Baby Name Popularity Profile

Tru

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

✦ True, faithful 🌍 English Virtue Modern
National Rank (2025) #974
All-Time Peak Rank #891 Achieved 2024
Total U.S. Births 2,530 since 1880
Unisex Distribution 60.7% Boy / 39.3% Girl Leans Male
Boy Rank (2025) #591 ↗ as a Boy name
First Recorded 1995 Data through: 2025
Peak Decade 2020s 302 births in 2024
💡 The Tru Vibe: Considered a Rising Star. A high-velocity modern choice demonstrating rapid, sustained growth in recent registries.

🌍 Meaning & Etymology

Primary Meaning True, faithful
Language Origin English
Origin Type single
Derived directly from the English word 'true'.
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) +80.7%
10-Year Trend (2015–2025) +434.7%
2015: 49 births 49 2016: 31 births 2017: 45 births 2018: 72 births 2019: 115 births 2020: 145 births 145 2021: 221 births 2022: 287 births 2023: 268 births 2024: 302 births 2025: 262 births 262
2015 2020 2025

📈 Popularity Milestones

Busiest Year on Record 302 births in 2024
Years in Top 100 0 yrs
Years in Top 500 0 yrs
Longest Streak 25 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: 13
2000s: 483
2010s: 549
2020s: 1,485

📐 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 Delaware
Top States Delaware, Louisiana, Maryland, Georgia, Florida
States with Data 28
State 2025 Rank Total Births Peak Year 5-Yr Velocity
Delaware Unranked 12 2022 Insufficient historical volume
Louisiana #294 90 2024 Insufficient historical volume
Maryland #457 71 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Georgia #507 131 2024 Insufficient historical volume
Florida #767 119 2024 Insufficient historical volume
Mississippi #435 39 2022 Insufficient historical volume
North Carolina #598 74 2023 Insufficient historical volume
Texas #1003 188 2022 Insufficient historical volume
Tennessee #808 49 2021 Insufficient historical volume
Missouri #513 48 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Virginia #1364 43 2021 Insufficient historical volume
Ohio #642 87 2022 Insufficient historical volume
Alabama #811 34 2024 Insufficient historical volume
Michigan #781 69 2022 Insufficient historical volume
Nevada Unranked 6 2024 Insufficient historical volume
Pennsylvania #1100 95 2022 Insufficient historical volume
Illinois #792 77 2023 Insufficient historical volume
Indiana Unranked 36 2004 Insufficient historical volume
California #1828 143 2023 Insufficient historical volume
Washington Unranked 18 2004 Insufficient historical volume
Oklahoma Unranked 15 2022 Insufficient historical volume
South Carolina Unranked 10 2023 Insufficient historical volume
New Jersey Unranked 17 2023 Insufficient historical volume
Utah Unranked 5 2005 Insufficient historical volume
New York #2051 45 2024 Insufficient historical volume
Oregon Unranked 5 2004 Insufficient historical volume
Arizona Unranked 5 2022 Insufficient historical volume
Kentucky Unranked 7 2022 Insufficient historical volume

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