Given name & surname
Trey
“the third-born child”
Trey is used as a given name, a surname, and a nickname. One English interpretation is “the third-born child.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “the third-born child.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1948. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Trey through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 40,573
- 40,476 boys · 97 girls
- Most popular year
- 1999
- 1,803 babies
- 2025
- 269
- #890 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −19%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 269 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 890 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 18.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 1,798 in 1999. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (29). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 39,163 as a first name in 2020; 200 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Trey’s family of names
Trey has a related form in Tre. Trey has a related form in Trae. Trey has a related form in Tray.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Treysonvariant
- Trevariant
- Traevariant
- Treytonvariant
- Traysonvariant
- Trayvariant
- Traytonvariant
- Trayevariant
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Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Trey
- Trey ParkerAmerican actor, animator and filmmaker (born 1969)
- Trey HardeeAmerican track and field athleteborn 1984
- Trey LylesCanadian basketball player (born 1995)
- Trey BurkeAmerican basketball player (born 1992)
- Trey ThompkinsAmerican basketball player (born 1990)
- Trey GunnAmerican musicianborn 1960
- Trey AzagthothAmerican death metal guitaristborn 1965
- Trey WilsonAmerican actor (1948-1989)
- Trey HollingsworthAmerican businessman and politicianborn 1983
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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