Truth
Truth is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 119 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1190.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 2021145 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1978
- 2,085people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,350 boys have been named Truth in the United States since 1978, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2021, with 145 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2021, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2019, and the 2020s alone account for 48%.
Truth is used for both sexes: 35% of its bearers are girls (735), most of them born around 2022.
By decade
In 2021, its biggest year
Truth was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2021 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Elijah and James. See all of 2021.
Names that rose and fell with Truth
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Cypresspeak 2024
- Alderpeak 2024
- Zakaipeak 2024
- Colesonpeak 2024
- Ryverpeak 2022
- Ziggypeak 2022
- Axellpeak 2021
- Lucapeak 2024
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.