Boys' name · peaked in 2007
Trenton name popularity since 1925
58,539 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Trenton. Half of them were born in 2002 or earlier, so the typical Trenton is about 24 years old in 2026. Trenton peaked in 2007 as the #178 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 58,539
- Named Trenton, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,042 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.9% boys
- 78 girls · 58,461 boys
- Most popular in
- Kansas
- 2.50× its national share
Peak year is the year Trenton made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Trenton births per year, 1925–2025
2007 was the biggest year for Trenton both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1967 and 1972, Trenton became 2.1× more common, from 1 in 15,300 baby boys to 1 in 7,370.
- Steepest fall: Between 2013 and 2018, its share of baby boys fell by 57%, from 1 in 1,410 to 1 in 3,280.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Trenton's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Trenton.
Decade by decade
Babies named Trenton in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 53 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 99 | #2,925 |
| 1940s | 0 | 143 | #1,921 |
| 1950s | 0 | 214 | #1,679 |
| 1960s | 0 | 931 | #757 |
| 1970s | 0 | 2,691 | #489 |
| 1980s | 23 | 5,877 | #309 |
| 1990s | 17 | 14,692 | #199 |
| 2000s | 38 | 20,898 | #190 |
| 2010s | 0 | 10,917 | #339 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 1,946 | #1,042 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
53.6% of babies named Trenton from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Trenton is most popular
The index compares Trenton's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Trenton.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Kansas | 2.50× | 1,445 |
| Oklahoma | 2.11× | 1,556 |
| Missouri | 2.09× | 2,578 |
| Nebraska | 1.93× | 767 |
| Idaho | 1.88× | 424 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Trenton and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Trenton (this page) | 58,461 | 2007 |
| Trenten | 3,265 | 2007 |
| Trentin | 1,300 | 2006 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Trenton's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Trenton.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Trenton (2007).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data