Tre
Tre was the 2755th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 47 babies. Its best year was 1993, when it ranked 395th with 586 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 778 places. More babies were named Tre in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Trey) third (nickname for a III) · English, Latin
- Rank in 2025
- #2,755 boys, down 292 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 47boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1993586 babies
- Total since 1880
- 5,950babies recorded
What does the name Tre mean?
Tre is a spelling of Trey, pronounced the same way, so it shares Trey's meaning and origin.
Trey began as a nickname for a boy who is the third in his family to bear the same name, such as John Smith III, as Wiktionary notes, and became a given name in its own right. The American Heritage Dictionary traces trey, a three in cards or dice, through Old French to Latin tres, three. US records show Trey from 1948, most common in the 1990s.
trēs (Latin, “three”)
How sure is this? Well established.
See also: English names.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Trey' (English section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th ed., entry 'trey' (etymology), HarperCollins / Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (yob*.txt), team3 computation of first year recorded, US Social Security Administration (public domain)
Tre popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 58 since 1992.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,755 | 47 |
| 2020 | #2,463 | 53 |
| 2010 | #1,637 | 96 |
| 2000 | #627 | 294 |
| 1990 | #3,454 | 18 |
| 1980 | — | — |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Tre, counting every spelling?
Tre is a spelling of Trey, a name family that ranked #746 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #2,755 for Tre on its own. Together these spellings went to 335 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trey | 269 | #890 | 1,807 |
| Tre | 47 | #2,755 | 276 |
| Trea | 13 | #6,769 | 77 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Tre?
47 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Tre (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Tre born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 179 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Tre.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Tre?
About 5,700 people born in the US named Tre are alive today, with a median age of 27; half are between 20 and 32. That makes Tre mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Tre by state
How common Tre was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 40 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Tre: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Tre, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Tre
What does Tre mean?
Tre is a spelling of Trey, which means “third (nickname for a III)” (English, Latin origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Tre?
Tre was the 2755th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 47 babies. Its best year was 1993, when it ranked 395th with 586 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 778 places. More babies were named Tre in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Tre a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Tre in the US.
Where is Tre most popular?
In 2021–2025, Tre was most common in Louisiana (0.11 per 1,000 boys), followed by Maryland and Texas.