Truett
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Meaning
surname believed to derive from Old English 'true, faithful'
How popular is Truett around the world?
In the United States, 2,259 babies were named Truett between 2020 and 2025.
Truett is on the official records of the United States and Canada.
United States
1 in 9,600
In the United States, 2,259 babies were named Truett between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Truett peaked in the 2020s. Truett went to 117 US babies in 2015 and 586 in 2025, 5.0 times as many.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
Canada
1 in 46,000
In Canada, 8 boys named Truett were born in 2024, ranked 2,328th among boys that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)
Not on the record in Spain, Mexico City, Argentina, Puerto Rico, England and Wales, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the South Australia record for 1944 to 2017: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the Austria record for 1984 to 2025: Statistik Austria publishes every first name down to a single birth, so this name was not given there in those years (before 2010 the record covers babies with Austrian citizenship only). Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
When you meet Truett
Most people given the name Truett in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
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