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Trenton

As a boy's name, Trenton is understood to mean "Refers to the New Jersey city". It has been climbing steadily, peaking most recently in the 2000s. Today, it is comfortably in the mainstream in the registry. Few names stick around this long: it shows up across almost the entire twelve-decade span this registry covers.

EtymologyPlace name, "Trent's town"
EtymologyRefers to the New Jersey city
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
47
1920s
102
1930s
99
1940s
143
1950s
213
1960s
931
1970s
2,692
1980s
5,901
1990s
14,709
2000s
20,925
2010s
9,807
Peaked in the 2000s · 55,569 total U.S. births since 1900