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

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Peak · boys
1999 · 1,798 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
40,476
since 1948

Trey over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Trey has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201989peak #189, 1999boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#883269
2024#791318
2023#719369
2022#648427
2021#649424
2020#692368
2019#611448
2018#599456
2017#562485
2016#588466
2015#553519
2014#477597
2013#405732
2012#390768
2011#324972
2010#323970
2009#3131,024
2008#3131,067
2007#2851,212
2006#2501,372
2005#2291,491
2004#12,7617#2371,405
2003#2271,516
2002#15,4325#2131,611
2001#2261,539
2000#2151,653
1999#14,4115#1891,798
1998#2111,537
1997#2371,291
1996#10,5677#2371,247
1995#13,3865#2311,289
1994#9,5868#2111,367
1993#7,49811#1911,629
1992#8,06510#2691,060
1991#348696
1990#10,1937#345704
1989#9,6817#367610
1988#8,3918#393504
1987#11,3255#411451
1986#8,5237#412430
1985#430397
1984#478307
1983#557228
1982#620196
1981#750135
1980#751136
1979#810116
1978#768121
1977#808111
1976#815105
1975#800108
1974#796101
1973#8,4235#770107
1972#740114
1971#799101
1970#769115
1969#742111
1968#75696
1967#80681
1966#81280
1965#84376
1964#83183
1963#1,03753
1962#99659
1961#1,12149
1960#1,25239
1959#1,43930
1958#1,59324
1957#1,75121
1956#1,64223
1955#2,13914
1954#2,59210
1953#3,4256
1952#2,25112
1951#2,8448
1950#3,3296
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First appearance
1948

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 1989

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Trey, so not publishedAKMaine: #172 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,526 boysMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Trey, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Trey, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Trey, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Trey, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Trey, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Trey, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #302 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,943 boysMNIllinois: #568 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 6,677 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Trey, so not publishedWIMichigan: #536 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 6,943 boysMINew York: #1,381 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 26,981 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Trey, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Trey, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Trey, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Trey, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Trey, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Trey, so not publishedSDIowa: #178 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 1,402 boysIAIndiana: #260 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 2,476 boysINOhio: #304 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 3,396 boysOHPennsylvania: #362 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 4,285 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Trey, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Trey, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #850 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 14,140 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Trey, so not publishedUTColorado: #330 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,023 boysCONebraska: #242 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,198 boysNEMissouri: #177 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 1,258 boysMOKentucky: #199 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 1,747 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Trey, so not publishedWVVirginia: #267 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 2,093 boysVAMaryland: #413 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 4,584 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Trey, so not publishedDEArizona: #427 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,786 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Trey, so not publishedNMKansas: #208 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 1,550 boysKSArkansas: #155 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 852 boysARTennessee: #255 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 2,038 boysTNNorth Carolina: #298 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 2,434 boysNCSouth Carolina: #281 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 1,965 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Trey, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #134 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 685 boysOKLouisiana: #165 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 798 boysLAMississippi: #288 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 1,907 boysMSAlabama: #276 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 2,079 boysALGeorgia: #235 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 1,499 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Trey, so not publishedHITexas: #225 for boys · 118 births · 1 in 1,255 boysTXFlorida: #387 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 3,308 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Oklahoma#134 · 1 in 685
  2. Arkansas#155 · 1 in 852
  3. Louisiana#165 · 1 in 798
  4. Maine#172 · 1 in 1,526
  5. Missouri#177 · 1 in 1,258

Best ever in a state: #50 in Wyoming, 1998.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Oklahoma#134301 in 685
Arkansas#155181 in 852
Louisiana#165401 in 798
Maine#17251 in 1,526
Missouri#177301 in 1,258
Iowa#178131 in 1,402
Kentucky#199141 in 1,747
Kansas#208111 in 1,550
Texas#2251181 in 1,255
Georgia#235331 in 1,499
Nebraska#24251 in 2,198
Tennessee#255171 in 2,038
Indiana#260161 in 2,476
Virginia#267201 in 2,093
Alabama#276131 in 2,079
South Carolina#281121 in 1,965
Mississippi#28891 in 1,907
North Carolina#298191 in 2,434
Minnesota#30281 in 3,943
Ohio#304231 in 3,396
Colorado#33081 in 3,023
Pennsylvania#362191 in 4,285
Florida#387271 in 3,308
Maryland#41371 in 4,584
Arizona#42781 in 3,786
Michigan#536101 in 6,943
Illinois#568131 in 6,677
California#850191 in 14,140
New York#1,38151 in 26,981
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Wyoming

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
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
51 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1948
  • Peaked 1999 at #189 (1,798 births)
  • Births halved by 2012, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 63 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 63 yrs · run 1964–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,068
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 34.3% of all boys named Trey (13,890) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s6#3,316 (1948)#3,316
1950s154#1,439 (1959)#2,301
1960s727#742 (1969)#920
1970s1,099#740 (1972)#788
1980s3,394#367 (1989)#517
1990s12,618#189 (1999)#247
2000s13,890#213 (2002)#251
2010s6,413#323 (2010)#483
2020s2,175#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 1989

girls
#9,681
7 births · 1 in 263,365 girls
boys
#367
610 births · 1 in 3,280 boys

Top girls' names in 1989

  1. #1Jessica47,887
  2. #2Ashley47,588
  3. #3Brittany37,792
  4. #4Amanda36,834
  5. #5Sarah27,797
  6. #6Samantha24,792
  7. #7Jennifer24,006
  8. #8Stephanie22,766
  9. #9Lauren21,065
  10. #10Elizabeth20,298
  11. #9,681Trey7

Top boys' names in 1989

  1. #1Michael65,415
  2. #2Christopher53,186
  3. #3Matthew45,375
  4. #4Joshua44,100
  5. #5David35,225
  6. #6Daniel35,007
  7. #7Andrew34,817
  8. #8Justin32,852
  9. #9James32,720
  10. #10Robert30,072
  11. #367Trey610
More about 1989

girls

1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 263,365 of them was named Trey, which outranked 33.5% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Trey
  1. #8,761Zola8
  2. #8,761Zoua8
  3. #8,761Zulay8
  4. #9,681Trey7
  5. #9,681Aarica7
  6. #9,681Abbagail7
  7. #9,681Abbee7
  8. #10,847Aarion6
  9. #10,847Aarthi6
  10. #10,847Abaigeal6

Tied with 1,165 names at #9,681; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. 9,523Audriana#10,386#863
  2. 7,504Martika#8,391#887
  3. 6,932Audrianna#7,691#759
  4. 3,972Elizabet#4,496#524
  5. 1,772Katherin#2,489#717
Fallers
  1. 539Diandra#905#1,444
  2. 524Taja#720#1,244
  3. 455Jonathan#999#1,454
  4. 445Katarina#960#1,405
  5. 397Caryn#816#1,213

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 3,280 of them was named Trey, which outranked 96.0% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Trey
  1. #362Kurtis624
  2. #365Nolan617
  3. #366Felix611
  4. #367Trey610
  5. #367Roderick610
  6. #369Jarred607
  7. #370Joey605
  8. #371Alec603

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. 6,314Kiara#7,270#956
  2. 5,870Alexande#6,426#556
  3. 1,111Kwame#1,768#657
  4. 766Kadeem#1,467#701
  5. 684Hakeem#1,270#586
Fallers
  1. 839Long#819#1,658
  2. 337Darell#981#1,318
  3. 294Whitney#890#1,184
  4. 269Trevin#840#1,109
  5. 252Curt#850#1,102

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1989