How rare is the name Tri?

5,535 people in the United States have the first name Tri, about 1 in 54,568. It ranks #3,671 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

TRI

#3,671

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,535
About
1 in 54,568
This common or more
82.8%
Who bears it

Of the 5,535 people named Tri, 96.8% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander and 1.3% as White. 93.6% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Tri peaked in 1984, when 28 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19762020
Peak year
1984
Births that year
28
In 2020
7 ▼75%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 666 babies have been given the name since 1976. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Tri by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #6,683. The largest share of babies named Tri, 44.6%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1970s#15,55726
1980s#6,683185
1990s#9,222165
2000s#11,450168
2010s#15,368115
2020s#35,7127
Generation X 1965–806.3%
Millennials 1981–9644.6%
Generation Z 1997–1236.6%
2013 and later12.5%

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.

Either side of Tri

#3,669 Lam · 5,542#3,670 Zulema · 5,541#3,672 Fritz · 5,533#3,673 Felipa · 5,531

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Tri, most common first.

#3,449 Tre · 6,026#6,665 Tru · 2,383#13,197 Troi · 921#14,441 Tra · 816#20,240 Tria · 512#21,351 Trai · 476#37,262 Trei · 210#37,262 Try · 210

Also a last name

As a last name, Tri ranks #38,716 of 156,621, with 615 people. See Tri as a last name

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