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
- Peak · boys
- 1945 · 540 births
- Debut · boys
- 12 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 15,947since 1880
Truman over time
Rank among boys' names. Truman has never cracked the top 200 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,547 | 111 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,809 | 90 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,539 | 114 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,447 | 125 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,407 | 130 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,250 | 148 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,239 | 152 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,160 | 165 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,107 | 175 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,032 | 193 | |
| 2015 | — | #972 | 213 | |
| 2014 | — | #952 | 221 | |
| 2013 | — | #955 | 209 | |
| 2012 | — | #930 | 220 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,037 | 183 | |
| 2010 | — | #995 | 197 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,070 | 174 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,067 | 176 | |
| 2007 | — | #971 | 202 | |
| 2006 | — | #958 | 194 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,013 | 167 | |
| 2004 | — | #957 | 175 | |
| 2003 | — | #997 | 159 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,076 | 140 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,095 | 130 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,009 | 145 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,118 | 118 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,114 | 115 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,227 | 95 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,120 | 106 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,327 | 78 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,322 | 78 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,379 | 70 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,844 | 44 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,632 | 51 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,635 | 50 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,678 | 46 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,599 | 22 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,506 | 47 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,565 | 42 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,333 | 52 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,507 | 41 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,594 | 37 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,890 | 29 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,726 | 33 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,593 | 37 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,570 | 37 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,487 | 39 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,198 | 54 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,238 | 49 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,429 | 38 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,244 | 45 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,253 | 43 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,137 | 51 | |
| 1971 | — | #928 | 77 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,080 | 57 | |
| 1969 | — | #972 | 62 | |
| 1968 | — | #946 | 59 | |
| 1967 | — | #968 | 56 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,090 | 46 | |
| 1965 | — | #912 | 66 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,044 | 52 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,012 | 56 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,069 | 51 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,068 | 53 | |
| 1960 | — | #905 | 70 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,247 | 39 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,081 | 50 | |
| 1957 | — | #995 | 58 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,056 | 51 | |
| 1955 | — | #933 | 64 | |
| 1954 | — | #842 | 74 | |
| 1953 | — | #852 | 71 | |
| 1952 | — | #836 | 70 | |
| 1951 | — | #806 | 76 | |
| 1950 | — | #633 | 119 | |
| 1949 | — | #531 | 158 | |
| 1948 | — | #523 | 160 | |
| 1947 | — | #470 | 204 | |
| 1946 | — | #387 | 286 | |
| 1945 | — | #247 | 540 | |
| 1944 | — | #434 | 197 | |
| 1943 | — | #425 | 213 | |
| 1942 | — | #471 | 170 | |
| 1941 | — | #462 | 164 | |
| 1940 | — | #394 | 210 | |
| 1939 | — | #430 | 174 | |
| 1938 | — | #445 | 168 | |
| 1937 | — | #401 | 194 | |
| 1936 | — | #418 | 176 | |
| 1935 | — | #386 | 198 | |
| 1934 | — | #384 | 203 | |
| 1933 | — | #389 | 196 | |
| 1932 | — | #414 | 183 | |
| 1931 | — | #403 | 197 | |
| 1930 | — | #412 | 202 | |
| 1929 | — | #393 | 217 | |
| 1928 | — | #422 | 198 | |
| 1927 | — | #380 | 241 | |
| 1926 | — | #399 | 221 | |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | #368 | 260 |
| 1924 | — | #388 | 240 | |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | #412 | 212 |
| 1922 | — | #385 | 245 | |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | #392 | 238 |
| 1920 | — | #371 | 262 | |
| 1919 | — | #389 | 225 | |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | #385 | 240 |
| 1917 | — | #376 | 225 | |
| 1916 | — | #370 | 219 | |
| 1915 | — | #378 | 202 | |
| 1914 | — | #371 | 162 | |
| 1913 | — | #340 | 146 | |
| 1912 | — | #432 | 82 | |
| 1911 | — | #404 | 50 | |
| 1910 | — | #440 | 39 | |
| 1909 | — | #428 | 34 | |
| 1908 | — | #374 | 38 | |
| 1907 | — | #417 | 30 | |
| 1906 | — | #387 | 31 | |
| 1905 | — | #384 | 30 | |
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 | #344 | 34 |
| 1903 | — | #487 | 19 | |
| 1902 | — | #475 | 20 | |
| 1901 | — | #506 | 15 | |
| 1900 | — | #455 | 25 | |
| 1899 | — | #714 | 9 | |
| 1898 | — | #523 | 16 | |
| 1897 | — | #556 | 14 | |
| 1896 | — | #438 | 20 | |
| 1895 | — | #529 | 15 | |
| 1894 | — | #439 | 19 | |
| 1893 | — | #435 | 18 | |
| 1892 | — | #497 | 16 | |
| 1891 | — | #364 | 22 | |
| 1890 | — | #424 | 18 | |
| 1889 | — | #525 | 13 | |
| 1888 | — | #442 | 18 | |
| 1887 | — | #679 | 8 | |
| 1886 | — | #491 | 14 | |
| 1885 | — | #439 | 17 | |
| 1884 | — | #488 | 15 | |
| 1883 | — | #371 | 21 | |
| 1882 | — | #437 | 17 | |
| 1881 | — | #375 | 20 | |
| 1880 | — | #526 | 12 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1945 at #247 (540 births)
- Births halved by 1947, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 92 yrs · run 1880–1955
- 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%)
- 14.6% of all boys named Truman (2,334) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 155 | #371 (1883) | #477 |
| 1890s | 167 | #364 (1891) | #492 |
| 1900s | 276 | #344 (1904) | #426 |
| 1910s | 1,590 | #340 (1913) | #389 |
| 1920s | 2,334 | #368 (1925) | #391 |
| 1930s | 1,891 | #384 (1934) | #408 |
| 1940s | 2,302 | #247 (1945) | #434 |
| 1950s | 672 | #633 (1950) | #928 |
| 1960s | 571 | #905 (1960) | #999 |
| 1970s | 490 | #928 (1971) | #1,256 |
| 1980s | 386 | #1,333 (1985) | #1,699 |
| 1990s | 805 | #1,114 (1998) | #1,372 |
| 2000s | 1,662 | #957 (2004) | #1,021 |
| 2010s | 1,928 | #930 (2012) | #1,038 |
| 2020s | 718 | #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 1921
Top girls' names in 1921
Top boys' names in 1921
More about 1921
girls
1,233,058 girls got a published name in 1921; 1 in 205,510 of them was named Truman, which outranked 24.0% of the 5,871 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,023Zerline7
- #4,023Zoa7
- #4,023Zuma7
- #4,464Truman6
- #4,464Abelina6
- #4,464Adamae6
- #4,464Addell6
- #5,099Abbey5
- #5,099Adalee5
- #5,099Adam5
Tied with 634 names at #4,464; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,101,449 boys got a published name in 1921; 1 in 4,628 of them was named Truman, which outranked 92.1% of the 4,985 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.