Trey
Last seen for girls in 2004 at #12,761 · #883 for boys in 2025, 269 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1999 · 1,798 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 40,476since 1948
Trey over time
Rank among boys' names. Trey has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #883 | 269 | |
| 2024 | — | #791 | 318 | |
| 2023 | — | #719 | 369 | |
| 2022 | — | #648 | 427 | |
| 2021 | — | #649 | 424 | |
| 2020 | — | #692 | 368 | |
| 2019 | — | #611 | 448 | |
| 2018 | — | #599 | 456 | |
| 2017 | — | #562 | 485 | |
| 2016 | — | #588 | 466 | |
| 2015 | — | #553 | 519 | |
| 2014 | — | #477 | 597 | |
| 2013 | — | #405 | 732 | |
| 2012 | — | #390 | 768 | |
| 2011 | — | #324 | 972 | |
| 2010 | — | #323 | 970 | |
| 2009 | — | #313 | 1,024 | |
| 2008 | — | #313 | 1,067 | |
| 2007 | — | #285 | 1,212 | |
| 2006 | — | #250 | 1,372 | |
| 2005 | — | #229 | 1,491 | |
| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 | #237 | 1,405 |
| 2003 | — | #227 | 1,516 | |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | #213 | 1,611 |
| 2001 | — | #226 | 1,539 | |
| 2000 | — | #215 | 1,653 | |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | #189 | 1,798 |
| 1998 | — | #211 | 1,537 | |
| 1997 | — | #237 | 1,291 | |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | #237 | 1,247 |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | #231 | 1,289 |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 | #211 | 1,367 |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 | #191 | 1,629 |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 | #269 | 1,060 |
| 1991 | — | #348 | 696 | |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 | #345 | 704 |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 | #367 | 610 |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 | #393 | 504 |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | #411 | 451 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | #412 | 430 |
| 1985 | — | #430 | 397 | |
| 1984 | — | #478 | 307 | |
| 1983 | — | #557 | 228 | |
| 1982 | — | #620 | 196 | |
| 1981 | — | #750 | 135 | |
| 1980 | — | #751 | 136 | |
| 1979 | — | #810 | 116 | |
| 1978 | — | #768 | 121 | |
| 1977 | — | #808 | 111 | |
| 1976 | — | #815 | 105 | |
| 1975 | — | #800 | 108 | |
| 1974 | — | #796 | 101 | |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | #770 | 107 |
| 1972 | — | #740 | 114 | |
| 1971 | — | #799 | 101 | |
| 1970 | — | #769 | 115 | |
| 1969 | — | #742 | 111 | |
| 1968 | — | #756 | 96 | |
| 1967 | — | #806 | 81 | |
| 1966 | — | #812 | 80 | |
| 1965 | — | #843 | 76 | |
| 1964 | — | #831 | 83 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,037 | 53 | |
| 1962 | — | #996 | 59 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,121 | 49 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,252 | 39 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,439 | 30 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,593 | 24 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,751 | 21 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,642 | 23 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,139 | 14 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,592 | 10 | |
| 1953 | — | #3,425 | 6 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,251 | 12 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,844 | 8 | |
| 1950 | — | #3,329 | 6 | |
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| 1948 | — | #3,316 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Trey! It came in at #3,316, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1949, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Trey is popular in 1987
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Louisiana#152 · 1 in 748
- Arkansas#172 · 1 in 1,150
- Kansas#181 · 1 in 1,272
- Oklahoma#214 · 1 in 1,599
- Tennessee#218 · 1 in 1,791
Best ever in a state: #50 in Wyoming, 1998.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | #152 | 43 | 1 in 748 |
| Arkansas | #172 | 13 | 1 in 1,150 |
| Kansas | #181 | 13 | 1 in 1,272 |
| Oklahoma | #214 | 13 | 1 in 1,599 |
| Tennessee | #218 | 18 | 1 in 1,791 |
| Nebraska | #219 | 5 | 1 in 2,136 |
| Alabama | #242 | 15 | 1 in 1,688 |
| Indiana | #243 | 15 | 1 in 2,462 |
| Kentucky | #253 | 9 | 1 in 2,654 |
| Texas | #259 | 91 | 1 in 1,576 |
| Missouri | #279 | 13 | 1 in 2,749 |
| Mississippi | #289 | 9 | 1 in 1,819 |
| Virginia | #294 | 15 | 1 in 2,628 |
| Oregon | #305 | 6 | 1 in 2,957 |
| Georgia | #316 | 17 | 1 in 2,680 |
| South Carolina | #328 | 8 | 1 in 2,679 |
| Florida | #344 | 27 | 1 in 2,945 |
| Pennsylvania | #345 | 17 | 1 in 4,564 |
| Colorado | #351 | 7 | 1 in 3,510 |
| North Carolina | #385 | 10 | 1 in 4,152 |
| Wisconsin | #422 | 5 | 1 in 6,480 |
| Ohio | #434 | 12 | 1 in 6,356 |
| Maryland | #439 | 5 | 1 in 5,821 |
| Michigan | #527 | 8 | 1 in 8,079 |
| Illinois | #799 | 6 | 1 in 13,617 |
| California | #930 | 14 | 1 in 17,054 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Trey
- 92 spots since 2024 (#791 → #883)
- 191 spots since 2020 (#692 → #883)
- 330 spots since 2015 (#553 → #883)
- Biggest jump: 206 spots in 1964 (#1,037 → #831)
- Biggest drop: 92 spots in 2025 (#791 → #883)
- Debuted 1948
- Peaked 1999 at #189 (1,798 births)
- Births halved by 2012, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 63 yrs · run 1964–2025
- Highest: 1 in 1,068 boys born in 1999 were named Trey (0.09%)
- Latest: 1 in 6,350 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 34.3% of all boys named Trey (13,890) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 6 | #3,316 (1948) | #3,316 |
| 1950s | 154 | #1,439 (1959) | #2,301 |
| 1960s | 727 | #742 (1969) | #920 |
| 1970s | 1,099 | #740 (1972) | #788 |
| 1980s | 3,394 | #367 (1989) | #517 |
| 1990s | 12,618 | #189 (1999) | #247 |
| 2000s | 13,890 | #213 (2002) | #251 |
| 2010s | 6,413 | #323 (2010) | #483 |
| 2020s | 2,175 | #648 (2022) | #730 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Trey in 1987
Top girls' names in 1987
Top boys' names in 1987
More about 1987
girls
1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 347,726 of them was named Trey, which outranked 14.6% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,938 names at #11,325; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 4,140 of them was named Trey, which outranked 95.0% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.