How rare is the name Truman?

7,702 people in the United States have the first name Truman, about 1 in 39,215. It ranks #2,934 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

TRUMAN

#2,934

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,702
About
1 in 39,215
This common or more
81.2%
Who bears it

Of the 7,702 people named Truman, 79.5% reported their origin as White, 6.6% as Black and 5% 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.

Truman peaked in 1945, when 540 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1945
Births that year
540
In 2025*
111 ▼79%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 15,973 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.

Truman by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #821. The largest share of babies named Truman, 23.8%, were born between 1928 and 1945, the Silent Generation's birth years.

1880s#982155
1890s#1,210167
1900s#1,077281
1910s#8221,595
1920s#8212,350
1930s#8651,891
1940s#9102,302
1950s#2,056672
1960s#2,415571
1970s#3,017490
1980s#4,047386
1990s#3,081805
2000s#2,3331,662
2010s#2,2641,928
2020s#3,150718
Before 19012.2%
Greatest Generation 1901–2723.7%
Silent Generation 1928–4523.8%
Baby boom 1946–6411%
Generation X 1965–805.1%
Millennials 1981–965.2%
Generation Z 1997–1216.2%
2013 and later12.8%

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 Truman is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Truman has been most common in Utah (4.4×), Arkansas (4.4×), and Missouri (4.1×), and least common in New York (0.3×).

10,012 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.

Exactly as common as Truman

1 other first name also has 7,702 people.

#2,934 Blaise · 7,702

Either side of Truman

#2,933 Leif · 7,704#2,934 Blaise · 7,702#2,936 Eleni · 7,699#2,937 Caylee · 7,698

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Truman, most common first.

#45,502 Trueman · 149

Also a last name

As a last name, Truman ranks #6,255 of 156,621, with 5,239 people. See Truman as a last name

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