Trenton
Last seen for girls in 2006 at #17,168 · #1,038 for boys in 2025, 213 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2007 · 2,335 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 58,557since 1913
Trenton over time
Rank among boys' names. Trenton has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,038 | 213 | |
| 2024 | — | #885 | 271 | |
| 2023 | — | #855 | 282 | |
| 2022 | — | #773 | 327 | |
| 2021 | — | #656 | 415 | |
| 2020 | — | #619 | 438 | |
| 2019 | — | #546 | 515 | |
| 2018 | — | #510 | 553 | |
| 2017 | — | #449 | 683 | |
| 2016 | — | #388 | 821 | |
| 2015 | — | #339 | 1,015 | |
| 2014 | — | #305 | 1,159 | |
| 2013 | — | #266 | 1,339 | |
| 2012 | — | #239 | 1,512 | |
| 2011 | — | #217 | 1,629 | |
| 2010 | — | #212 | 1,691 | |
| 2009 | — | #207 | 1,834 | |
| 2008 | — | #196 | 2,055 | |
| 2007 | — | #178 | 2,335 | |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | #192 | 2,070 |
| 2005 | — | #190 | 2,104 | |
| 2004 | #5,555 | 22 | #187 | 2,055 |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | #179 | 2,181 |
| 2002 | — | #180 | 2,119 | |
| 2001 | — | #181 | 2,082 | |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 | #178 | 2,063 |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | #180 | 1,943 |
| 1998 | — | #183 | 1,830 | |
| 1997 | — | #182 | 1,808 | |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | #187 | 1,707 |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 | #199 | 1,529 |
| 1994 | — | #224 | 1,298 | |
| 1993 | — | #229 | 1,278 | |
| 1992 | — | #239 | 1,203 | |
| 1991 | — | #253 | 1,085 | |
| 1990 | — | #266 | 1,011 | |
| 1989 | — | #256 | 994 | |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | #282 | 828 |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | #316 | 673 |
| 1986 | — | #307 | 670 | |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | #309 | 663 |
| 1984 | — | #357 | 510 | |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | #387 | 429 |
| 1982 | — | #405 | 418 | |
| 1981 | — | #450 | 336 | |
| 1980 | — | #437 | 356 | |
| 1979 | — | #391 | 419 | |
| 1978 | — | #410 | 359 | |
| 1977 | — | #480 | 285 | |
| 1976 | — | #502 | 255 | |
| 1975 | — | #488 | 269 | |
| 1974 | — | #522 | 230 | |
| 1973 | — | #573 | 192 | |
| 1972 | — | #537 | 220 | |
| 1971 | — | #526 | 234 | |
| 1970 | — | #535 | 228 | |
| 1969 | — | #587 | 175 | |
| 1968 | — | #631 | 144 | |
| 1967 | — | #696 | 114 | |
| 1966 | — | #740 | 99 | |
| 1965 | — | #753 | 96 | |
| 1964 | — | #809 | 87 | |
| 1963 | — | #875 | 73 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,108 | 48 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,078 | 52 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,193 | 43 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,265 | 38 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,534 | 26 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,457 | 29 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,765 | 20 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,646 | 22 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,706 | 20 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,836 | 18 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,939 | 16 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,246 | 12 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,111 | 13 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,022 | 14 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,519 | 23 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,988 | 15 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,601 | 20 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,852 | 14 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,467 | 9 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,732 | 8 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,629 | 19 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,903 | 14 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,871 | 7 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,795 | 15 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,741 | 16 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,332 | 10 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,452 | 9 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,719 | 8 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,742 | 8 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,738 | 8 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,638 | 9 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,471 | 10 | |
| 1930 | — | #3,592 | 6 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,589 | 10 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,659 | 10 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,703 | 10 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,436 | 12 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,588 | 11 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,043 | 16 | |
| 1923 | — | #3,175 | 8 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,014 | 9 | |
| 1921 | — | #3,517 | 7 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,967 | 9 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,511 | 11 | |
| 1918 | — | #3,728 | 6 | |
| 1917 | — | #3,217 | 7 | |
| 1916 | — | #3,897 | 5 | |
| 1915 | — | #3,392 | 6 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,651 | 7 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,821 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Trenton! It came in at #2,821, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1913–1918, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.
