How rare is the name Trinity?

70,213 people in the United States have the first name Trinity, about 1 in 4,302. It ranks #727 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

TRINITY

#727

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
70,213
About
1 in 4,302
This common or more
65.1%
Who bears it

Of the 70,213 people named Trinity, 46.4% reported their origin as White, 28.6% as Black and 12.8% as Hispanic or Latino. 97% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Trinity peaked in 2004, when 5,729 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19212025
Peak year
2004
Births that year
5,729
In 2025*
734 ▼87%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 88,192 babies have been given the name since 1921. 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.

Trinity by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #156. The largest share of babies named Trinity, 69.1%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1920s#13,0426
1950s#14,0166
1960s#8,42459
1970s#1,3991,781
1980s#1,5961,679
1990s#1,0194,507
2000s#15647,619
2010s#27326,578
2020s#6665,957
Greatest Generation 1901–270%
Baby boom 1946–640%
Generation X 1965–802.3%
Millennials 1981–963.8%
Generation Z 1997–1269.1%
2013 and later24.8%

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 Trinity is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Trinity has been most common in Nevada (2.6×), Alaska (2.5×), and Georgia (1.8×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.38×).

84,232 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.

Spelled almost the same

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

Also a last name

As a last name, Trinity ranks #84,529 of 156,621, with 239 people. See Trinity as a last name

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