Truth
Unisex · TROOTH · English
Unisex
Truth is a name of English origin, meaning “truth, faithfulness”. In 2025 it ranked 1,654th for boys in the US (101 babies).
What does Truth mean?
English: English word, from Old English treowth
“truth, faithfulness”
A virtue name; the abolitionist Sojourner Truth (c. 1797-1883) chose it as part of the name she took in 1843.
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Is Truth a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Truth has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 37 girls and 101 boys in the US.
How popular is Truth in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,654among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 101about 1 in 17,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 101 boys in the US were named Truth, making it the 1,654th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,437th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 145 boys. It first appears in the records in 1978. 37 girls were also named Truth in 2025 (3,902nd for girls).
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Truth than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Truth in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 27% of the babies named Truth in the US were girls.
Truth in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 101 | #1,654 |
| 2024 | 120 | #1,494 |
| 2023 | 121 | #1,485 |
| 2022 | 138 | #1,353 |
| 2021 | 145 | #1,300 |
| 2020 | 120 | #1,437 |
| 2019 | 102 | #1,614 |
| 2018 | 79 | #1,885 |
| 2017 | 61 | #2,185 |
| 2016 | 52 | #2,437 |
| 2015 | 51 | #2,456 |
| 2014 | 35 | #3,152 |
| 2013 | 39 | #2,893 |
| 2012 | 31 | #3,447 |
| 2011 | 30 | #3,509 |
| 2010 | 31 | #3,452 |
| 2009 | 27 | #3,829 |
| 2008 | 24 | #4,142 |
| 2007 | 30 | #3,509 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,068 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 18 | #4,316 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
Nicknames for Truth
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