True
- #1,382 for girls in 2025, 158 births
- #1,046 for boys in 2025, 211 births
- Given to boys 53.1% of the time
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- Peak · boys
- 1895 · 7 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,479since 1882
True over time
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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 | #1,382 | 158 | #1,046 | 211 |
| 2024 | #1,160 | 207 | #980 | 230 |
| 2023 | #1,173 | 205 | #977 | 224 |
| 2022 | #1,172 | 206 | #1,119 | 190 |
| 2021 | #1,129 | 218 | #1,092 | 192 |
| 2020 | #1,299 | 170 | #1,166 | 165 |
| 2019 | #1,502 | 145 | #1,244 | 151 |
| 2018 | #2,254 | 81 | #1,663 | 96 |
| 2017 | #4,304 | 33 | #2,217 | 60 |
| 2016 | #4,423 | 32 | #2,689 | 45 |
| 2015 | #3,915 | 38 | #2,300 | 57 |
| 2014 | #3,272 | 49 | #2,175 | 62 |
| 2013 | #3,645 | 42 | #2,461 | 50 |
| 2012 | #3,464 | 46 | #2,380 | 53 |
| 2011 | #3,723 | 41 | #3,695 | 28 |
| 2010 | #4,860 | 29 | #2,874 | 41 |
| 2009 | #4,370 | 34 | #3,223 | 35 |
| 2008 | #6,130 | 22 | #2,946 | 40 |
| 2007 | #4,808 | 30 | #2,684 | 45 |
| 2006 | #5,383 | 25 | #4,675 | 19 |
| 2005 | #4,958 | 26 | #3,615 | 26 |
| 2004 | #5,377 | 23 | #3,860 | 23 |
| 2003 | #5,795 | 20 | #3,732 | 23 |
| 2002 | #7,045 | 15 | #4,703 | 16 |
| 2001 | #6,956 | 15 | #2,797 | 33 |
| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 | #3,219 | 26 |
| 1999 | #6,836 | 14 | #3,103 | 26 |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 | #3,017 | 26 |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 | #4,059 | 16 |
| 1996 | #7,130 | 12 | #3,830 | 17 |
| 1995 | #4,677 | 21 | #3,432 | 19 |
| 1994 | #7,097 | 12 | #3,326 | 20 |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 | #4,697 | 12 |
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | — | #5,942 | 8 | |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | — | #7,905 | 5 | |
| 1988 | — | #6,426 | 6 | |
| 1987 | — | #6,951 | 5 | |
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | #6,888 | 9 | #5,003 | 7 |
| 1981 | — | #6,262 | 5 | |
| 1980 | — | #6,250 | 5 | |
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | — | #4,505 | 6 | |
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | — | — | ||
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | — | |
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | — | — | ||
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| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 | — | |
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | — | — | ||
| 1950 | — | #3,329 | 6 | |
| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | — | #3,370 | 6 | |
| 1946 | #3,994 | 7 | #3,173 | 6 |
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | #3,801 | 7 | — | |
| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | #3,429 | 7 | — | |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 | — | |
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | #2,689 | 10 | — | |
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | #3,406 | 7 | — | |
| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 | — | |
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | #3,682 | 7 | — | |
| 1928 | #3,436 | 8 | — | |
| 1927 | — | #2,912 | 9 | |
| 1926 | — | #4,201 | 5 | |
| 1925 | #3,116 | 10 | #2,755 | 10 |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 | #3,867 | 6 |
| 1923 | — | #2,772 | 10 | |
| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 | #4,307 | 5 |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | #4,322 | 5 |
| 1920 | — | #2,765 | 10 | |
| 1919 | #2,384 | 14 | #3,115 | 8 |
| 1918 | #4,291 | 6 | #2,543 | 11 |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 | #2,956 | 8 |
| 1916 | #3,552 | 7 | #3,897 | 5 |
| 1915 | #3,434 | 7 | #3,825 | 5 |
| 1914 | — | #2,651 | 7 | |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 | — | |
| 1912 | — | — | ||
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| 1905 | #1,696 | 6 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 | — | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
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| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #1,121 | 5 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | #872 | 7 | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
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| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | #943 | 5 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1882
The first year at least five boys were named True! It came in at #943, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1894, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where True 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.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | #573 | 8 | 1 in 2,690 |
| Louisiana | #591 | 7 | 1 in 2,733 |
| Georgia | #625 | 16 | 1 in 3,139 |
| Maryland | #634 | 7 | 1 in 3,271 |
| Wisconsin | #678 | 6 | 1 in 3,905 |
| Michigan | #679 | 11 | 1 in 3,654 |
| Virginia | #727 | 9 | 1 in 4,139 |
| Pennsylvania | #792 | 10 | 1 in 5,226 |
| Tennessee | #842 | 7 | 1 in 5,253 |
| Ohio | #855 | 9 | 1 in 5,837 |
| Illinois | #935 | 8 | 1 in 6,194 |
| Indiana | #949 | 5 | 1 in 6,333 |
| Texas | #1,012 | 23 | 1 in 7,611 |
| Florida | #1,126 | 11 | 1 in 8,685 |
| North Carolina | #1,144 | 6 | 1 in 8,578 |
| New York | #1,297 | 8 | 1 in 10,553 |
| California | #1,582 | 10 | 1 in 17,547 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
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| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Oklahoma | — | — | — |
| Oregon | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 66 spots since 2024 (#980 → #1,046)
- 120 spots since 2020 (#1,166 → #1,046)
- Biggest jump: 142 spots in 2023
- Biggest drop: 66 spots in 2025
Rise & fade · boys
13 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1895 at #872 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1896, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 2023–2024
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,491
- Highest: 1 in 7,491 boys born in 2024 were named True (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 8,095 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #872 in 1895, was only 1 in 16,770 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 48.9% of all boys named True (1,212) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2023
- Mostly girls until 2022, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #943 (1882) | #943 |
| 1890s | 12 | #872 (1895) | #997 |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 44 | #2,543 (1918) | #3,165 |
| 1920s | 60 | #2,755 (1925) | #3,488 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 12 | #3,173 (1946) | #3,272 |
| 1950s | 6 | #3,329 (1950) | #3,329 |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 6 | #4,505 (1973) | #4,505 |
| 1980s | 39 | #5,003 (1982) | #6,337 |
| 1990s | 154 | #3,017 (1998) | #4,796 |
| 2000s | 286 | #2,684 (2007) | #3,545 |
| 2010s | 643 | #1,244 (2019) | #2,370 |
| 2020s | 1,212 | #977 (2023) | #1,063 |
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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