Truman
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Loyal
- Origin
- English
Truman Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 15,835 baby boys have been named Truman. The name peaked in 1945 with 540 US births that year (rank #248). In 2024, ranked #1811 nationally — 1,563 places below its 1945 peak.
Top States for Truman
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Truman births are: Texas (1,727), Missouri (905), California (723).
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6-Letter Names Starting with T
Names with Truman's exact length and starting letter: Taavet, Tabari, Tabora, Tadewi, Tadita.
Quick Facts About Truman
US Popularity History (2003–2015)
Annual US births named Truman by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2014 with 221 boys named Truman (boy rank #957 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2015, ranked #973 for boys (213 US births). That's 16 places below its 2014 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Truman Most Popular?
Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Truman the strongest states are Missouri, Utah, Iowa.
Strongest boys-name states
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Truman in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trumen | Loyal | Male | English |
Famous People Named Truman
1 notable figure from history and culture who share the name Truman.
- Truman Capote — Novelist (1924)
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Compare Truman to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Truman against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).
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