True

A unisex name of Old English origin, meaning loyal, faithful, genuine.

Babies a year
92
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#4867
4 babies

How True has moved

US popularity rank, 2023–2024. Lower is more popular.
#899#983#1067202320242024#986

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YearUS rank
2023#980
2024#986

True by the numbers

In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named True. In the US, 92 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 62 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.

Spelled almost the same

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

  • Tru150 in the US (2017)

Sounds like True

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

  • Trew8 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean faith

Like True, each of these has faith in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Calebwhole-hearted, faithful7,093 in the US (2017)
  • Faithtrust or belief2,602 in the US (2017)
  • Aminatrustworthy, faithful, peaceful238 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Verafaith; or from latin for truth1,153 in the US (2017)
  • Damonto tame; loyal704 in the US (2017)
  • Imanifaith or belief606 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as True

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