True
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True is a name of English origin, meaning “faithful, genuine”. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 1,046th for boys in the US (211 babies).
What does True mean?
English: English word, from Old English treowe
“faithful, genuine”
From the English word, which comes from Old English treowe, meaning faithful or trustworthy.
- Say it
- TROO
Is True a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, True has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 158 girls and 211 boys in the US.
How popular is True in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,101among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named True, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 11 girls.
Half of all the girls named True in the UK since 1996 were born between 2019 and 2023. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2022, 42% of the babies named True in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
True in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,478 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is True in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,046among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 211about 1 in 8,100 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 61% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 211 boys in the US were named True, making it the 1,046th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,166th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 230 boys. It first appears in the records in 1882. 158 girls were also named True in 2025 (1,382nd for girls).
Half of all the boys named True in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 749 boys in the US were given True or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #429, up from #1,046 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 43% of the babies named True in the US were girls.
True in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 211 | #1,046 |
| 2024 | 230 | #980 |
| 2023 | 224 | #977 |
| 2022 | 190 | #1,119 |
| 2021 | 192 | #1,092 |
| 2020 | 165 | #1,166 |
| 2019 | 151 | #1,244 |
| 2018 | 96 | #1,663 |
| 2017 | 60 | #2,216 |
| 2016 | 45 | #2,688 |
| 2015 | 57 | #2,299 |
| 2014 | 62 | #2,173 |
| 2013 | 50 | #2,460 |
| 2012 | 53 | #2,379 |
| 2011 | 28 | #3,694 |
| 2010 | 41 | #2,873 |
| 2009 | 35 | #3,222 |
| 2008 | 40 | #2,945 |
| 2007 | 45 | #2,684 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,671 |
| 2005 | 26 | #3,611 |
| 2004 | 23 | #3,855 |
| 2003 | 23 | #3,727 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,697 |
| 2001 | 33 | #2,792 |
| 2000 | 26 | #3,213 |
| 1999 | 26 | #3,099 |
| 1998 | 26 | #3,014 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,054 |
| 1996 | 17 | #3,824 |
| 1995 | 19 | #3,426 |
| 1994 | 20 | #3,320 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,328 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 6 | #3,369 |
| 1946 | 6 | #3,171 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 9 | #2,911 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,199 |
| 1925 | 10 | #2,753 |
| 1924 | 6 | #3,865 |
| 1923 | 10 | #2,771 |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,305 |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,320 |
| 1920 | 10 | #2,764 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,542 |
| 1917 | 8 | #2,955 |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,650 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,120 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 7 | #871 |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 5 | #942 |
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