girls:
978 births since 1915
#4738 (17th percentile)
boys:
5 births since 1935
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
983 births since 1915
#6756 (13th percentile)
The name Truly is the #6,756 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 983 recorded births since 1915. This represents the 12.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 12.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,738 (17.1% percentile) for all time with 978 births since 1915. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1935.
Truly first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1915 (1915 for girls and 1935 for boys). Birth data for Truly is available in 61 out of the 109 years between 1915 and 2023 (60 years for girls and 1 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Truly has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.5% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Truly reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 5.6% percentile (ranked #904) with 33 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 33 births per million (ranked 5.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1997, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Truly ranks #908 for girls (4.1% percentile) with 25 births per million, which is 76.4% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Truly reached its peak popularity in 1935, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #516) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1935, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1935.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Truly".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Truly is pronounced as TRUE-lee, which has 2 syllables.
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