Trenton Boy
How popular is Trenton?
#1,038 boy name in 2025
213 baby boys were named Trenton in the US in 2025, making it the 1038th most popular boy name.
Trenton popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,038 for boys (▼ 153 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 213 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-79% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #339 in 2015, #619 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2007 (2,335 boys) |
| Highest rank | #178 in 2000 (2 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1913 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Trenton counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Trenton family of names ranked #904 for boys in 2025 (#789 the year before), with 236 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Trenton | 213 | 90% |
| Trenten | 15 | 6% |
| Trentyn | 8 | 3% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Trenton is most popular
Babies named Trenton per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Alabama: 0.6 per 1,000 (63 boys)
- Mississippi: 0.5 per 1,000 (31 boys)
- Kentucky: 0.5 per 1,000 (51 boys)
- West Virginia: 0.5 per 1,000 (16 boys)
- Georgia: 0.4 per 1,000 (103 boys)
Trenton by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 47 | #2,510 |
| 1920s | 102 | #2,043 |
| 1930s | 99 | #1,741 |
| 1940s | 143 | #1,518 |
| 1950s | 214 | #1,264 |
| 1960s | 931 | #587 |
| 1970s | 2,691 | #391 |
| 1980s | 5,877 | #256 |
| 1990s | 14,692 | #180 |
| 2000s | 20,898 | #178 |
| 2010s | 10,917 | #212 |
| 2020s | 1,946 | #619 |
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Questions
- Is Trenton a boy or girl name?
- Trenton is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Trenton were boys.
- How popular is the name Trenton?
- 213 baby boys were named Trenton in the US in 2025, making it the 1038th most popular boy name.
- When was Trenton most popular?
- Trenton peaked in 2007, when 2,335 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #178, held for 2 years starting in 2000.
- How many people are named Trenton?
- 58,635 babies have been named Trenton in the US since 1880. We estimate about 56,752 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 24.
- Where is Trenton most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Trenton was most common in Alabama, at 0.6 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.