Truly
#2,778 for girls in 2025, 61 births · Last seen for boys in 1935 at #3,645
Given to girls 99.5% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 61 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,092since 1915
Truly over time
Rank among girls' names. Truly has never cracked the top 2,000 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 | #2,778 | 61 | — | |
| 2024 | #3,047 | 53 | — | |
| 2023 | #3,525 | 44 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,856 | 59 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,958 | 56 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,931 | 55 | — | |
| 2019 | #3,002 | 54 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,614 | 42 | — | |
| 2017 | #3,387 | 46 | — | |
| 2016 | #3,411 | 46 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,177 | 52 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,226 | 50 | — | |
| 2013 | #3,703 | 41 | — | |
| 2012 | #4,296 | 34 | — | |
| 2011 | #5,358 | 25 | — | |
| 2010 | #7,513 | 16 | — | |
| 2009 | #7,066 | 18 | — | |
| 2008 | #7,742 | 16 | — | |
| 2007 | #7,092 | 18 | — | |
| 2006 | #7,482 | 16 | — | |
| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 | — | |
| 2004 | #8,716 | 12 | — | |
| 2003 | #6,299 | 18 | — | |
| 2002 | #9,482 | 10 | — | |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 | — | |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | — | |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 | — | |
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 | — | |
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | — | |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | — | |
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | — | |
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | — | |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | — | |
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 | — | |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | — | |
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | — | |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | — | |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | #5,213 | 12 | — | |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | — | |
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | — | |
| 1973 | #5,580 | 9 | — | |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | — | |
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 | — | |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 | — | |
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 | — | |
| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | #4,865 | 8 | — | |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | — | |
| 1960 | — | — | ||
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| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 | — | |
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | — | |
| 1950 | — | — | ||
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| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | — | |
| 1942 | — | — | ||
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| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | #3,782 | 6 | — | |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 | — | |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 | — | |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | — | |
| 1935 | — | #3,645 | 5 | |
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | — | — | ||
| 1930 | #4,047 | 6 | — | |
| 1929 | — | — | ||
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| 1922 | #4,011 | 7 | — | |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | — | |
| 1920 | — | — | ||
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | — | |
| 1918 | #4,291 | 6 | — | |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 | — | |
| 1916 | — | — | ||
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | — | |
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| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Truly! It came in at #4,274, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1915–1916, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Truly is popular in 2016
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Texas#2,563 · 1 in 23,899
- California#3,333 · 1 in 40,744
Best ever in a state: #984 in Georgia, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | #2,563 | 7 | 1 in 23,899 |
| California | #3,333 | 5 | 1 in 40,744 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Florida | — | — | — |
| Georgia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Illinois | — | — | — |
| Indiana | — | — | — |
| Iowa | — | — | — |
| Kansas | — | — | — |
| Kentucky | — | — | — |
| Louisiana | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Maryland | — | — | — |
| Massachusetts | — | — | — |
| Michigan | — | — | — |
| Minnesota | — | — | — |
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| Virginia | — | — | — |
| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Truly
- 269 spots since 2024 (#3,047 → #2,778)
- 153 spots since 2020 (#2,931 → #2,778)
- 399 spots since 2015 (#3,177 → #2,778)
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 2025 at #2,778 (61 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 26,349 girls born in 2025 were named Truly (0.00%)
- 37.2% of all girls named Truly (406) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 23 | #4,083 (1917) | #4,225 |
| 1920s | 12 | #4,011 (1922) | #4,555 |
| 1930s | 28 | #3,782 (1939) | #4,030 |
| 1940s | 5 | #4,691 (1943) | #4,691 |
| 1950s | 11 | #5,148 (1954) | #5,281 |
| 1960s | 27 | #4,865 (1962) | #5,674 |
| 1970s | 43 | #5,213 (1977) | #7,251 |
| 1980s | 44 | #6,612 (1986) | #9,598 |
| 1990s | 33 | #10,345 (1999) | #11,389 |
| 2000s | 132 | #6,299 (2003) | #8,762 |
| 2010s | 406 | #3,002 (2019) | #4,069 |
| 2020s | 328 | #2,778 (2025) | #3,016 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Truly in 2016
Top girls' names in 2016
More about 2016
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1,772,022 girls got a published name in 2016; 1 in 38,522 of them was named Truly, which outranked 81.9% of the 18,885 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,379Stefanie47
- #3,379Yajaira47
- #3,379Zoei47
- #3,411Truly46
- #3,411Aalia46
- #3,411Airabella46
- #3,411Aislin46
- #3,464Ahri45
- #3,464Ainhoa45
- #3,464Amalie45
Tied with 52 names at #3,411; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.