Trey

A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning three; third-born son.

Babies a year
479
the US, 2017
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
#890
down from #789
UK popularity
#2014
12 babies

How Trey has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2025. Lower is more popular.
#480#722#963201520202025#890

View as table
YearUS rank
2015#553
2016#589
2017#562
2018#604
2019#611
2020#697
2021#650
2022#646
2023#718
2024#789
2025#890

Trey by the numbers

In 2025, 12 babies in England and Wales were named Trey. In the US, 479 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 1,798 babies in 1999, making it a 1990s name.

At its height, in 2000, about 1 in 1,300 American boys born that year was called Trey.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Trey. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Troycurly-haired; or from the city troy955 in the US (2017)
  • Trethree; third-born son; respelling of Trey57 in the US (2017)
  • Tresthree; often a given name from numerals13 in the US (2017)
  • Trevbig; a form of Trevor4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Tray12 in the US (2017)
  • Trew8 in the US (2017)

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