Trever
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TREV-er
- Origin
- Welsh
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Trever is a boys' name of Welsh origin, meaning “large settlement”. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Trever mean?
Welsh: spelling of Trevor, from Welsh Trefor
“large settlement”
A spelling of Trevor, from the Welsh place name Trefor, from tref 'settlement' and mawr 'large'.
Is Trever a girl's or a boy's name?
Trever 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 Trever in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,442among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 56% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Trever, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,536th. Its busiest year was 1994, with 248 boys. It first appears in the records in 1962.
Half of all the boys named Trever in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 413 boys in the US were given Trever or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #631, up from #6,442 for this spelling alone.
- Trevor 400
- Trever 13
Trever in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 21 | #4,536 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 27 | #3,887 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 36 | #3,160 |
| 2015 | 45 | #2,683 |
| 2014 | 38 | #2,983 |
| 2013 | 66 | #2,043 |
| 2012 | 58 | #2,237 |
| 2011 | 95 | #1,611 |
| 2010 | 98 | #1,599 |
| 2009 | 107 | #1,538 |
| 2008 | 101 | #1,571 |
| 2007 | 107 | #1,488 |
| 2006 | 162 | #1,085 |
| 2005 | 150 | #1,099 |
| 2004 | 172 | #970 |
| 2003 | 180 | #918 |
| 2002 | 187 | #874 |
| 2001 | 175 | #896 |
| 2000 | 200 | #803 |
| 1999 | 211 | #755 |
| 1998 | 232 | #715 |
| 1997 | 215 | #722 |
| 1996 | 224 | #706 |
| 1995 | 215 | #726 |
| 1994 | 248 | #658 |
| 1993 | 220 | #698 |
| 1992 | 220 | #695 |
| 1991 | 204 | #706 |
| 1990 | 184 | #744 |
| 1989 | 164 | #771 |
| 1988 | 161 | #745 |
| 1987 | 108 | #903 |
| 1986 | 106 | #880 |
| 1985 | 87 | #974 |
| 1984 | 87 | #943 |
| 1983 | 70 | #1,059 |
| 1982 | 74 | #1,059 |
| 1981 | 94 | #929 |
| 1980 | 92 | #927 |
| 1979 | 89 | #930 |
| 1978 | 93 | #891 |
| 1977 | 75 | #989 |
| 1976 | 108 | #802 |
| 1975 | 81 | #911 |
| 1974 | 80 | #903 |
| 1973 | 76 | #925 |
| 1972 | 74 | #929 |
| 1971 | 45 | #1,235 |
| 1970 | 57 | #1,080 |
| 1969 | 41 | #1,231 |
| 1968 | 56 | #986 |
| 1967 | 50 | #1,030 |
| 1966 | 48 | #1,059 |
| 1965 | 15 | #2,083 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
Nicknames for Trever
- Trev 4 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Trever
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Tyler Tanner Tucker Spencer Hunter Omar Taylor Cooper Parker Skyler Dylan Tristan
Other spellings of Trever
Names related to Trever
More Welsh names
Owen Winnie Maddox Morgan Idris Reese Bowen Griffin Rhys Gavin Reece Nia Seren Gwendolyn Winifred Meredith
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, “Trever: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/trever, updated 20 October 2026.