Truth
#1,662 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Truth has been given to 2,225 babies in the U.S. since 1978. In 2025 it ranked #1,662 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2021, with 145 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 65% boys, 35% girls all-time.
Babies named Truth, 2025
1 in 32,800
Truth over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Truth over time
In 2025, Truth went to 27% girls and 73% boys.
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.
How common is Truth?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 32,800
- 101 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 16,900
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #1,662
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 22,753 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Truth sits on the popularity scale
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.
Put another way: gather 22,753 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Truth. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Truths were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Truth was born before 2020 — so the typical Truth is around 5 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2020s
- 51.3% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 97.6%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 1,452
- People you could plausibly meet
2020s — 51.3% of all recorded uses (745).
Is Truth 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
- −162
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- −212
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- +821
- Places climbed
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 1.98×
- More babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 69.7%
- Peak was 2021 (145)
- Years since peak
- 4
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 19.7% average annual change
Spellings of Truth
Truth is not the most common spelling — Truett is, with 19.5% against Truth's 6.3%.
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 Truth is used — boys
Across 2016–2025, Truth was most concentrated in South Carolina — about 1 in 8,333 boys, against 1 in 18,186 across all states with data. It was least common in New Jersey (1 in 100,000).
Most concentrated
- 1South Carolina1 in 8,333
- 2Georgia1 in 9,091
- 3North Carolina1 in 9,091
- 4Maryland1 in 10,000
- 5Alabama1 in 12,500
- 6Florida1 in 12,500
- 7Michigan1 in 14,286
- 8Virginia1 in 16,667
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 Truth is used — girls
Across 2016–2025, Truth was most concentrated in Florida — about 1 in 25,000 girls, against 1 in 48,127 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in 100,000).
Most concentrated
- 1Florida1 in 25,000
- 2Georgia1 in 25,000
- 3South Carolina1 in 33,333
- 4Texas1 in 33,333
- 5California1 in 100,000
- 6Illinois1 in 100,000
- 7Ohio1 in 100,000
- 8Pennsylvania1 in 100,000
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.
Truth by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Truth
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Truth
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.