Truman

Last seen for girls in 1925 at #4,973 · #1,547 for boys in 2025, 111 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
#247
1945 · 540 births
Debut · boys
1880
12 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
15,947
since 1880

Truman over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Truman has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201904peak #247, 1945boys
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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—#1,547111
2024—#1,80990
2023—#1,539114
2022—#1,447125
2021—#1,407130
2020—#1,250148
2019—#1,239152
2018—#1,160165
2017—#1,107175
2016—#1,032193
2015—#972213
2014—#952221
2013—#955209
2012—#930220
2011—#1,037183
2010—#995197
2009—#1,070174
2008—#1,067176
2007—#971202
2006—#958194
2005—#1,013167
2004—#957175
2003—#997159
2002—#1,076140
2001—#1,095130
2000—#1,009145
1999—#1,118118
1998—#1,114115
1997—#1,22795
1996—#1,120106
1995—#1,32778
1994—#1,32278
1993—#1,37970
1992—#1,84444
1991—#1,63251
1990—#1,63550
1989—#1,67846
1988—#2,59922
1987—#1,50647
1986—#1,56542
1985—#1,33352
1984—#1,50741
1983—#1,59437
1982—#1,89029
1981—#1,72633
1980—#1,59337
1979—#1,57037
1978—#1,48739
1977—#1,19854
1976—#1,23849
1975—#1,42938
1974—#1,24445
1973—#1,25343
1972—#1,13751
1971—#92877
1970—#1,08057
1969—#97262
1968—#94659
1967—#96856
1966—#1,09046
1965—#91266
1964—#1,04452
1963—#1,01256
1962—#1,06951
1961—#1,06853
1960—#90570
1959—#1,24739
1958—#1,08150
1957—#99558
1956—#1,05651
1955—#93364
1954—#84274
1953—#85271
1952—#83670
1951—#80676
1950—#633119
1949—#531158
1948—#523160
1947—#470204
1946—#387286
1945—#247540
1944—#434197
1943—#425213
1942—#471170
1941—#462164
1940—#394210
1939—#430174
1938—#445168
1937—#401194
1936—#418176
1935—#386198
1934—#384203
1933—#389196
1932—#414183
1931—#403197
1930—#412202
1929—#393217
1928—#422198
1927—#380241
1926—#399221
1925#4,9735#368260
1924—#388240
1923#4,9675#412212
1922—#385245
1921#4,4646#392238
1920—#371262
1919—#389225
1918#4,8095#385240
1917—#376225
1916—#370219
1915—#378202
1914—#371162
1913—#340146
1912—#43282
1911—#40450
1910—#44039
1909—#42834
1908—#37438
1907—#41730
1906—#38731
1905—#38430
1904#1,8775#34434
1903—#48719
1902—#47520
1901—#50615
1900—#45525
1899—#7149
1898—#52316
1897—#55614
1896—#43820
1895—#52915
1894—#43919
1893—#43518
1892—#49716
1891—#36422
1890—#42418
1889—#52513
1888—#44218
1887—#6798
1886—#49114
1885—#43917
1884—#48815
1883—#37121
1882—#43717
1881—#37520
1880—#52612
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Truman was already there! It came in at #526, and was given to 12 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1887, when fewer than 9 boys a year got the name.

See more about Truman
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 262 spots since 2024 (#1,809 → #1,547)
  • 297 spots since 2020 (#1,250 → #1,547)
  • 575 spots since 2015 (#972 → #1,547)
  • Biggest jump: 342 spots in 1960 (#1,247 → #905)
  • Biggest drop: 209 spots in 1972 (#928 → #1,137)
Rise & fade · boys
65 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1945 at #247 (540 births)
  • Births halved by 1947, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 92 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 92 yrs · run 1880–1955
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,492
  • Highest: 1 in 2,492 boys born in 1945 were named Truman (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 15,388 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 14.6% of all boys named Truman (2,334) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s155#371 (1883)#477
1890s167#364 (1891)#492
1900s276#344 (1904)#426
1910s1,590#340 (1913)#389
1920s2,334#368 (1925)#391
1930s1,891#384 (1934)#408
1940s2,302#247 (1945)#434
1950s672#633 (1950)#928
1960s571#905 (1960)#999
1970s490#928 (1971)#1,256
1980s386#1,333 (1985)#1,699
1990s805#1,114 (1998)#1,372
2000s1,662#957 (2004)#1,021
2010s1,928#930 (2012)#1,038
2020s718#1,250 (2020)#1,500

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.

Truman in 1904

girls
#1,877
5 births · 1 in 55,072 girls
boys
#344
34 births · 1 in 3,768 boys

Top girls' names in 1904

  1. #1Mary14,961
  2. #2Helen6,488
  3. #3Anna5,330
  4. #4Margaret5,302
  5. #5Ruth4,900
  6. #6Elizabeth3,833
  7. #7Marie3,595
  8. #8Florence3,572
  9. #9Mildred3,525
  10. #10Dorothy3,477
  11. #1,877Truman5

Top boys' names in 1904

  1. #1John8,108
  2. #2William6,416
  3. #3James5,855
  4. #4George4,219
  5. #5Robert3,414
  6. #6Charles3,406
  7. #7Joseph3,291
  8. #8Frank2,799
  9. #9Edward2,335
  10. #10Henry2,085
  11. #344Truman34
More about 1904

girls

275,362 girls got a published name in 1904; 1 in 55,072 of them was named Truman, which outranked 13.3% of the 2,165 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Truman
  1. #1,659Zellie6
  2. #1,659Zelphia6
  3. #1,659Zillie6
  4. #1,877Truman5
  5. #1,877Adabelle5
  6. #1,877Adda5
  7. #1,877Adelaida5

Tied with 288 names at #1,877; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1903
Risers
  1. ↑ 882Electa#1,592 → #710
  2. ↑ 882Edris#1,792 → #910
  3. ↑ 827Lannie#1,792 → #965
  4. ↑ 827Madalyn#1,792 → #965
  5. ↑ 800Amber#1,440 → #640
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,041Genie#836 → #1,877
  2. ↓ 981Doshie#896 → #1,877
  3. ↓ 981Matilde#896 → #1,877
  4. ↓ 908Aida#969 → #1,877
  5. ↓ 908Silvia#969 → #1,877

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

boys

128,122 boys got a published name in 1904; 1 in 3,768 of them was named Truman, which outranked 75.3% of the 1,395 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Truman
  1. #340Jeremiah35
  2. #340Pat35
  3. #340Scott35
  4. #344Truman34
  5. #344Ambrose34
  6. #344Ezra34
  7. #344Merrill34
  8. #351Al33
  9. #351Rex33
  10. #351Sterling33

Tied with 6 names at #344; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1903
Risers
  1. ↑ 615Adelbert#1,130 → #515
  2. ↑ 592Hunter#1,130 → #538
  3. ↑ 564Mac#1,130 → #566
  4. ↑ 564Manley#1,130 → #566
  5. ↑ 483Hezekiah#1,130 → #647
Fallers
  1. ↓ 629Bessie#576 → #1,205
  2. ↓ 629Reynold#576 → #1,205
  3. ↓ 610Nat#595 → #1,205
  4. ↓ 586Minnie#619 → #1,205
  5. ↓ 586Ludwig#619 → #1,205

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

See the top 100 for 1904 →