Spellings
Tru or True?
In the US in 2025, 67% of babies in this name family were spelled Tru and 33% True. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.
Tru67% of the family758 born in 2025#591 among boys×7 since 2015True33% of the family369 born in 2025#1,046 among boys×4 since 2015
Ten years ago
Tru already led in 2015, with 56% of the family's births; it has 70% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 129 to 707 births (×6).
| Spelling | 2015 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tru | 72 | 496 | ×7 |
| True | 57 | 211 | ×4 |
How they sound
- Tru /tru/ (TROO)
- True /ˈtru/ (TROO)
In France
None of these spellings is given in France often enough to be counted.
Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.
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