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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Trina

Trina was the 8315th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 13 babies. Its best year was 1970, when it ranked 172nd with 1,933 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 4,176 places. More babies were named Trina in the 1970s than in any other decade.

Meaning short form of Katrina · English, Greek

Say it TREE-nuh /ˈtrinə/

Rank in 2025
#8,315 girls, down 383 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
13girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
19701,933 babies
Total since 1880
32,598babies recorded

What does the name Trina mean?

Trina is a short form of Katrina, a variant of Katherine, made from its last syllables. Katherine comes from Greek Aikaterinē, of unknown origin; DMNES notes that the link with katharos, "pure", is mistaken, though it shaped the spelling. Wikipedia's claim that Trina comes from a Latin word for "triple" has no support in our dictionary sources. Trina was most popular in the US in the 1960s and 1970s.

Αἰκατερίνη (Greek, “Aikaterinē, of unknown origin”)

How sure is this? Well established. Trina is a pet form of Katrina; Katherine itself is of unknown origin.

Other explanations you may read: Trina means 'triple' (Latin).

Related names: Katrina, Katherine, Catrina, Treena.

See also: Greek names.

Sources for this meaning

Trina popularity since 1880

05001k1.5k2k 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few boys are given the name too: 30 since 1959.

YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025#8,31513
2020#7,93214
2010#3,15753
2000#1,81596
1990#915210
1980#387597
1970#1721,933
1960#373660
1950#1,00683
1940#2,19715
1930#3,3159
1920#2,45315
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Trina, counting every spelling?

Trina has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Trina?

13 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Trina (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Trina 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 646 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Trina.

Chance of another Trina in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Trina?

About 29,300 people born in the US named Trina are alive today, with a median age of 55; half are between 48 and 60. That makes Trina mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

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.

Trina by state

How common Trina was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesCA0.01Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: fewer than 5 a yearTX–Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Trina, girls, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Trina: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Trina, they share its era and feel.

Middle names for Trina · Sibling names for Trina

Trina is also a nickname for Katrina.

Questions about the name Trina

What does Trina mean?

Trina means “short form of Katrina” (English, Greek origin). Certainty: well established.

How popular is the name Trina?

Trina was the 8315th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 13 babies. Its best year was 1970, when it ranked 172nd with 1,933 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 4,176 places. More babies were named Trina in the 1970s than in any other decade.

Is Trina a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Trina in the US.

Where is Trina most popular?

In 2021–2025, Trina was most common in California (0.01 per 1,000 girls).