True**
#1,824 most common boys' name of all time · #4,404 across all names · 53% male / 47% female · used 1882–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#1,824
Rank overall
#4,404 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
77 of 146
All-time
4,665
Since 2016
3,019
Peak year
2024 #980
Best rank
#944 1895
Girls
Boys
peak 437/yr
True first appears in 1882. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 158 | 211 | 369 | #1,048 |
| 2024 | 207 | 230 | 437 | #980 |
| 2023 | 205 | 224 | 429 | #979 |
| 2022 | 206 | 190 | 396 | #1,119 |
| 2021 | 218 | 192 | 410 | #1,092 |
| 2020 | 170 | 165 | 335 | #1,167 |
| 2019 | 145 | 151 | 296 | #1,244 |
| 2018 | 81 | 96 | 177 | #1,665 |
| 2017 | 33 | 60 | 93 | #2,219 |
| 2016 | 32 | 45 | 77 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 38 | 57 | 95 | #2,303 |
| 2014 | 49 | 62 | 111 | #2,178 |
| 2013 | 42 | 50 | 92 | #2,464 |
| 2012 | 46 | 53 | 99 | #2,382 |
| 2011 | 41 | 28 | 69 | #3,698 |
| 2010 | 29 | 41 | 70 | #2,877 |
| 2009 | 34 | 35 | 69 | #3,225 |
| 2008 | 22 | 40 | 62 | #2,951 |
| 2007 | 30 | 45 | 75 | #2,691 |
| 2006 | 25 | 19 | 44 | #4,683 |
| 2005 | 26 | 26 | 52 | #3,623 |
| 2004 | 23 | 23 | 46 | #3,866 |
| 2003 | 20 | 23 | 43 | #3,742 |
| 2002 | 15 | 16 | 31 | #4,710 |
| 2001 | 15 | 33 | 48 | #2,805 |
| 2000 | 9 | 26 | 35 | #3,227 |
| 1999 | 14 | 26 | 40 | #3,109 |
| 1998 | 9 | 26 | 35 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 8 | 16 | 24 | #4,073 |
| 1996 | 12 | 17 | 29 | #3,840 |
| 1995 | 21 | 19 | 40 | #3,444 |
| 1994 | 12 | 20 | 32 | #3,342 |
| 1993 | 6 | 12 | 18 | #4,717 |
| 1992 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #8,479 |
| 1991 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,972 |
| 1990 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #8,183 |
| 1989 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,960 |
| 1988 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,473 |
| 1987 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,002 |
| 1984 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #5,611 |
| 1982 | 9 | 7 | 16 | #5,051 |
| 1981 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,324 |
| 1980 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,320 |
| 1973 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,562 |
| 1969 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1956 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1950 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,376 |
| 1947 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,415 |
| 1946 | 7 | 6 | 13 | #3,226 |
| 1943 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1939 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1938 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1936 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 1933 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1931 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1929 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1928 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1927 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,948 |
| 1926 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,252 |
| 1925 | 10 | 10 | 20 | #2,783 |
| 1924 | 7 | 6 | 13 | #3,908 |
| 1923 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,800 |
| 1922 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #4,361 |
| 1921 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #4,366 |
| 1920 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,793 |
| 1919 | 14 | 8 | 22 | #3,147 |
| 1918 | 6 | 11 | 17 | #2,575 |
| 1917 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #2,982 |
| 1916 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #3,952 |
| 1915 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #3,872 |
| 1914 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,682 |
| 1913 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1905 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1904 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1898 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,206 |
| 1895 | — | 7 | 7 | #944 |
| 1882 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,093 |