# Trent (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/trent/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “through”, “path”, “over”, “way”, “the trespasser”, “tranent”, “tranant” |
| Pronunciation | /tɹɛnt/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 51,710 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 51,608 / 102 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 574, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Inherited from Middle English Trent, from Old English Trēonte; Koch (2006) derives the river name from Proto-Celtic *tri-sent(o)-on-ā-, from the elements *trei (“through”) + *sentus (“path”). Traditionally said to be from Proto-Brythonic elements equivalent to tros (“over”) + hynt (“way”), often taken to mean "the trespasser" The surname in some cases is a shortening of "Tranent", or "Tranant" in Scottish Gaelic, a geographical location in East Lothian. "Tranant" itself is possibly of Brythonic (Celtic) origin.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1969 | 9 | 5,432 |
| 1970 | 6 | 7,942 |
| 1973 | 5 | 9,712 |
| 1977 | 5 | 11,229 |
| 1978 | 6 | 9,680 |
| 1979 | 6 | 10,144 |
| 1981 | 5 | 12,093 |
| 1982 | 5 | 12,221 |
| 1983 | 5 | 11,979 |
| 1985 | 9 | 7,526 |
| 1987 | 7 | 9,766 |
| 1989 | 5 | 14,437 |
| 1993 | 5 | 15,661 |
| 1999 | 5 | 16,778 |
| 2004 | 5 | 18,640 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 800 | 375 |
| 2012 | 791 | 381 |
| 2013 | 655 | 441 |
| 2014 | 567 | 497 |
| 2015 | 517 | 557 |
| 2016 | 413 | 642 |
| 2017 | 390 | 658 |
| 2018 | 282 | 804 |
| 2019 | 269 | 837 |
| 2020 | 235 | 940 |
| 2021 | 209 | 1,036 |
| 2022 | 188 | 1,129 |
| 2023 | 159 | 1,237 |
| 2024 | 151 | 1,302 |
| 2025 | 142 | 1,344 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 23 | 1,124 |
| 2012 | 19 | 1,313 |
| 2013 | 18 | 1,339 |
| 2014 | 15 | 1,560 |
| 2015 | 14 | 1,673 |
| 2016 | 16 | 1,570 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2,172 |
| 2018 | 12 | 1,875 |
| 2019 | 21 | 1,217 |
| 2020 | 39 | 796 |
| 2021 | 33 | 907 |
| 2022 | 30 | 993 |
| 2023 | 23 | 1,207 |
| 2024 | 27 | 1,076 |
| 2025 | 20 | 1,359 |

## People named Trent

- Trent Alexander-Arnold, English association football player (born 1998)
- Trent Reznor, American musician
- Trent Sainsbury, Australian association football player
- Trent Franks, American politician
- Trent Barreta, American professional wrestler
- Trent Opaloch, Canadian actor and cinematographer
- Trent Ford, British-American model and actor
- Trent Kelly, American politician
- Trent Dimas, Artistic Gymnast
- Trent Tucker, American basketball player (born 1959)
- Trent Forrest, American basketball player (born 1998)
- Trent Edwards, American football player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.