How popular is the name Trey?

Trey ranks 496th among boys' names in US records, with 47,714 births since 1948. Over the past decade it accounts for 4,972.

Is Trey a unisex name?

No. Trey is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1999, when 2,120 children were given the name. It has been in use for 77 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Tre, Tray. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Boy name#496 of boy names

Pronounced T R EY1 (ARPABET)

Trey is a boys' name, and first appears in 1948. It has been given to 47,714 children — the 496th most common boys' name on record.

It is falling away, down 56% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1999, when 2,120 children were given it.

Two other spellings are counted in that total — Tre and Tray — because they are pronounced identically.

1999Boys: 2,120Girls: 10

These spellings sound identical to Trey and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Trey?: Trey ranks 496th among boys' names in US records, with 47,714 births since 1948. Over the past decade it accounts for 4,972.
Is Trey a unisex name?: No. Trey is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Trey most popular?: 1999, when 2,120 children were given the name. It has been in use for 77 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Trey spelled?: Tre, Tray. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.