Tru

What Tru means

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

Editor’s note Used for both: 65% of US babies named Tru in 2025 were boys Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Tru?

US: Rising: up from #2001 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 496 boys got the name (#591 that year). First in the US records in 1995.

How common

• About 1 in 3,444 baby boys in the US 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 DE (1.7 per 1,000 boys), MS (1.66 per 1,000 boys), LA (1.25 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Tru is #591 in the US. It is not in the England & Wales list for 2025.

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 65.4% of US babies named Tru were boys.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Troy563 US · 43 E&W
• Trey269 US · 12 E&W
• Dru58 US
• Tre47 US
• Tyr40 US
• Trae34 US · 4 E&W
• Troi23 US · 14 E&W
• Truu30 US

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 Tru

Boys

• Crew#256“weir”^*
• Kairo#226Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1995, with 6 babies
• River#111From the word “river”^*
• Liam#1Form of William, meaning “will + helmet”^*
• Mateo#8Same root as Matthew, meaning “gift of the Lord”^*
• Amari#185“Does the given name have different origins?”^*

For a sister

• Journee#258Editor’s note 1,198 US babies in 2025, but under 3 in England & Wales
• Noa#226Hawaiian, meaning “commoner, free man”^*
• Phoebe#157“bright”^*
• Brynlee#243Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1995, with 5 babies
• Josie#82Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #250 in 2015, #82 in 2025
• Alani#161Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #529 in 2015, #161 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Tru’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.