Trea
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TRAY
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Trea is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “three, the third”. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Trea mean?
English: respelling of Trey, a nickname for a boy who is 'the third'
“three, the third”
Trey, from an old word for a three in cards or dice, is a nickname for a boy named after his father and grandfather.
Is Trea a girl's or a boy's name?
Trea is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Trea in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,442nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 159% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Trea, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 1994, with 34 boys. It first appears in the records in 1988.
Half of all the boys named Trea in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 369 boys in the US were given Trea or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #679, up from #6,442 for this spelling alone.
In 1994, 19% of the babies named Trea in the US were girls.
Trea in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 22 | #4,567 |
| 2023 | 22 | #4,606 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 19 | #4,115 |
| 2000 | 17 | #4,383 |
| 1999 | 19 | #3,829 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 19 | #3,596 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 19 | #3,426 |
| 1994 | 34 | #2,302 |
| 1993 | 32 | #2,341 |
| 1992 | 28 | #2,527 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
Names like Trea
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Tate, Trace, Tripp, Sage, Cooper, Cade, Luca, Jett, Tucker, Parker, Chance, Mason
Other spellings of Trea
Names related to Trea
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Carter
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Trea: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/trea, updated 20 October 2026.