Where Trenton is popular in 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Utah#127 · 1 in 812
- Kansas#167 · 1 in 1,199
- Nebraska#187 · 1 in 1,657
- Iowa#193 · 1 in 1,917
- Colorado#214 · 1 in 1,549
Best ever in a state: #50 in Wyoming, 2001.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | #127 | 22 | 1 in 812 |
| Kansas | #167 | 13 | 1 in 1,199 |
| Nebraska | #187 | 7 | 1 in 1,657 |
| Iowa | #193 | 11 | 1 in 1,917 |
| Colorado | #214 | 13 | 1 in 1,549 |
| Idaho | #226 | 5 | 1 in 1,593 |
| Arkansas | #230 | 9 | 1 in 1,638 |
| Indiana | #247 | 15 | 1 in 2,620 |
| Washington | #281 | 10 | 1 in 2,678 |
| Oregon | #286 | 7 | 1 in 2,587 |
| Oklahoma | #287 | 8 | 1 in 2,482 |
| Wisconsin | #320 | 7 | 1 in 4,590 |
| Minnesota | #321 | 6 | 1 in 4,911 |
| Georgia | #331 | 14 | 1 in 2,697 |
| Louisiana | #333 | 15 | 1 in 2,203 |
| Kentucky | #341 | 6 | 1 in 4,551 |
| Missouri | #342 | 8 | 1 in 4,370 |
| Texas | #360 | 40 | 1 in 2,878 |
| Alabama | #376 | 7 | 1 in 3,686 |
| North Carolina | #394 | 9 | 1 in 4,130 |
| Arizona | #411 | 5 | 1 in 3,796 |
| Michigan | #414 | 11 | 1 in 5,841 |
| Tennessee | #424 | 6 | 1 in 5,323 |
| Virginia | #426 | 6 | 1 in 5,336 |
| Florida | #484 | 10 | 1 in 5,101 |
| Illinois | #486 | 13 | 1 in 6,107 |
| Ohio | #499 | 9 | 1 in 8,563 |
| California | #521 | 27 | 1 in 6,257 |
| New York | #893 | 7 | 1 in 15,751 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Trenton
- 153 spots since 2024 (#885 → #1,038)
- 419 spots since 2020 (#619 → #1,038)
- 699 spots since 2015 (#339 → #1,038)
- Biggest jump: 233 spots in 1963 (#1,108 → #875)
- Biggest drop: 153 spots in 2025 (#885 → #1,038)
- Debuted 1913
- Peaked 2007 at #178 (2,335 births)
- Births halved by 2014, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 62 yrs · run 1963–2024
- Highest: 1 in 889 boys born in 2007 were named Trenton (0.11%)
- Latest: 1 in 8,019 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 35.7% of all boys named Trenton (20,898) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 47 | #2,511 (1919) | #3,174 |
| 1920s | 102 | #2,043 (1924) | #2,769 |
| 1930s | 99 | #1,741 (1938) | #2,522 |
| 1940s | 143 | #1,519 (1948) | #2,058 |
| 1950s | 214 | #1,265 (1959) | #1,751 |
| 1960s | 931 | #587 (1969) | #847 |
| 1970s | 2,691 | #391 (1979) | #496 |
| 1980s | 5,877 | #256 (1989) | #351 |
| 1990s | 14,692 | #180 (1999) | #214 |
| 2000s | 20,898 | #178 (2007) | #187 |
| 2010s | 10,917 | #212 (2010) | #347 |
| 2020s | 1,946 | #619 (2020) | #804 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Trenton in 1978
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 4,573 of them was named Trenton, which outranked 93.9% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.