Trew
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Trew is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “true, loyal”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Trew mean?
English: spelling of the word true; also an English surname
“true, loyal”
A respelling of the word true; Trew is also an old English surname for a trustworthy person.
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Is Trew a girl's or a boy's name?
Trew is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Trew in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Trew, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 10 boys. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the boys named Trew in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 749 boys in the US were given Trew or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #429, up from #12,003 for this spelling alone.
Trew in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
Names like Trew
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Trew
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