NameTides

Trenton

Trenton was the #1,038 boys' name in the US in 2025 (213 babies), and #1,804 in Canada.

Trenton as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Trenton as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Trenton as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,038 (213)—#1,804 (11)
2024#885 (271)—#2,238 (8)
2023#855 (282)#4,992 (3)#2,123 (8)
2022#773 (327)—#2,052 (8)
2021#656 (415)—#1,761 (10)
2020#619 (438)—#2,197 (7)
2019#546 (515)—#1,737 (10)
2018#510 (553)—#1,279 (15)
2017#449 (683)—#1,158 (18)
2016#388 (821)—#757 (33)
2015#339 (1,015)#3,908 (4)#847 (27)
2014#305 (1,159)—#878 (26)
2013#266 (1,339)#2,954 (6)#669 (37)
2012#239 (1,512)#3,416 (5)#608 (40)
2011#217 (1,629)—#491 (55)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2007 at #178.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1913.

How common is it?

about 1 in 8,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 8,000uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 14,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Trenton is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 9,100 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 8,100 to 1 in 10,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Trenton by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #805ILMichigan: #641MINew York: #1,410NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #949INOhio: #710OHPennsylvania: #913PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,998CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #518MOKentucky: #569KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #971VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #590KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #1,040TNNorth Carolina: #873NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #450ALGeorgia: #710GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,555TXFlorida: #809FL
Trenton (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
TrentonCanadaBoys#1,80411
TrentonEngland & WalesBoys—too few
TrentonNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
TrentonUSGirls—too few
TrentonUSBoys#1,038213