Is True a boy or girl name?
True is used for both boys and girls in close to equal numbers in the US. In 2024, 206 girls and 228 boys were named True, so 47.5% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 47.2% of the 4,291 US babies named True were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #986
- Girl rank, 2024
- #1,167
- Babies named True since 1882
- 4,291
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 434 babies
Boys and girls named True, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| 1890s | 12 | 0 | 0% |
| 1900s | 0 | 11 | 100% |
| 1910s | 44 | 44 | 50% |
| 1920s | 60 | 44 | 42.3% |
| 1930s | 0 | 34 | 100% |
| 1940s | 12 | 14 | 53.8% |
| 1950s | 6 | 6 | 50% |
| 1960s | 0 | 6 | 100% |
| 1970s | 6 | 0 | 0% |
| 1980s | 39 | 15 | 27.8% |
| 1990s | 154 | 93 | 37.7% |
| 2000s | 286 | 219 | 43.4% |
| 2010s | 643 | 535 | 45.4% |
| 2020s | 999 | 1,004 | 50.1% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 228 | #986 | 206 | #1,167 |
| 2023 | 224 | #982 | 204 | #1,175 |
| 2022 | 190 | #1,120 | 206 | #1,175 |
| 2021 | 192 | #1,095 | 218 | #1,134 |
| 2020 | 165 | #1,169 | 170 | #1,302 |
| 2019 | 151 | #1,248 | 145 | #1,506 |
| 2018 | 96 | #1,668 | 80 | #2,299 |
| 2017 | 60 | #2,237 | 33 | #4,370 |
| 2016 | 45 | #2,722 | 32 | #4,525 |
| 2015 | 57 | #2,326 | 38 | #3,983 |
| 2014 | 62 | #2,201 | 49 | #3,324 |
| 2013 | 50 | #2,490 | 42 | #3,695 |
| 2012 | 53 | #2,411 | 46 | #3,522 |
| 2011 | 28 | #3,785 | 41 | #3,779 |
| 2010 | 41 | #2,911 | 29 | #4,965 |
| 2009 | 35 | #3,269 | 34 | #4,468 |
| 2008 | 40 | #2,999 | 22 | #6,337 |
| 2007 | 45 | #2,716 | 30 | #4,937 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,846 | 25 | #5,538 |
| 2005 | 26 | #3,702 | 26 | #5,103 |
| 2004 | 23 | #3,992 | 23 | #5,541 |
| 2003 | 23 | #3,832 | 20 | #6,042 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,895 | 15 | #7,419 |
| 2001 | 33 | #2,857 | 15 | #7,294 |
| 2000 | 26 | #3,294 | 9 | #10,697 |
| 1999 | 26 | #3,174 | 14 | #7,212 |
| 1998 | 26 | #3,086 | 9 | #10,071 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,230 | 8 | #10,775 |
| 1996 | 17 | #4,008 | 12 | #7,551 |
| 1995 | 19 | #3,549 | 21 | #4,841 |
| 1994 | 20 | #3,459 | 12 | #7,584 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,977 | 6 | #13,352 |
| 1992 | 5 | #9,725 | 6 | #13,252 |
| 1991 | 8 | #6,480 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #9,400 | 5 | #15,142 |
| 1989 | 5 | #9,146 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #7,208 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #8,068 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #6,271 | 6 | #10,352 |
| 1983 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,588 | 9 | #7,446 |
| 1981 | 5 | #7,227 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #7,238 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #5,058 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – | 6 | #7,431 |
| 1968 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – | 6 | #5,919 |
| 1955 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,652 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 6 | #3,706 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 6 | #3,494 | 7 | #4,390 |
| 1945 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – | 7 | #4,168 |
| 1942 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – | 7 | #3,751 |
| 1938 | 0 | – | 5 | #4,945 |
| 1937 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – | 10 | #2,840 |
| 1935 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – | 7 | #3,715 |
| 1932 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – | 5 | #4,911 |
| 1930 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – | 7 | #4,017 |
| 1928 | 0 | – | 8 | #3,721 |
| 1927 | 9 | #3,129 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,779 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 10 | #2,922 | 10 | #3,342 |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,313 | 7 | #4,404 |
| 1923 | 10 | #2,923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,901 | 6 | #4,959 |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,919 | 6 | #5,049 |
| 1920 | 10 | #2,944 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,368 | 14 | #2,498 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,686 | 6 | #4,763 |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,191 | 5 | #5,256 |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,471 | 7 | #3,890 |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,341 | 7 | #3,766 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,887 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – | 5 | #3,662 |
| 1912 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – | 6 | #1,907 |
| 1904 | 0 | – | 5 | #2,146 |
| 1903 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,278 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 7 | #970 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 5 | #1,084 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, True reached #970 in 1895. As a girl name, it reached #1,134 in 2021. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 2020s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like True
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.