NameTides

Tru

Tru was the #591 boys' name in the US in 2025 (496 babies).

Tru as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Tru 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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020US
Tru 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.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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.
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YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#591 (496)——
2024#613 (465)#2,444 (9)—
2023#666 (408)——
2022#642 (429)—#2,493 (6)
2021#679 (392)#4,789 (3)—
2020#812 (286)——
2019#927 (235)——
2018#1,128 (171)——
2017#1,530 (107)——
2016#1,845 (81)——
2015#2,001 (72)——
2014#1,979 (72)——
2013#2,009 (68)——
2012#2,104 (64)——
2011#2,798 (42)——

Tru as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Tru as a girl’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.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020US
Tru as a girl’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.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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#972 (262)——
2024#890 (302)——
2023#964 (268)——
2022#946 (287)——
2021#1,116 (221)——
2020#1,474 (145)#3,447 (6)—
2019#1,773 (115)——
2018#2,457 (72)——
2017#3,436 (45)——
2016#4,531 (31)——
2015#3,299 (49)——
2014#3,848 (39)——
2013#4,076 (36)#5,742 (3)—
2012#3,464 (46)——
2011#3,132 (53)#3,549 (6)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #591.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1995.
  • In 2025, 35% of US babies named Tru were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,400 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 3,400uncommon
USGirls2025about 1 in 6,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Tru is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,300 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 3,100 to 1 in 3,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Tru by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #484WIVermont: 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: #568ILMichigan: #420MINew York: #770NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #362NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #773INOhio: #439OHPennsylvania: #526PANew Jersey: #576NJConnecticut: #498CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,085CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: #432NEMissouri: #648MOKentucky: #450KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #875VAMaryland: #344MDDelaware: #203DEArizona: #927AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #353ARTennessee: #520TNNorth Carolina: #416NCSouth Carolina: #265SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #552OKLouisiana: #211LAMississippi: #173MSAlabama: #400ALGeorgia: #315GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #602TXFlorida: #531FL
Tru (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
TruCanadaGirls—too few
TruCanadaBoys—too few
TruEngland & WalesGirls—too few
TruEngland & WalesBoys—too few
TruNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
TruUSGirls#972262
TruUSBoys#591496