Trent
Trent is a surname and a male given name, and means "the flooder". It is generally associated with the River Trent, a river in Britain. It may also be a short form of the given name Trenton.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Trent
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Trent is a surname and a male given name, and means "the flooder". It is generally associated with the River Trent, a river in Britain. It may also be a short form of the given name Trenton.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Trent
Trent first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1916, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2001: 1,719 births, good for #208 nationwide. About 25% of every Trent on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Trent ranks #1,442 for baby boys with 129 births, falling sharply (-45%). All told, over 52K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Names that sound like Trent
Phonetically similar names — useful when Trent is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Trend
- Trant
- Traunt
- Drent
- Tent
- Trench
- Trends
- Trained
- Tourette
- Tren
- Tret
- Trenched
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About the name Trent
Trent is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1916 and has accumulated 52K births in the dataset. Trent's peak popularity came in 2001 when it ranked #208. Use the chart and map above to compare Trent's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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