Trinh
- Gender
- Girl
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- Origin
- Vietnamese
Trinh is a girls' name of Vietnamese origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Trinh mean?
Vietnamese: Vietnamese Trinh, a surname also used as a given name
Trinh, written Trịnh, is a Vietnamese surname, borne by the Trinh lords who ruled northern Vietnam from the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries.
Is Trinh a girl's or a boy's name?
Trinh is a girls' name.
How popular is Trinh in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1982, with 27 girls. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the girls named Trinh in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.
Trinh in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 15 | #5,949 |
| 1992 | 26 | #3,962 |
| 1991 | 21 | #4,644 |
| 1990 | 16 | #5,544 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,830 |
| 1988 | 13 | #5,890 |
| 1987 | 12 | #5,918 |
| 1986 | 21 | #3,888 |
| 1985 | 25 | #3,418 |
| 1984 | 24 | #3,422 |
| 1983 | 22 | #3,554 |
| 1982 | 27 | #3,171 |
| 1981 | 21 | #3,738 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
Names like Trinh
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Trinh
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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, “Trinh: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/trinh, updated 20 October 2026.