True

boys’ name · 53%girls’ name · 47%At its peak · modern nameCompare

True is ranked 986th among boys in 2024 (228 births). Its best rank was 970th, in 1895.

Rank in 2024: #986down 4 from 2023
Births in 2024: 2280.01% of boys
Peak year: 2024228 births
Best rank: #970in 1895
Since 1882: 4,291people given the name

Babies named True, by year of birthboysgirls

The story in the numbers

2,266 boys have been named True in the United States since 1882, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 228 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2019, and the 2020s alone account for 44%. It has spent 3 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

True is used for both sexes: 47% of its bearers are girls (2,025), most of them born around 2021.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named True
1880s	5
1890s	12
1910s	44
1920s	60
1940s	12
1950s	6
1970s	6
1980s	39
1990s	154
2000s	286
2010s	643
2020s	999

In 2024, its biggest year

True was the 986th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with True

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.