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True

#1,050 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

English word name: true

True has been given to 4,665 babies in the U.S. since 1882. In 2025 it ranked #1,050 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2024, with 230 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 53% boys, 47% girls all-time.

Babies named True, 2025

1 in 15,700

True over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — True over time

In 2025, True went to 43% girls and 57% boys.

18822025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

True: meaning, origin, and history

English word name: true

English

What True means

True is documented as an English vocabulary word adopted as a personal name. Its immediate reference is the word true; the cited entry discusses the word history separately from its use as a given name.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,479 boys were recorded with the name True between 1882 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 230 in 2024; its best national rank was #969 in 1895.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,170 in 2020 to #1,050 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #2,325 in 2015 to #1,050 in 2025.

In the United States, 2,186 girls were recorded with the name True between 1904 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 218 in 2021; its best national rank was #1,134 in 2021.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,302 in 2020 to #1,387 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #3,982 in 2015 to #1,387 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is True?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 15,700
211 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 8,090
0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,050
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
10,892 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where True sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5003%

Put another way: gather 10,892 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another True. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Trues were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as True was born before 2019 — so the typical True is around 6 today.

Median birth year
2019
About 6 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
48.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
85.3%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
2,346
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 48.9% of all recorded uses (1,212).

Is True rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−68
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+120
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1,275
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
3.70×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
91.7%
Peak was 2024 (230)
Years since peak
1
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
29.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#969
1895

Spellings of True

True is not the most common spelling — Bruce is, with 47.0% against True's 0.30%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where True is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, True was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in 4,545 boys, against 1 in 11,200 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in 50,000).

222 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Georgia1 in 4,545
  2. 2Maryland1 in 4,545
  3. 3North Carolina1 in 6,250
  4. 4Louisiana1 in 7,692
  5. 5Alabama1 in 8,333
  6. 6Illinois1 in 8,333
  7. 7Virginia1 in 8,333
  8. 8South Carolina1 in 10,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where True is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, True was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in 4,348 girls, against 1 in 11,243 across all states with data. It was least common in New Jersey (1 in 100,000).

123 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Georgia1 in 4,348
  2. 2Louisiana1 in 5,556
  3. 3Maryland1 in 5,556
  4. 4Pennsylvania1 in 5,882
  5. 5South Carolina1 in 7,143
  6. 6Tennessee1 in 7,692
  7. 7Virginia1 in 7,692
  8. 8Ohio1 in 8,333

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

True around the world

Where True ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2019–2024
    #5,120
    in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Notable people named True

People whose public names include True, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

True by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,050
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 120
Best rank ever
#969
1895
Peak year
2024
230 that year
First recorded
1882
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,479
Count in 2025
211

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#1,387
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 85
Best rank ever
#1,134
2021
Peak year
2021
218 that year
First recorded
1904
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,186
Count in 2025
158

Names similar to True

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like True

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as True, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

ShaiAlessioKenaiErenJasielWaylenColesonWrenDiorTeoZenBeaux

Sibling names for True

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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