Trey

Last seen for girls in 2004 at #12,761 · #883 for boys in 2025, 269 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
1999 · 1,798 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
40,476
since 1948

Trey over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Trey has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201985peak #189, 1999boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#883269
2024—#791318
2023—#719369
2022—#648427
2021—#649424
2020—#692368
2019—#611448
2018—#599456
2017—#562485
2016—#588466
2015—#553519
2014—#477597
2013—#405732
2012—#390768
2011—#324972
2010—#323970
2009—#3131,024
2008—#3131,067
2007—#2851,212
2006—#2501,372
2005—#2291,491
2004#12,7617#2371,405
2003—#2271,516
2002#15,4325#2131,611
2001—#2261,539
2000—#2151,653
1999#14,4115#1891,798
1998—#2111,537
1997—#2371,291
1996#10,5677#2371,247
1995#13,3865#2311,289
1994#9,5868#2111,367
1993#7,49811#1911,629
1992#8,06510#2691,060
1991—#348696
1990#10,1937#345704
1989#9,6817#367610
1988#8,3918#393504
1987#11,3255#411451
1986#8,5237#412430
1985—#430397
1984—#478307
1983—#557228
1982—#620196
1981—#750135
1980—#751136
1979—#810116
1978—#768121
1977—#808111
1976—#815105
1975—#800108
1974—#796101
1973#8,4235#770107
1972—#740114
1971—#799101
1970—#769115
1969—#742111
1968—#75696
1967—#80681
1966—#81280
1965—#84376
1964—#83183
1963—#1,03753
1962—#99659
1961—#1,12149
1960—#1,25239
1959—#1,43930
1958—#1,59324
1957—#1,75121
1956—#1,64223
1955—#2,13914
1954—#2,59210
1953—#3,4256
1952—#2,25112
1951—#2,8448
1950—#3,3296
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First appearance
1948

The first year at least five boys were named Trey! It came in at #3,316, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1949, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Trey is popular in 1985

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Trey, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Trey, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Trey, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Trey, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Trey, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Trey, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Trey, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Trey, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #367 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,326 boysMNIllinois: #706 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 11,752 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Trey, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Trey, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Trey, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Trey, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Trey, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Trey, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Trey, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Trey, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Trey, so not publishedSDIowa: #261 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,227 boysIAIndiana: #471 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,536 boysINOhio: #333 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 4,283 boysOHPennsylvania: #351 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 5,138 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Trey, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Trey, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,019 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 20,308 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Trey, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Trey, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Trey, so not publishedNEMissouri: #242 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 2,306 boysMOKentucky: #319 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,139 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Trey, so not publishedWVVirginia: #285 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 2,700 boysVAMaryland: #253 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 2,313 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Trey, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Trey, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: #298 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,935 boysNMKansas: #243 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,168 boysKSArkansas: #201 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 1,387 boysARTennessee: #300 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 3,224 boysTNNorth Carolina: #331 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 3,117 boysNCSouth Carolina: #278 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 2,136 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Trey, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #269 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 2,359 boysOKLouisiana: #151 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 763 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Trey, so not publishedMSAlabama: #342 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,195 boysALGeorgia: #283 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 2,273 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Trey, so not publishedHITexas: #273 for boys · 80 births · 1 in 1,840 boysTXFlorida: #395 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 3,732 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Louisiana#151 · 1 in 763
  2. Arkansas#201 · 1 in 1,387
  3. Missouri#242 · 1 in 2,306
  4. Kansas#243 · 1 in 2,168
  5. Maryland#253 · 1 in 2,313

Best ever in a state: #50 in Wyoming, 1998.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Louisiana#151471 in 763
Arkansas#201111 in 1,387
Missouri#242161 in 2,306
Kansas#24381 in 2,168
Maryland#253121 in 2,313
Iowa#26161 in 3,227
Oklahoma#269101 in 2,359
Texas#273801 in 1,840
South Carolina#278101 in 2,136
Georgia#283191 in 2,273
Virginia#285141 in 2,700
New Mexico#29861 in 1,935
Tennessee#300101 in 3,224
Kentucky#31961 in 4,139
North Carolina#331131 in 3,117
Ohio#333181 in 4,283
Alabama#34281 in 3,195
Pennsylvania#351151 in 5,138
Minnesota#36751 in 6,326
Florida#395201 in 3,732
Indiana#47151 in 7,536
Illinois#70671 in 11,752
California#1,019111 in 20,308
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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 Trey
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 92 spots since 2024 (#791 → #883)
  • 191 spots since 2020 (#692 → #883)
  • 330 spots since 2015 (#553 → #883)
  • Biggest jump: 206 spots in 1964 (#1,037 → #831)
  • Biggest drop: 92 spots in 2025 (#791 → #883)
Rise & fade · boys
51 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1948
  • Peaked 1999 at #189 (1,798 births)
  • Births halved by 2012, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 63 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 63 yrs · run 1964–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,068
  • Highest: 1 in 1,068 boys born in 1999 were named Trey (0.09%)
  • Latest: 1 in 6,350 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 34.3% of all boys named Trey (13,890) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s6#3,316 (1948)#3,316
1950s154#1,439 (1959)#2,301
1960s727#742 (1969)#920
1970s1,099#740 (1972)#788
1980s3,394#367 (1989)#517
1990s12,618#189 (1999)#247
2000s13,890#213 (2002)#251
2010s6,413#323 (2010)#483
2020s2,175#648 (2022)#730

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.

Trey in 1985

boys
#430
397 births · 1 in 4,655 boys

Top boys' names in 1985

  1. #1Michael64,934
  2. #2Christopher59,609
  3. #3Matthew47,075
  4. #4Joshua42,194
  5. #5Daniel38,559
  6. #6David38,522
  7. #7James35,862
  8. #8Robert32,094
  9. #9John31,502
  10. #10Joseph30,222
  11. #430Trey397
More about 1985

boys

1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 4,655 of them was named Trey, which outranked 94.3% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Trey
  1. #427Rolando403
  2. #428Lionel401
  3. #429Dante398
  4. #430Trey397
  5. #431Skyler393
  6. #432Felipe389
  7. #433Rogelio388
Biggest movers since 1984
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,425Jaymes#3,270 → #845
  2. ↑ 977Trace#1,933 → #956
  3. ↑ 933Durrell#1,656 → #723
  4. ↑ 793Durell#1,399 → #606
  5. ↑ 562Brandyn#1,444 → #882
Fallers
  1. ↓ 420Anwar#951 → #1,371
  2. ↓ 345Zebulon#976 → #1,321
  3. ↓ 303Tavares#925 → #1,228
  4. ↓ 250Alonso#931 → #1,181
  5. ↓ 228Abdul#1,000 → #1,228

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1985 →