Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “True” in the USA?

Number of people named “True” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “True” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “True” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “True” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “True” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “True” by birth year

This chart shows how “True” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1882 5 0.00002257 5 -100%
1895 7 0.000019942 7 -100%
1898 5 0.000013108 5 -100%
1904 5 0.000012392 5 100%
1905 6 0.000014154 6 100%
1913 5 0.000004397 5 100%
1914 7 0.000004942 7 -100%
1915 12 0.000006549 7 5 17%
1916 12 0.000006203 7 5 17%
1917 13 0.000006478 5 8 -23%
1918 17 0.00000783 6 11 -29%
1919 22 0.000010425 14 8 27%
1920 10 0.00000442 10 -100%
1921 11 0.000004712 6 5 9%
1922 11 0.000004805 6 5 9%
1923 10 0.000004343 10 -100%
1924 13 0.000005458 7 6 8%
1925 20 0.000008572 10 10 0%
1926 5 0.000002178 5 -100%
1927 9 0.00000388 9 -100%
1928 8 0.000003538 8 100%
1929 7 0.000003193 7 100%
1931 5 0.000002376 5 100%
1933 7 0.000003501 7 100%
1936 10 0.000004813 10 100%
1938 5 0.00000226 5 100%
1939 7 0.000003177 7 100%
1943 7 0.00000248 7 100%
1946 13 0.000004068 7 6 8%
1947 6 0.000001666 6 -100%
1950 6 0.000001713 6 -100%
1956 6 0.000001455 6 100%
1969 6 0.000001726 6 100%
1973 6 0.000001989 6 -100%
1980 5 0.000001452 5 -100%
1981 5 0.000001445 5 -100%
1982 16 0.000004561 9 7 13%
1984 12 0.00000344 6 6 0%
1987 5 0.000001387 5 -100%
1988 6 0.000001624 6 -100%
1989 5 0.000001301 5 -100%
1990 10 0.00000253 5 5 0%
1991 8 0.000002054 8 -100%
1992 11 0.000002864 6 5 9%
1993 18 0.000004774 6 12 -33%
1994 32 0.000008608 12 20 -25%
1995 40 0.000010923 21 19 5%
1996 29 0.000007951 12 17 -17%
1997 24 0.000006619 8 16 -33%
1998 35 0.000009516 9 26 -49%
1999 40 0.000010829 14 26 -30%
2000 35 0.000009259 9 26 -49%
2001 48 0.000012823 15 33 -38%
2002 31 0.000008293 15 16 -3%
2003 43 0.000011309 20 23 -7%
2004 46 0.000012039 23 23 0%
2005 52 0.000013525 26 26 0%
2006 44 0.000011122 25 19 14%
2007 75 0.000018761 30 45 -20%
2008 62 0.000015773 22 40 -29%
2009 69 0.000018062 34 35 -1%
2010 70 0.000018941 29 41 -17%
2011 69 0.000018864 41 28 19%
2012 99 0.000027069 46 53 -7%
2013 92 0.000025235 42 50 -9%
2014 111 0.000029948 49 62 -12%
2015 95 0.000025669 38 57 -20%
2016 77 0.000020988 32 45 -17%
2017 93 0.000026005 33 60 -29%
2018 176 0.000050058 80 96 -9%
2019 296 0.00008528 145 151 -2%
2020 335 0.000100282 170 165 1%
2021 410 0.000121017 218 192 6%
2022 396 0.000117051 206 190 4%
2023 428 0.000129258 204 224 -5%
2024 434 0.000130389 206 228 -5%

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