Trevor
Boy · TREV-er · Welsh
Trevor is a boys' name of Welsh origin, meaning “large homestead”. In 2025 it ranked 2,087th for boys in the UK (12 babies) and 679th for boys in the US (400 babies).
What does Trevor mean?
Welsh: from the Welsh place name Trefor
“large homestead”
From the Welsh place name Trefor, from tref 'homestead' and mawr 'great'; it was a surname before becoming a first name.
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Is Trevor a girl's or a boy's name?
Trevor is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the UK and 400 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Trevor in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,087among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 25,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the UK were named Trevor, making it the 2,087th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 1997, with 37 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the boys named Trevor in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,011th in England and Wales.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1914 (#100), 1924 (#79), 1934 (#59), 1944 (#33), 1954 (#30), 1964 (#38) and 1974 (#76).
Trevor in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,087 |
| 2024 | 14 | #1,825 |
| 2023 | 16 | #1,643 |
| 2022 | 17 | #1,561 |
| 2021 | 12 | #1,969 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,102 |
| 2018 | 16 | #1,638 |
| 2017 | 16 | #1,649 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 18 | #1,476 |
| 2014 | 23 | #1,226 |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,230 |
| 2011 | 14 | #1,697 |
| 2010 | 21 | #1,288 |
| 2009 | 16 | #1,507 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,212 |
| 2007 | 21 | #1,205 |
| 2006 | 10 | #1,845 |
| 2005 | 23 | #1,033 |
| 2004 | 34 | #746 |
| 2003 | 32 | #737 |
| 2002 | 20 | #951 |
| 2001 | 26 | #748 |
| 2000 | 30 | #665 |
| 1999 | 24 | #755 |
| 1998 | 35 | #587 |
| 1997 | 37 | #545 |
| 1996 | 23 | #724 |
How popular is Trevor in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #679among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 400about 1 in 4,300 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 400 boys in the US were named Trevor, making it the 679th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 406th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 6,598 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 27 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Trevor than any year since 1965.
Half of all the boys named Trevor in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 413 boys in the US were given Trevor or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #631, up from #679 for this spelling alone.
- Trevor 400
- Trever 13
Trevor in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 400 | #679 |
| 2024 | 454 | #624 |
| 2023 | 531 | #552 |
| 2022 | 555 | #536 |
| 2021 | 657 | #458 |
| 2020 | 730 | #406 |
| 2019 | 782 | #399 |
| 2018 | 855 | #376 |
| 2017 | 909 | #361 |
| 2016 | 1,095 | #320 |
| 2015 | 1,189 | #305 |
| 2014 | 1,333 | #274 |
| 2013 | 1,537 | #234 |
| 2012 | 1,881 | #203 |
| 2011 | 2,150 | #180 |
| 2010 | 2,322 | #167 |
| 2009 | 2,666 | #149 |
| 2008 | 2,828 | #147 |
| 2007 | 3,061 | #136 |
| 2006 | 3,333 | #125 |
| 2005 | 3,682 | #112 |
| 2004 | 3,897 | #110 |
| 2003 | 4,387 | #99 |
| 2002 | 5,060 | #81 |
| 2001 | 5,396 | #76 |
| 2000 | 5,745 | #75 |
| 1999 | 6,257 | #66 |
| 1998 | 6,598 | #58 |
| 1997 | 6,001 | #62 |
| 1996 | 5,842 | #63 |
| 1995 | 6,009 | #61 |
| 1994 | 6,359 | #58 |
| 1993 | 6,012 | #64 |
| 1992 | 6,193 | #63 |
| 1991 | 5,531 | #69 |
| 1990 | 5,141 | #76 |
| 1989 | 4,166 | #83 |
| 1988 | 3,695 | #87 |
| 1987 | 3,235 | #93 |
| 1986 | 2,978 | #98 |
| 1985 | 2,819 | #105 |
| 1984 | 2,359 | #115 |
| 1983 | 2,051 | #130 |
| 1982 | 1,943 | #146 |
| 1981 | 1,757 | #155 |
| 1980 | 1,689 | #155 |
| 1979 | 1,699 | #153 |
| 1978 | 1,406 | #169 |
| 1977 | 1,431 | #168 |
| 1976 | 1,253 | #181 |
| 1975 | 1,267 | #180 |
| 1974 | 1,095 | #201 |
| 1973 | 1,026 | #214 |
| 1972 | 1,093 | #209 |
| 1971 | 1,093 | #214 |
| 1970 | 984 | #241 |
| 1969 | 810 | #258 |
| 1968 | 785 | #257 |
| 1967 | 800 | #250 |
| 1966 | 663 | #289 |
| 1965 | 211 | #528 |
| 1964 | 116 | #715 |
| 1963 | 142 | #655 |
| 1962 | 80 | #844 |
| 1961 | 65 | #949 |
| 1960 | 66 | #926 |
| 1959 | 69 | #918 |
| 1958 | 56 | #1,017 |
| 1957 | 57 | #1,004 |
| 1956 | 58 | #976 |
| 1955 | 47 | #1,090 |
| 1954 | 31 | #1,360 |
| 1953 | 25 | #1,507 |
| 1952 | 33 | #1,296 |
| 1951 | 43 | #1,096 |
| 1950 | 34 | #1,231 |
| 1949 | 29 | #1,347 |
| 1948 | 44 | #1,062 |
| 1947 | 49 | #1,028 |
| 1946 | 24 | #1,439 |
| 1945 | 22 | #1,405 |
| 1944 | 17 | #1,682 |
| 1943 | 15 | #1,909 |
| 1942 | 19 | #1,629 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,083 |
| 1940 | 16 | #1,736 |
| 1939 | 17 | #1,636 |
| 1938 | 13 | #1,976 |
| 1937 | 12 | #2,088 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,062 |
| 1935 | 15 | #1,837 |
| 1934 | 18 | #1,658 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,367 |
| 1932 | 14 | #1,995 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,650 |
| 1930 | 13 | #2,178 |
| 1929 | 20 | #1,672 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,074 |
| 1927 | 9 | #2,911 |
| 1926 | 9 | #2,902 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,312 |
| 1924 | 12 | #2,473 |
| 1923 | 18 | #1,873 |
| 1922 | 10 | #2,800 |
| 1921 | 10 | #2,803 |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,488 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,384 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,367 |
| 1917 | 8 | #2,955 |
| 1916 | 16 | #1,848 |
| 1915 | 17 | #1,706 |
Nicknames for Trevor
- Trev 4 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Trevor
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Trevor
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