first name
TREY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 39,163 people named Trey, 66.9% reported their origin as White, 15.7% as Black and 8.7% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Trey peaked in 1999, when 1,803 babies got the name.
At least 40,573 babies have been given the name since 1948. 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.
Trey by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #473. The largest share of babies named Trey, 52.4%, 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 Trey is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Trey has been most common in Utah (2.9×), South Dakota (2.6×), and Louisiana (2.4×), and least common in New York (0.32×).
38,355 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 Trey
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Trey, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Trey ranks #97,359 of 156,621, with 200 people. See Trey as a last name
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