Trent
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TRENT
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,423 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,341 for boys
Trent is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,423rd for boys in the UK (20 babies) and 1,341st for boys in the US (142 babies).
What does Trent mean?
English: from the River Trent, a river name of Celtic origin
Taken from the River Trent, which flows through the English Midlands; the river name may refer to its tendency to flood.
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Is Trent a girl's or a boy's name?
Trent is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 boys in the UK and 142 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Trent in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,423rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20 about 1 in 15,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the UK were named Trent, making it the 1,423rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 778th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 45 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Trent than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Trent in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,358th in England and Wales.
Trent in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #1,423 |
| 2024 | 27 | #1,137 |
| 2023 | 24 | #1,247 |
| 2022 | 30 | #1,070 |
| 2021 | 37 | #909 |
| 2020 | 45 | #778 |
| 2019 | 21 | #1,302 |
| 2018 | 12 | #1,981 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,306 |
| 2016 | 18 | #1,512 |
| 2015 | 14 | #1,779 |
| 2014 | 16 | #1,573 |
| 2013 | 21 | #1,290 |
| 2012 | 19 | #1,405 |
| 2011 | 23 | #1,203 |
| 2010 | 20 | #1,342 |
| 2009 | 19 | #1,340 |
| 2008 | 31 | #947 |
| 2007 | 17 | #1,399 |
| 2006 | 27 | #959 |
| 2005 | 17 | #1,267 |
| 2004 | 9 | #1,831 |
| 2003 | 18 | #1,081 |
| 2002 | 18 | #1,030 |
| 2001 | 18 | #978 |
| 2000 | 24 | #785 |
| 1999 | 13 | #1,142 |
| 1998 | 18 | #906 |
| 1997 | 8 | #1,532 |
| 1996 | 10 | #1,290 |
How popular is Trent in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,341st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 142 about 1 in 12,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 142 boys in the US were named Trent, making it the 1,341st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 935th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 1,719 boys. It first appears in the records in 1916.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 16 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Trent than any year since 1956.
Half of all the boys named Trent in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Trent in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 142 | #1,341 |
| 2024 | 151 | #1,295 |
| 2023 | 159 | #1,234 |
| 2022 | 188 | #1,125 |
| 2021 | 209 | #1,034 |
| 2020 | 235 | #935 |
| 2019 | 269 | #837 |
| 2018 | 282 | #801 |
| 2017 | 390 | #657 |
| 2016 | 413 | #642 |
| 2015 | 517 | #555 |
| 2014 | 567 | #496 |
| 2013 | 655 | #441 |
| 2012 | 791 | #381 |
| 2011 | 800 | #375 |
| 2010 | 901 | #344 |
| 2009 | 1,075 | #302 |
| 2008 | 1,069 | #312 |
| 2007 | 1,182 | #289 |
| 2006 | 1,210 | #288 |
| 2005 | 1,225 | #272 |
| 2004 | 1,282 | #258 |
| 2003 | 1,379 | #241 |
| 2002 | 1,453 | #231 |
| 2001 | 1,719 | #208 |
| 2000 | 1,469 | #232 |
| 1999 | 1,367 | #237 |
| 1998 | 1,375 | #231 |
| 1997 | 1,228 | #244 |
| 1996 | 1,174 | #252 |
| 1995 | 1,117 | #252 |
| 1994 | 1,060 | #268 |
| 1993 | 1,040 | #276 |
| 1992 | 1,099 | #257 |
| 1991 | 960 | #278 |
| 1990 | 1,073 | #253 |
| 1989 | 1,081 | #242 |
| 1988 | 930 | #252 |
| 1987 | 706 | #305 |
| 1986 | 656 | #309 |
| 1985 | 701 | #292 |
| 1984 | 596 | #322 |
| 1983 | 523 | #348 |
| 1982 | 586 | #326 |
| 1981 | 567 | #331 |
| 1980 | 578 | #328 |
| 1979 | 635 | #307 |
| 1978 | 548 | #320 |
| 1977 | 572 | #326 |
| 1976 | 569 | #308 |
| 1975 | 666 | #289 |
| 1974 | 633 | #291 |
| 1973 | 600 | #298 |
| 1972 | 712 | #272 |
| 1971 | 834 | #263 |
| 1970 | 864 | #262 |
| 1969 | 703 | #281 |
| 1968 | 660 | #288 |
| 1967 | 628 | #291 |
| 1966 | 593 | #307 |
| 1965 | 554 | #323 |
| 1964 | 543 | #337 |
| 1963 | 488 | #352 |
| 1962 | 371 | #416 |
| 1961 | 330 | #441 |
| 1960 | 261 | #490 |
| 1959 | 228 | #520 |
| 1958 | 179 | #577 |
| 1957 | 166 | #596 |
| 1956 | 130 | #668 |
| 1955 | 137 | #633 |
| 1954 | 98 | #726 |
| 1953 | 89 | #753 |
| 1952 | 62 | #895 |
| 1951 | 45 | #1,069 |
| 1950 | 45 | #1,051 |
| 1949 | 42 | #1,084 |
| 1948 | 38 | #1,159 |
| 1947 | 45 | #1,080 |
| 1946 | 34 | #1,195 |
| 1945 | 21 | #1,444 |
| 1944 | 26 | #1,310 |
| 1943 | 28 | #1,307 |
| 1942 | 24 | #1,421 |
| 1941 | 25 | #1,333 |
| 1940 | 20 | #1,519 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,050 |
| 1938 | 21 | #1,476 |
| 1937 | 16 | #1,756 |
| 1936 | 11 | #2,184 |
| 1935 | 14 | #1,929 |
| 1934 | 9 | #2,563 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 1932 | 8 | #2,849 |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,389 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,287 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,588 |
| 1928 | 14 | #2,162 |
| 1927 | 6 | #3,778 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,137 |
| 1925 | 10 | #2,753 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,259 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,173 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,485 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,213 |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,367 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,515 |
Names like Trent
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Blake, Sonny, Tate, Jude, Hunter, Cole, Toby, Vincent, Myles, Mason, Frankie, Ali
More English names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Trent: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/trent, updated 20 October 2026.