Trek
Boy · TREK · English
Trek is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “long, arduous journey”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Trek mean?
English: English word borrowed from Afrikaans trek, from Dutch trekken
“long, arduous journey”
English word borrowed from Afrikaans, where trek described an ox-wagon journey made by Dutch-speaking settlers.
- Say it
- TREK
Is Trek a girl's or a boy's name?
Trek is a boys' name.
How popular is Trek in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2014, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 1972.
Half of all the boys named Trek in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Trek in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
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