Truth**
#2,936 most common boys' name of all time · #7,115 across all names · 65% male / 35% female · used 1914–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#2,936
Rank overall
#7,115 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
37 of 146
All-time
2,225
Since 2016
1,518
Peak year
2021 #1,302
Best rank
#1,302 2021
Girls
Boys
peak 207/yr
Truth first appears in 1914. 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 | 37 | 101 | 138 | #1,658 |
| 2024 | 51 | 120 | 171 | #1,497 |
| 2023 | 50 | 121 | 171 | #1,485 |
| 2022 | 65 | 138 | 203 | #1,357 |
| 2021 | 62 | 145 | 207 | #1,302 |
| 2020 | 59 | 120 | 179 | #1,442 |
| 2019 | 58 | 102 | 160 | #1,618 |
| 2018 | 42 | 79 | 121 | #1,889 |
| 2017 | 32 | 61 | 93 | #2,191 |
| 2016 | 23 | 52 | 75 | #2,443 |
| 2015 | 16 | 51 | 67 | #2,458 |
| 2014 | 25 | 35 | 60 | #3,169 |
| 2013 | 14 | 39 | 53 | #2,909 |
| 2012 | 18 | 31 | 49 | #3,464 |
| 2011 | 20 | 30 | 50 | #3,518 |
| 2010 | 21 | 31 | 52 | #3,462 |
| 2009 | 23 | 27 | 50 | #3,837 |
| 2008 | 16 | 24 | 40 | #4,162 |
| 2007 | 16 | 30 | 46 | #3,519 |
| 2006 | 18 | 17 | 35 | #5,103 |
| 2005 | 14 | 13 | 27 | #5,930 |
| 2004 | 14 | 15 | 29 | #5,283 |
| 2003 | 9 | 9 | 18 | #7,311 |
| 2002 | 13 | 18 | 31 | #4,350 |
| 2001 | 7 | 8 | 15 | #7,631 |
| 2000 | 5 | 11 | 16 | #5,982 |
| 1999 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #10,065 |
| 1997 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1996 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,059 |
| 1994 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,929 |
| 1978 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,952 |
| 1923 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1922 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1921 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1920 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1918 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1914 | 5 | — | 5 | — |