Tru

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 150 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
150
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
#591
up from #618
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

How Tru has moved

US popularity rank, 2019–2025. Lower is more popular.
#515#760#1004201920222025#591

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YearUS rank
2019#928
2020#812
2021#682
2022#644
2023#673
2024#618
2025#591

Tru by the numbers

Tru was given to 150 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 125 babies in 2004, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Tru

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

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

  • Trueloyal, faithful, genuine92 in the US (2017)
  • Thuautumn; Thursday10 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Tru

Names that are said the same way as Tru, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Trew8 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Tru

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