Trena vs Treva
American parents have registered 9,675 Trevas since 1880, against 5,160 Trenas. Treva is still ahead, with 6 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Trena Treva
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 136 years in which either name was published, Treva for 111 years and Trena for 25 years. The lead changed hands 12 times.
- 1886–1961 Treva ahead
- 1962–1983 Trena ahead, apart from one short spell
- 1987–2025 Treva ahead, apart from 3 short spells
6 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Trena | Treva | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 5,160 | 9,675 |
| Most in one year | 255 | 174 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | 6 |
| Estimated living today | 4,500 | 5,200 |
| Median age today | 56 | 62 |
| Peak year | 1971 | 1962 |
| Best rank | 643rd girls | 786th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | 13,208th |
| First recorded | 1913 | 1886 |
| Girls / boys | 5,160 / 0 | 9,664 / 11 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Trevas alive today are over 62; half the Trenas are over 56. That is 6 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Trena West Virginia (3.3×), Indiana (2.6×), Kentucky (2.6×)
- Treva Oklahoma (5.9×), Kansas (4.5×), Tennessee (4.4×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Trena and Treva.