Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Tri

#6,153 most common boys' name of all time · #15,329 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1976–2020

Rank among boys
#6,153
Rank overall
#15,329 of 105,966
First appeared
1976
Years on the list
43 of 146
All-time
666
Since 2016
40
Peak year
1984 #1,974
Best rank
#1,974 1984
Girls Boys peak 28/yr
198020002020

Tri first appears in 1976. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2020 — 7 7 #9,850
2019 — 5 5 #12,614
2018 — 10 10 #7,797
2017 — 5 5 #12,715
2016 — 13 13 #6,505
2015 — 15 15 #5,842
2014 — 17 17 #5,352
2013 — 11 11 #7,195
2012 — 17 17 #5,364
2011 — 14 14 #6,048
2010 — 8 8 #9,089
2009 — 19 19 #5,001
2008 — 20 20 #4,806
2007 — 19 19 #4,882
2006 — 19 19 #4,758
2005 — 20 20 #4,391
2004 — 11 11 #6,696
2003 — 17 17 #4,716
2002 — 20 20 #4,119
2001 — 8 8 #7,835
2000 — 15 15 #4,925
1999 — 12 12 #5,467
1998 — 9 9 #6,546
1997 — 16 16 #4,162
1996 — 18 18 #3,776
1995 — 18 18 #3,645
1994 — 19 19 #3,546
1993 — 23 23 #3,012
1992 — 15 15 #4,042
1991 — 21 21 #3,075
1990 — 14 14 #4,114
1989 — 15 15 #3,767
1988 — 17 17 #3,176
1987 — 14 14 #3,489
1986 — 18 18 #2,879
1985 — 19 19 #2,698
1984 — 28 28 #1,974
1983 — 18 18 #2,673
1982 — 22 22 #2,338
1981 — 18 18 #2,675
1980 — 16 16 #2,959
1979 — 13 13 #3,347
1976 — 13 13 #3,094