Trey

What Trey means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Trey yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1999, with 1,798 babies; 269 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Trey?

US: Falling: down from #553 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #888 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1999, when 1,798 boys got the name (#189 that year). First in the US records in 1948.

How common

• About 1 in 6,350 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 22,661 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in SD (1.56 per 1,000 boys), UT (0.46 per 1,000 boys), KS (0.43 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Trey is #883 in the US and #2014 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Trey were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Troy563 US · 43 E&W
• Drew541 US · 31 E&W
• Tru496 US
• Tre47 US
• Trae34 US · 4 E&W
• Troi23 US · 14 E&W
• Truu30 US
• Dre16 US · 6 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Trey

Boys

• Oscar#223Editor’s note Down from #181 in 2015 to #223 in 2025 in the US
• Edgar#486“rich + spear”^*
• Edwin#398Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1922, with 3,827 babies; 798 in 2025
• Edward#224“wealth, riches + ward, guard”^*
• Alvin#838“elf + friend”^*
• Harold#991“army + ruler, authority”^*

For a sister

• Destiny#635Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #186 in 2015, #635 in 2025
• Angel#546Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2002, with 3,100 babies; 551 in 2025
• Amber#520“ambergris”^*
• Holly#416“wood, clearing, meadow”^*
• Hope#352Editor’s note Down from #225 in 2015 to #352 in 2025 in the US
• April#542“the month of the goddess Venus”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under English, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Trey’s. Rank is US 2025.