 | 0.25 |
| 1913 | 146 | #342 | 0.28 |
| 1912 | 82 | #432 | 0.19 |
| 1911 | 50 | #408 | 0.22 |
| 1910 | 39 | #445 | 0.20 |
| 1909 | 34 | #435 | 0.21 |
| 1908 | 38 | #381 | 0.25 |
| 1907 | 30 | #428 | 0.20 |
| 1906 | 31 | #393 | 0.23 |
| 1905 | 30 | #392 | 0.23 |
| 1904 | 34 | #350 | 0.27 |
| 1903 | 19 | #503 | 0.16 |
| 1902 | 20 | #486 | 0.16 |
| 1901 | 15 | #532 | 0.14 |
| 1900 | 25 | #468 | 0.17 |
| 1899 | 9 | #779 | 0.08 |
| 1898 | 16 | #540 | 0.13 |
| 1897 | 14 | #581 | 0.12 |
| 1896 | 20 | #459 | 0.17 |
| 1895 | 15 | #555 | 0.13 |
| 1894 | 19 | #462 | 0.16 |
| 1893 | 18 | #446 | 0.16 |
| 1892 | 16 | #521 | 0.13 |
| 1891 | 22 | #376 | 0.22 |
| 1890 | 18 | #432 | 0.16 |
| 1889 | 13 | #548 | 0.12 |
| 1888 | 18 | #463 | 0.15 |
| 1887 | 8 | #743 | 0.08 |
| 1886 | 14 | #510 | 0.13 |
| 1885 | 17 | #459 | 0.16 |
| 1884 | 15 | #502 | 0.13 |
| 1883 | 21 | #380 | 0.20 |
| 1882 | 17 | #450 | 0.15 |
| 1881 | 20 | #387 | 0.20 |
| 1880 | 12 | #565 | 0.11 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Truman a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Truman has been given almost only to boys: 26 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Truman: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Truman, and how old are they?
7,970 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 50% of the 15,973 Americans ever recorded as Truman. The median Truman alive today is 24 years old; half are between 13 and 59.
The 2020 Census counted 7,702 people named Truman (37 women and girls, 7,665 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 8,158 born in the U.S. The Census count is 6% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 811 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,060 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 716 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 788 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 2,550 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 2,030 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Truman born?
The states with the most babies named Truman are Texas, Missouri and California, with 34% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Missouri is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 1,746 | #1,548 | 1.6× |
| Missouri | 919 | #456 | 2.4× |
| California | 724 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Kentucky | 520 | #700 | 1.6× |
| Oklahoma | 499 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Illinois | 494 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Arkansas | 478 | not ranked | 2.2× |
| Alabama | 410 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Utah | 363 | #801 | 2.6× |
| Tennessee | 339 | not ranked | 0.9× |
Where Truman is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Truman is most over-represented in Utah: since 1910 it was given 2.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Truman with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 16,247 babies since 1880, Truman is the most given (98% of them). In 2025 it was given to 111 of their 111 babies (100%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Truman
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Truman and names like it
- Compare Truman and TruemanBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1940sTruman peaked in 1945.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Truman since 1910.
- The top names of 1945The year the most babies were named Truman.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Truman alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with TMost given first.