first name
TRENTON
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 46,322 people named Trenton, 74.3% reported their origin as White, 13.4% as Black and 6.5% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Trenton peaked in 2007, when 2,335 babies got the name.
At least 58,635 babies have been given the name since 1913. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Trenton by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #353. The largest share of babies named Trenton, 53.5%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Trenton is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Trenton has been most common in Wyoming (2.5×), Kansas (2.4×), and Alaska (2.4×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.1×).
55,956 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Trenton
Spelled almost the same
7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Trenton, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Trenton ranks #67,362 of 156,621, with 316 people. See Trenton as a last name
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