Truce
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TROOSS
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #773 for boys
Truce is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “a halt in fighting”. In 2025 it ranked 773rd for boys in the US (331 babies).
What does Truce mean?
English: English word, from Middle English trewes 'pledges'
“a halt in fighting”
The English word for an agreed pause in fighting, from Middle English trewes, meaning pledges or covenants.
Is Truce a girl's or a boy's name?
Truce is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls and 331 boys in the US.
How popular is Truce in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #773among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 331about 1 in 5,200 boys
- Five-year trend
- Newly popularnew in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 331 boys in the US were named Truce, making it the 773rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. It first appears in the records in 2009. 13 girls were also named Truce in 2025 (7,883rd for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Truce of any year since it first appeared, in 2009.
Half of all the boys named Truce in the US since 1880 were born between 2024 and 2025, the years shaded on the chart below.
Truce in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 331 | #773 |
| 2024 | 227 | #988 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
Names like Truce
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Tru Chozen Tripp Thiago Dutton Coast Rhodes Riggs Crew Wylder Rome Suede
Names related to Truce
More English names
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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, “Truce: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/truce, updated 20 October 2026.