Truly
Truly was the 2816th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 61 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 390 places. More babies were named Truly in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,816 girls, up 143 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 61girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202561 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,097babies recorded
Truly popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 5 since 1935.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,816 | 61 |
| 2020 | #2,959 | 55 |
| 2010 | #7,857 | 16 |
| 2000 | #13,069 | 7 |
| 1990 | — | — |
| 1980 | — | — |
| 1970 | #7,032 | 7 |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | #4,512 | 6 |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Truly, counting every spelling?
Truly is the most common spelling of a name family that had 83 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 83 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Truly | 61 | #2,816 | 273 |
| Trulee | 11 | #9,416 | 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 Truly?
61 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Truly (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Truly 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 138 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Truly.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Truly?
About 1,000 people born in the US named Truly are alive today, with a median age of 10; half are between 5 and 19. That makes Truly 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.
Truly by state
How common Truly was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 46 states fewer than five girls 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 Truly: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Truly, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Truly
How popular is the name Truly?
Truly was the 2816th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 61 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 390 places. More babies were named Truly in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Truly a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Truly in the US.
Where is Truly most popular?
In 2021–2025, Truly was most common in Texas (0.04 per 1,000 girls), followed by Georgia and Tennessee.