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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 1999
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Wyoming#72 · 1 in 207
- Oklahoma#75 · 1 in 293
- Kansas#77 · 1 in 284
- Arkansas#78 · 1 in 312
- Kentucky#85 · 1 in 378
Best ever in a state: #50 in Wyoming, 2001.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyoming | #72 | 9 | 1 in 207 |
| Oklahoma | #75 | 69 | 1 in 293 |
| Kansas | #77 | 57 | 1 in 284 |
| Arkansas | #78 | 46 | 1 in 312 |
| Kentucky | #85 | 62 | 1 in 378 |
| Missouri | #88 | 100 | 1 in 341 |
| Alabama | #89 | 62 | 1 in 402 |
| Iowa | #90 | 52 | 1 in 319 |
| West Virginia | #90 | 25 | 1 in 354 |
| Indiana | #93 | 99 | 1 in 388 |
| Nebraska | #93 | 30 | 1 in 335 |
| Michigan | #116 | 103 | 1 in 571 |
| North Dakota | #131 | 7 | 1 in 482 |
| Idaho | #133 | 15 | 1 in 510 |
| Ohio | #134 | 103 | 1 in 674 |
| Louisiana | #137 | 43 | 1 in 636 |
| Virginia | #142 | 51 | 1 in 781 |
| Montana | #143 | 8 | 1 in 500 |
| Wisconsin | #143 | 43 | 1 in 681 |
| Colorado | #149 | 44 | 1 in 620 |
| South Dakota | #150 | 7 | 1 in 580 |
| South Carolina | #152 | 27 | 1 in 762 |
| Tennessee | #152 | 43 | 1 in 841 |
| Alaska | #154 | 6 | 1 in 565 |
| Nevada | #155 | 18 | 1 in 654 |
| Georgia | #166 | 61 | 1 in 882 |
| Oregon | #167 | 28 | 1 in 707 |
| Mississippi | #173 | 18 | 1 in 845 |
| North Carolina | #189 | 45 | 1 in 1,094 |
| Pennsylvania | #196 | 54 | 1 in 1,223 |
| Minnesota | #197 | 25 | 1 in 1,163 |
| Washington | #201 | 36 | 1 in 960 |
| Florida | #203 | 77 | 1 in 1,128 |
| Illinois | #204 | 74 | 1 in 1,078 |
| Utah | #204 | 22 | 1 in 937 |
| Texas | #226 | 144 | 1 in 1,143 |
| Arizona | #235 | 32 | 1 in 1,131 |
| Hawaii | #245 | 5 | 1 in 1,003 |
| Maryland | #247 | 19 | 1 in 1,494 |
| New Mexico | #248 | 9 | 1 in 1,199 |
| Connecticut | #276 | 8 | 1 in 2,278 |
| California | #317 | 113 | 1 in 2,140 |
| New York | #527 | 24 | 1 in 4,739 |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Massachusetts | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| New Jersey | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
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 1999
Top girls' names in 1999
Top boys' names in 1999
More about 1999
girls
1,773,823 girls got a published name in 1999; 1 in 354,765 of them was named Trenton, which outranked 15.0% of the 16,947 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 2,536 names at #14,411; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,920,150 boys got a published name in 1999; 1 in 988 of them was named Trenton, which outranked 98.5% of the 11,614 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.