Truth
Truth was the 1662nd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 101 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 1303rd with 145 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 822 places. More babies were named Truth in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,662 boys, down 212 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 101boys
- Girls and boys
- 30% girls, 70% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2021145 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,225babies recorded
Truth popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,969 | #1,662 | 37 | 101 |
| 2020 | #2,821 | #1,450 | 59 | 120 |
| 2010 | #6,368 | #3,520 | 21 | 31 |
| 2000 | #17,477 | #6,282 | 5 | 11 |
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| 1920 | #3,928 | — | 8 | — |
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How popular is Truth, counting every spelling?
Truth has no other common spelling that sounds the same. Counting every name's spellings together, it ranks #1,545 for boys in 2025, against #1,662 on the official list.
How many kids will share the name Truth?
101 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Truth (0.03 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Truth 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 83 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Truth.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Truth?
About 1,400 people born in the US named Truth are alive today, with a median age of 6; half are between 4 and 11. That makes Truth 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.
Truth by state
How common Truth was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in South Carolina (3.3×), Georgia (2.6×), North Carolina (2.3×), Michigan (2.2×). In 32 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 Truth: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Truth, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Truth
How popular is the name Truth?
Truth was the 1662nd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 101 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 1303rd with 145 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 822 places. More babies were named Truth in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Truth a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 30% girls, 70% boys given the name Truth in the US.
Where is Truth most popular?
In 2021–2025, Truth was most common in South Carolina (0.24 per 1,000 boys), followed by Georgia and North Carolina.