# Trenton (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/trenton/  
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 | “trent's town” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈtɹɛn.tən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 58,635 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 58,557 / 78 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 46, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Originally named "Trent's town" in the 17th century, after a Quaker, William Trent. The town in Nova Scotia is named after the capital of New Jersey.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 6 | 10,214 |
| 1985 | 5 | 12,395 |
| 1987 | 6 | 11,226 |
| 1988 | 6 | 11,713 |
| 1995 | 6 | 13,298 |
| 1996 | 6 | 13,421 |
| 1999 | 5 | 16,779 |
| 2000 | 6 | 14,910 |
| 2003 | 5 | 18,242 |
| 2004 | 22 | 5,732 |
| 2006 | 5 | 19,868 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,629 | 217 |
| 2012 | 1,512 | 239 |
| 2013 | 1,339 | 266 |
| 2014 | 1,159 | 305 |
| 2015 | 1,015 | 339 |
| 2016 | 821 | 389 |
| 2017 | 683 | 449 |
| 2018 | 553 | 511 |
| 2019 | 515 | 546 |
| 2020 | 438 | 619 |
| 2021 | 415 | 656 |
| 2022 | 327 | 775 |
| 2023 | 282 | 858 |
| 2024 | 271 | 885 |
| 2025 | 213 | 1,042 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 7 | 1,578 |
| 2005 | 4 | 3,208 |
| 2006 | 3 | 4,052 |
| 2007 | 6 | 2,741 |
| 2008 | 8 | 2,276 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3,416 |
| 2013 | 6 | 2,954 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |

## People named Trenton

- Trenton Hassell, American basketball player (born 1979)
- Trenton Ducati, American pornographic film actor

## 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.