Trilby

Last seen for girls in 2010 at #14,959

Peak · girls
1895 · 12 births
Debut · girls
12 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
567
since 1895

Trilby over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Trilby has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201895peak #932, 1895girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025
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2011
2010#14,9596
2009
2008#13,8327
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1996#11,8076
1995#10,5147
1994
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1988#11,7985
1987#11,3255
1986#8,5237
1985
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1983
1982
1981
1980#6,31910
1979
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1976
1975#5,51610
1974
1973#6,0808
1972#6,5587
1971#6,0068
1970#7,0706
1969#5,9747
1968#7,0165
1967
1966
1965#4,4949
1964
1963#6,5925
1962#5,8606
1961
1960#4,18410
1959#3,82711
1958#2,97216
1957
1956#4,1619
1955#3,22513
1954#3,71810
1953#4,5957
1952#3,7969
1951#4,3857
1950#4,3157
1949#4,6736
1948
1947#4,0078
1946#3,21710
1945
1944
1943#3,4938
1942#4,6225
1941#3,2528
1940#2,57211
1939#2,73610
1938#2,44712
1937#2,9409
1936#2,8579
1935#2,73110
1934
1933#2,40412
1932#2,64411
1931#1,80319
1930#3,6587
1929#3,6827
1928#3,1649
1927#3,5618
1926#2,87211
1925#1,84722
1924#3,14410
1923#2,91711
1922#2,61213
1921#2,94111
1920#2,46314
1919#2,64012
1918#3,8697
1917#3,3448
1916#2,83310
1915#3,4347
1914#3,6185
1913#2,8276
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1896#1,4166
1895#93212
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First appearance
1895

The first year at least five girls were named Trilby! It came in at #932, and was given to 12 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1897–1912, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Trilby
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2010
  • Biggest drop: 484 spots in 1896 (#932#1,416)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1895
  • Peaked 1895 at #932 (12 births)
  • Births halved by 1896, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1895
Share of babies · girls
1 in 19,469
  • Highest: 1 in 19,469 girls born in 1895 were named Trilby (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 296,266 girls born in 2010 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 20.5% of all girls named Trilby (116) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s18#932 (1895)#1,174
1900s0
1910s55#2,640 (1919)#3,224
1920s116#1,847 (1925)#2,920
1930s99#1,803 (1931)#2,691
1940s56#2,572 (1940)#3,691
1950s89#2,972 (1958)#3,888
1960s42#4,184 (1960)#5,687
1970s39#5,516 (1975)#6,246
1980s27#6,319 (1980)#9,491
1990s13#10,514 (1995)#11,161
2000s7#13,832 (2008)#13,832
2010s6#14,959 (2010)#14,959

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Trilby in 1895

girls
#932
12 births · 1 in 19,469 girls

Top girls' names in 1895

  1. #1Mary13,447
  2. #2Anna5,950
  3. #3Helen4,023
  4. #4Margaret3,931
  5. #5Elizabeth3,603
  6. #6Ruth3,551
  7. #7Florence3,471
  8. #8Ethel3,391
  9. #9Marie3,011
  10. #10Emma2,952
  11. #932Trilby12
More about 1895

girls

233,627 girls got a published name in 1895; 1 in 19,469 of them was named Trilby, which outranked 48.5% of the 1,808 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Trilby
  1. #893Willia13
  2. #893Zena13
  3. #893Zilpha13
  4. #932Trilby12
  5. #932Albertha12
  6. #932Alleen12
  7. #932America12
  8. #986Adel11
  9. #986Alba11
  10. #986Anner11

Tied with 53 names at #932; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1894
Risers
  1. 715Glenn#1,353#638
  2. 670Drusilla#1,485#815
  3. 670Gertha#1,485#815
  4. 670Lorine#1,485#815
  5. 627Leva#1,485#858
Fallers
  1. 848Gina#744#1,592
  2. 848Laurel#744#1,592
  3. 848Pennie#744#1,592
  4. 810Buena#782#1,592
  5. 780Albertina#812#1,592

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

See the top 100 for 1895