Recorded 1914–2025 · United States
Truth was most popular in 2021, when 207 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,187 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,846, with 138 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,225 people named Truth.
Truth first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1914, which makes it about 111 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 37 of the 112 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,225 American births named Truth between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,173 are estimated to be alive today.
138 American babies were named Truth in 2025, ranking #2,846 that year.
Truth is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 178 births a year, against 56 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +219% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Truth is a unisex name — 34.7% of the 2,225 Americans given it were girls and 65.3% were boys. It changed hands: since 2007 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 32% girls and 68% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 2,173 Americans named Truth are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 7 years old, and half are between 4 and 12. That is a narrow band because Truth is a young name — it only became common recently, so almost everyone carrying it is still a child or a young adult.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org