Name Legacy

Truth

Recorded 1914–2025 · United States

Truth was most popular in 2021, when 207 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,187 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,846, with 138 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,225 people named Truth.

Most popular in2021
Rank that year#2,187
Births that year207
Total since 18802,225
Given to65% boys

Truth over time

18802025
Births per year. The dot marks Truth’s peak in 2021. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Truth a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Truth is a unisex name — 34.7% of the 2,225 Americans given it were girls and 65.3% were boys. It changed hands: since 2007 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 32% girls and 68% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Truth

Where Truth is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org