Baby Name Popularity Profile

Tru

Data-driven SSA statistics, rankings, and historical trends for Tru.

✦ True, genuine, faithful 🌍 English Virtue Modern
National Rank (2025) #591
All-Time Peak Rank #591 Achieved 2025
Total U.S. Births 3,794 since 1880
Unisex Distribution 60.7% Boy / 39.3% Girl Leans Male
Girl Rank (2025) #974 ↗ as a Girl name
First Recorded 1995 Data through: 2025
Peak Decade 2020s 496 births in 2025
💡 The Tru Vibe: Considered a Rising Star. A high-velocity modern choice demonstrating rapid, sustained growth in recent registries.

🌍 Meaning & Etymology

Primary Meaning True, genuine, faithful
Language Origin English
Origin Type single
Derived from the English word 'true', meaning 'faithful, loyal, genuine'.
Alternative Spellings
True
Pronunciation: TROO
Themes & Categories
Virtue Modern
Etymology confidence: Medium

📊 Popularity Over Time (1880 – 2025)

Annual registration volume (number of births) for Tru across 146 years of SSA data.

Historical Timeline (1880 - 2025)
18801920196020002025
Recent Decade (2015 - 2025)
5-Year Trend (2020–2025) +73.4%
10-Year Trend (2015–2025) +588.9%
2015: 72 births 72 2016: 81 births 2017: 107 births 2018: 171 births 2019: 235 births 2020: 286 births 286 2021: 392 births 2022: 429 births 2023: 408 births 2024: 465 births 2025: 496 births 496
2015 2020 2025

📈 Popularity Milestones

Busiest Year on Record 496 births in 2025
Years in Top 100 0 yrs
Years in Top 500 0 yrs
Longest Streak 31 yrs
Decade-by-Decade Registration Volumes
1880s: 0
1890s: 0
1900s: 0
1910s: 0
1920s: 0
1930s: 0
1940s: 0
1950s: 0
1960s: 0
1970s: 0
1980s: 0
1990s: 47
2000s: 288
2010s: 983
2020s: 2,476

📐 Sound & Spelling Structure

Phonetic Syllables Tru
Letter Count 3 letters
Spelling Complexity Easy
Length Percentile Longer than 0.2% of names
Linguistic Profile: It is an isogram, meaning no two letters are repeated. Longer than 0.2% of SSA names. Starts with T, a letter used by only 6.1% of SSA names.

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📍 Authentic State & Regional Rankings

Highest Ranking State Louisiana
Top States Louisiana, Georgia, Nevada, Maryland, Texas
States with Data 34
State 2025 Rank Total Births Peak Year 5-Yr Velocity
Louisiana #220 166 2021 Insufficient historical volume
Georgia #320 222 2024 Insufficient historical volume
Nevada #388 22 2021 Insufficient historical volume
Maryland #362 93 2020 Insufficient historical volume
Texas #609 378 2024 +88.9% Growth
Florida #542 168 2025 Insufficient historical volume
North Carolina #430 131 2022 Insufficient historical volume
Tennessee #549 95 2021 Insufficient historical volume
Mississippi #180 54 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Arkansas #396 45 2023 Insufficient historical volume
Missouri #705 91 2024 Insufficient historical volume
Alabama #421 73 2024 Insufficient historical volume
Oklahoma #616 50 2023 Insufficient historical volume
South Carolina #273 52 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Virginia #960 80 2023 Insufficient historical volume
Arizona #1023 35 2021 Insufficient historical volume
Ohio #454 128 2023 Insufficient historical volume
Pennsylvania #544 134 2025 Insufficient historical volume
California #1117 245 2021 Insufficient historical volume
Delaware #240 5 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Michigan #444 92 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Indiana #835 47 2022 Insufficient historical volume
Kentucky #482 33 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Utah Unranked 15 2010 Insufficient historical volume
Illinois #603 83 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Wisconsin #517 29 2025 Insufficient historical volume
New Jersey #601 36 2025 Insufficient historical volume
New York #795 93 2022 Insufficient historical volume
Connecticut #566 10 2024 Insufficient historical volume
Colorado Unranked 10 2022 Insufficient historical volume
Massachusetts Unranked 17 2023 Insufficient historical volume
Nebraska #509 5 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Washington Unranked 5 2021 Insufficient historical volume
Minnesota Unranked 5 2022 Insufficient historical volume

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