Tru
- #972 for girls in 2025, 262 births
- #591 for boys in 2025, 496 births
- Given to boys 60.0% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 496 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,794since 1995
Tru over time
girlsboys
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #972 | 262 | #591 | 496 |
| 2024 | #890 | 302 | #613 | 465 |
| 2023 | #964 | 268 | #666 | 408 |
| 2022 | #946 | 287 | #642 | 429 |
| 2021 | #1,116 | 221 | #679 | 392 |
| 2020 | #1,474 | 145 | #812 | 286 |
| 2019 | #1,773 | 115 | #927 | 235 |
| 2018 | #2,457 | 72 | #1,128 | 171 |
| 2017 | #3,436 | 45 | #1,530 | 107 |
| 2016 | #4,531 | 31 | #1,845 | 81 |
| 2015 | #3,299 | 49 | #2,001 | 72 |
| 2014 | #3,848 | 39 | #1,979 | 72 |
| 2013 | #4,076 | 36 | #2,009 | 68 |
| 2012 | #3,464 | 46 | #2,104 | 64 |
| 2011 | #3,132 | 53 | #2,798 | 42 |
| 2010 | #2,781 | 63 | #1,957 | 71 |
| 2009 | #2,485 | 76 | #2,451 | 52 |
| 2008 | #3,936 | 40 | #2,753 | 44 |
| 2007 | #3,329 | 50 | #3,591 | 29 |
| 2006 | #2,757 | 64 | #3,524 | 29 |
| 2005 | #1,950 | 98 | #3,172 | 32 |
| 2004 | #1,562 | 126 | #3,074 | 32 |
| 2003 | #7,580 | 14 | #3,976 | 21 |
| 2002 | #10,246 | 9 | #5,395 | 13 |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 | #4,890 | 15 |
| 2000 | — | #3,764 | 21 | |
| 1999 | — | #5,035 | 13 | |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | #6,843 | 8 |
| 1997 | — | #5,642 | 10 | |
| 1996 | — | #7,136 | 7 | |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 | #5,928 | 9 |
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First appearance
1995
The first year at least five boys were named Tru! It came in at #5,928, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1995–1998, when fewer than 11 boys a year got the name.
Where Tru is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Mississippi#173 · 1 in 602
- Delaware#203 · 1 in 589
- Louisiana#211 · 1 in 797
- South Carolina#265 · 1 in 1,009
- Georgia#315 · 1 in 1,288
Best ever in a state: #173 in Mississippi, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #173 | 18 | 1 in 602 |
| Delaware | #203 | 5 | 1 in 589 |
| Louisiana | #211 | 24 | 1 in 797 |
| South Carolina | #265 | 21 | 1 in 1,009 |
| Georgia | #315 | 39 | 1 in 1,288 |
| Maryland | #344 | 15 | 1 in 1,526 |
| Arkansas | #353 | 9 | 1 in 1,398 |
| Nevada | #362 | 8 | 1 in 1,412 |
| Alabama | #400 | 13 | 1 in 1,655 |
| North Carolina | #416 | 26 | 1 in 1,980 |
| Michigan | #420 | 20 | 1 in 2,010 |
| Nebraska | #432 | 5 | 1 in 1,764 |
| Ohio | #439 | 24 | 1 in 2,189 |
| Kentucky | #450 | 10 | 1 in 2,054 |
| Wisconsin | #484 | 10 | 1 in 2,343 |
| Connecticut | #498 | 5 | 1 in 2,641 |
| Tennessee | #520 | 14 | 1 in 2,626 |
| Pennsylvania | #526 | 18 | 1 in 2,903 |
| Florida | #531 | 33 | 1 in 2,895 |
| Oklahoma | #552 | 7 | 1 in 2,526 |
| Illinois | #568 | 16 | 1 in 3,097 |
| New Jersey | #576 | 12 | 1 in 3,314 |
| Texas | #602 | 51 | 1 in 3,432 |
| Missouri | #648 | 8 | 1 in 3,476 |
| New York | #770 | 18 | 1 in 4,690 |
| Indiana | #773 | 7 | 1 in 4,523 |
| Virginia | #875 | 7 | 1 in 5,322 |
| Arizona | #927 | 5 | 1 in 6,545 |
| California | #1,085 | 19 | 1 in 9,235 |
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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 Tru
Momentum · boys
Rising
- 221 spots since 2020 (#812 → #591)
- Biggest jump: 201 spots in 2019
- Biggest drop: 24 spots in 2023
Rise & fade · boys
30 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1995
- Peaked 2025 at #591 (496 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 7 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 2019–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,444
- Highest: 1 in 3,444 boys born in 2025 were named Tru (0.03%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 65.3% of all boys named Tru (2,476) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2012
- Mostly girls until 2011, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 47 | #5,035 (1999) | #6,117 |
| 2000s | 288 | #2,451 (2009) | #3,659 |
| 2010s | 983 | #927 (2019) | #1,828 |
| 2020s | 2,476 | #591 (2025) | #667 |
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.
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