Tri
Boy · TREE · Vietnamese
Tri is a boys' name of Vietnamese origin, meaning “wisdom, intellect”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Tri mean?
Vietnamese: Vietnamese Tri, probably Trí, from Sino-Vietnamese tri
“wisdom, intellect”
Probably Vietnamese Trí, from a Sino-Vietnamese word for wisdom or intellect; tone marks are usually dropped on US records.
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Is Tri a girl's or a boy's name?
Tri is a boys' name.
How popular is Tri in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1984, with 28 boys. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the boys named Tri in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tri in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,250 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 19 | #4,920 |
| 2008 | 20 | #4,710 |
| 2007 | 19 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,671 |
| 2005 | 20 | #4,321 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 17 | #4,611 |
| 2002 | 20 | #4,038 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,779 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,054 |
| 1996 | 18 | #3,672 |
| 1995 | 18 | #3,553 |
| 1994 | 19 | #3,463 |
| 1993 | 23 | #2,937 |
| 1992 | 15 | #3,912 |
| 1991 | 21 | #2,983 |
| 1990 | 14 | #3,965 |
| 1989 | 15 | #3,612 |
| 1988 | 17 | #3,074 |
| 1987 | 14 | #3,334 |
| 1986 | 18 | #2,776 |
| 1985 | 19 | #2,596 |
| 1984 | 28 | #1,932 |
| 1983 | 18 | #2,576 |
| 1982 | 22 | #2,268 |
| 1981 | 18 | #2,568 |
| 1980 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1979 | 13 | #3,167 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 13 | #2,945 |
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