Tri

Last seen for boys in 2020 at #9,554

Peak · boys
#1,933
1984 · 28 births
Debut · boys
1976
13 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
666
since 1976

Tri over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Tri has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201991peak #1,933, 1984boys
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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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2020#9,5547
2019#12,1455
2018#7,61710
2017#12,2465
2016#6,34913
2015#5,74615
2014#5,25217
2013#7,02611
2012#5,25617
2011#5,94514
2010#8,8038
2009#4,92219
2008#4,71420
2007#4,80819
2006#4,67519
2005#4,32620
2004#6,52011
2003#4,61617
2002#4,04420
2001#7,5368
2000#4,78515
1999#5,31712
1998#6,3149
1997#4,05916
1996#3,67818
1995#3,55918
1994#3,46919
1993#2,94323
1992#3,92015
1991#2,98921
1990#3,97114
1989#3,61815
1988#3,07917
1987#3,33914
1986#2,77918
1985#2,59819
1984#1,93328
1983#2,57718
1982#2,26922
1981#2,56918
1980#2,83116
1979#3,16813
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First appearance
1976

The first year at least five boys were named Tri! It came in at #2,946, and was given to 13 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1977–1978, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Tri is popular in 1991

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Tri, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Tri, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Tri, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Tri, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Tri, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Tri, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Tri, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Tri, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Tri, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Tri, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Tri, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Tri, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Tri, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Tri, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Tri, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Tri, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Tri, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Tri, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Tri, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Tri, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Tri, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Tri, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Tri, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Tri, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Tri, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,583 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 35,981 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Tri, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Tri, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Tri, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Tri, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Tri, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Tri, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Tri, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Tri, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Tri, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Tri, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Tri, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Tri, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Tri, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Tri, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Tri, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Tri, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Tri, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Tri, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Tri, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Tri, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Tri, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Tri, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Tri, so not publishedHITexas: #1,450 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 30,653 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Tri, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Texas#1,450 · 1 in 30,653
  2. California#1,583 · 1 in 35,981

Best ever in a state: #1,019 in California, 1985.

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California#1,58381 in 35,981
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See more about Tri
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2020
Rise & fade · boys
8 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1976
  • Peaked 1984 at #1,933 (28 births)
  • Births halved by 1987, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 64,459
  • Highest: 1 in 64,459 boys born in 1984 were named Tri (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 246,582 boys born in 2020 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 27.8% of all boys named Tri (185) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s26#2,946 (1976)#3,057
1980s185#1,933 (1984)#2,759
1990s165#2,943 (1993)#4,022
2000s168#4,044 (2002)#5,095
2010s115#5,252 (2014)#7,639
2020s7#9,554 (2020)#9,554

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.

Tri in 1991

boys
#2,989
21 births · 1 in 96,206 boys

Top boys' names in 1991

  1. #1Michael60,810
  2. #2Christopher47,111
  3. #3Matthew41,647
  4. #4Joshua41,226
  5. #5Andrew31,539
  6. #6Daniel30,935
  7. #7James30,514
  8. #8David30,416
  9. #9Joseph29,840
  10. #10John27,809
  11. #2,989Tri21
More about 1991

boys

2,020,328 boys got a published name in 1991; 1 in 96,206 of them was named Tri, which outranked 69.0% of the 9,648 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tri
  1. #2,915Tyrrell22
  2. #2,915Yair22
  3. #2,915Zakkery22
  4. #2,989Tri21
  5. #2,989Adolph21
  6. #2,989Adrean21
  7. #2,989Aleksandar21
  8. #3,105Alix20
  9. #3,105Allyn20
  10. #3,105Ameen20

Tied with 115 names at #2,989; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,462Devante#5,382 → #920
  2. ↑ 1,656Unnamed#2,628 → #972
  3. ↑ 1,496Jaleel#2,373 → #877
  4. ↑ 811Gunnar#1,516 → #705
  5. ↑ 672Dijon#1,587 → #915
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,000Arsenio#744 → #1,744
  2. ↓ 773Brittany#995 → #1,768
  3. ↓ 281Infant#389 → #670
  4. ↓ 281Jarret#881 → #1,162
  5. ↓ 273Elton#963 → #1,236

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

See the top 100 for 1991 →