Trey
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TRAY
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,087 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #883 for boys
Trey is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “three”. In 2025 it ranked 2,087th for boys in the UK (12 babies) and 883rd for boys in the US (269 babies).
What does Trey mean?
English: from an old word for three, via Old French
“three”
Often used for a boy who is the third generation to bear the same name, as in John Smith III.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Trey a girl's or a boy's name?
Trey is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the UK and 269 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Trey in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,087th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 25,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the UK were named Trey, making it the 2,087th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,356th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 65 boys.
Half of all the boys named Trey in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 19 boys in the UK were given Trey or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,288, up from #2,087 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,011th in England and Wales.
Trey in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,087 |
| 2024 | 19 | #1,470 |
| 2023 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,279 |
| 2021 | 25 | #1,200 |
| 2020 | 20 | #1,356 |
| 2019 | 13 | #1,858 |
| 2018 | 35 | #940 |
| 2017 | 29 | #1,092 |
| 2016 | 20 | #1,403 |
| 2015 | 38 | #891 |
| 2014 | 46 | #756 |
| 2013 | 62 | #625 |
| 2012 | 62 | #627 |
| 2011 | 64 | #597 |
| 2010 | 65 | #579 |
| 2009 | 34 | #900 |
| 2008 | 38 | #824 |
| 2007 | 32 | #896 |
| 2006 | 45 | #679 |
| 2005 | 27 | #917 |
| 2004 | 27 | #864 |
| 2003 | 24 | #900 |
| 2002 | 37 | #606 |
| 2001 | 36 | #591 |
| 2000 | 40 | #548 |
| 1999 | 38 | #562 |
| 1998 | 19 | #878 |
| 1997 | 11 | #1,241 |
| 1996 | 15 | #979 |
How popular is Trey in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 883rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 269 about 1 in 6,300 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 269 boys in the US were named Trey, making it the 883rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 692nd. Its busiest year was 1999, with 1,798 boys. It first appears in the records in 1948.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Trey than any year since 1983.
Half of all the boys named Trey in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 369 boys in the US were given Trey or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #679, up from #883 for this spelling alone.
Trey in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 269 | #883 |
| 2024 | 318 | #791 |
| 2023 | 369 | #719 |
| 2022 | 427 | #648 |
| 2021 | 424 | #649 |
| 2020 | 368 | #692 |
| 2019 | 448 | #611 |
| 2018 | 456 | #599 |
| 2017 | 485 | #562 |
| 2016 | 466 | #588 |
| 2015 | 519 | #553 |
| 2014 | 597 | #477 |
| 2013 | 732 | #405 |
| 2012 | 768 | #390 |
| 2011 | 972 | #324 |
| 2010 | 970 | #323 |
| 2009 | 1,024 | #313 |
| 2008 | 1,067 | #313 |
| 2007 | 1,212 | #285 |
| 2006 | 1,372 | #250 |
| 2005 | 1,491 | #229 |
| 2004 | 1,405 | #237 |
| 2003 | 1,516 | #227 |
| 2002 | 1,611 | #213 |
| 2001 | 1,539 | #226 |
| 2000 | 1,653 | #215 |
| 1999 | 1,798 | #189 |
| 1998 | 1,537 | #211 |
| 1997 | 1,291 | #237 |
| 1996 | 1,247 | #237 |
| 1995 | 1,289 | #231 |
| 1994 | 1,367 | #211 |
| 1993 | 1,629 | #191 |
| 1992 | 1,060 | #269 |
| 1991 | 696 | #348 |
| 1990 | 704 | #345 |
| 1989 | 610 | #367 |
| 1988 | 504 | #393 |
| 1987 | 451 | #411 |
| 1986 | 430 | #412 |
| 1985 | 397 | #430 |
| 1984 | 307 | #478 |
| 1983 | 228 | #557 |
| 1982 | 196 | #620 |
| 1981 | 135 | #750 |
| 1980 | 136 | #751 |
| 1979 | 116 | #810 |
| 1978 | 121 | #768 |
| 1977 | 111 | #808 |
| 1976 | 105 | #815 |
| 1975 | 108 | #800 |
| 1974 | 101 | #796 |
| 1973 | 107 | #770 |
| 1972 | 114 | #740 |
| 1971 | 101 | #799 |
| 1970 | 115 | #769 |
| 1969 | 111 | #742 |
| 1968 | 96 | #756 |
| 1967 | 81 | #806 |
| 1966 | 80 | #812 |
| 1965 | 76 | #843 |
| 1964 | 83 | #831 |
| 1963 | 53 | #1,036 |
| 1962 | 59 | #995 |
| 1961 | 49 | #1,120 |
| 1960 | 39 | #1,251 |
| 1959 | 30 | #1,438 |
| 1958 | 24 | #1,592 |
| 1957 | 21 | #1,750 |
| 1956 | 23 | #1,641 |
| 1955 | 14 | #2,138 |
| 1954 | 10 | #2,591 |
| 1953 | 6 | #3,423 |
| 1952 | 12 | #2,250 |
| 1951 | 8 | #2,842 |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,328 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 6 | #3,315 |
Names like Trey
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Riley, Blake, Toby, Cole, Tyler, Marley, Mason, Tate, Ethan, Zachary, Sonny, Hunter
Other spellings of Trey
Names related to Trey
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Oakley, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Carter
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, “Trey: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/trey, updated 20 October 2026.