True
True was the 1050th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 211 babies. Its best year was 1895, when it ranked 970th; the most babies were born in 2024 (230). Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,276 places. More babies were named True in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,050 boys, up 120 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 211boys
- Girls and boys
- 49% girls, 51% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2024230 babies
- Total since 1880
- 4,665babies recorded
True popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,387 | #1,050 | 158 | 211 |
| 2020 | #1,302 | #1,170 | 170 | 165 |
| 2010 | #4,965 | #2,911 | 29 | 41 |
| 2000 | #10,697 | #3,294 | 9 | 26 |
| 1990 | #15,143 | #9,403 | 5 | 5 |
| 1980 | — | #7,238 | — | 5 |
| 1970 | — | — | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — | — | — |
| 1950 | — | #3,652 | — | 6 |
| 1940 | — | — | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — | — | — |
| 1920 | — | #2,945 | — | 10 |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is True, counting every spelling?
True is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #978 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,050 for True on its own. Together these spellings went to 218 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| True | 211 | #1,050 | 1,047 |
| Treu | 7 | #10,584 | 85 |
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 True?
211 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named True (0.06 per 1,000 births). For a boy named True 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 40 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named True.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named True?
About 2,300 people born in the US named True are alive today, with a median age of 6; half are between 3 and 14. That makes True a young name: most people with it are children.
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.
True by state
How common True was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Georgia (2.8×), Maryland (2.7×), Louisiana (2.3×), Alabama (2.0×), Virginia (1.7×). In 29 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 True: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like True, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name True
How popular is the name True?
True was the 1050th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 211 babies. Its best year was 1895, when it ranked 970th; the most babies were born in 2024 (230). Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,276 places. More babies were named True in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is True a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 49% girls, 51% boys given the name True in the US.
Where is True most popular?
In 2021–2025, True was most common in Georgia (0.34 per 1,000 boys), followed by Maryland and Louisiana.