Girls' name · peaked in 1970

Trina name popularity since 1925

32,464 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Trina. Half of them were born in 1971 or earlier, so the typical Trina is about 55 years old in 2026. Trina peaked in 1970 as the #172 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.

US babies since 1925: 32,464; Named Trina, 1925–2025
Peak year: 1970; #172 for girls that year
Typical age: About 55; Median birth year 1971
In 2025: Not top 1,000; #8,315 for girls in 2025
Girls / boys: 99.9% girls; 32,434 girls · 30 boys
Most popular in: Oregon; 2.07× its national share

Peak year is the year Trina made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.

Trina births per year, 1925–2025

1970 was the biggest year for Trina both by count and as a share of all babies.

Fastest rise: Between 1953 and 1958, Trina became 4.6× more common, from 1 in 15,700 baby girls to 1 in 3,400.
Steepest fall: Between 1978 and 1983, its share of baby girls fell by 60%, from 1 in 1,870 to 1 in 4,720.

Shaded on the chart. Both compare Trina's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Trina.

Decade by decade

Babies named Trina in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).

Decade	Girls	Boys	Rank
1925–29	55	0	–
1930s	85	0	#3,402
1940s	668	0	#861
1950s	2,999	5	#495
1960s	10,187	15	#271
1970s	12,135	10	#247
1980s	3,544	0	#613
1990s	1,410	0	#1,250
2000s	923	0	#1,854
2010s	342	0	#4,139
2020–25	86	0	#8,315

Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.

Generation fingerprint

58.6% of babies named Trina from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:

Where Trina is most popular

The index compares Trina'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 Trina.

State	Index	Babies
Oregon	2.07×	571
Washington	1.89×	926
Louisiana	1.78×	937
West Virginia	1.56×	404
Utah	1.55×	387

Names with a similar story

Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Trina's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Trina.

Names from the same era

Other common names that peaked within two years of Trina (1970).

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