# Tru (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/tru/  
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 and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,324 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,794 / 2,530 (40% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 87, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 53 | 3,170 |
| 2012 | 46 | 3,521 |
| 2013 | 36 | 4,153 |
| 2014 | 39 | 3,918 |
| 2015 | 49 | 3,344 |
| 2016 | 31 | 4,625 |
| 2017 | 45 | 3,476 |
| 2018 | 72 | 2,477 |
| 2019 | 115 | 1,788 |
| 2020 | 145 | 1,482 |
| 2021 | 221 | 1,121 |
| 2022 | 287 | 948 |
| 2023 | 268 | 966 |
| 2024 | 302 | 891 |
| 2025 | 262 | 974 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 42 | 2,847 |
| 2012 | 64 | 2,130 |
| 2013 | 68 | 2,017 |
| 2014 | 72 | 1,996 |
| 2015 | 72 | 2,016 |
| 2016 | 81 | 1,860 |
| 2017 | 107 | 1,539 |
| 2018 | 171 | 1,134 |
| 2019 | 235 | 929 |
| 2020 | 286 | 814 |
| 2021 | 392 | 680 |
| 2022 | 429 | 644 |
| 2023 | 408 | 668 |
| 2024 | 465 | 616 |
| 2025 | 496 | 591 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 7 | 2,682 |
| 2006 | 12 | 1,862 |
| 2007 | 9 | 2,410 |
| 2008 | 12 | 2,022 |
| 2009 | 7 | 3,031 |
| 2010 | 7 | 3,156 |
| 2011 | 6 | 3,549 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2020 | 6 | 3,447 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 3 | 3,849 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2,443 |

## 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.