Truman is an established boys' name that peaked in 1945 and has since faded.
Truman is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,553 for boy births in the United States (and #3,313 across all names), given to 111 babies. Truman first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1945 (540 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 111 | 111 | — | #1,553 |
| 2024 | 90 | 90 | — | #1,818 |
| 2023 | 114 | 114 | — | #1,546 |
| 2022 | 125 | 125 | — | #1,454 |
| 2021 | 130 | 130 | — | #1,417 |
| 2020 | 148 | 148 | — | #1,254 |
| 2019 | 152 | 152 | — | #1,242 |
| 2018 | 165 | 165 | — | #1,166 |
| 2017 | 175 | 175 | — | #1,109 |
| 2016 | 193 | 193 | — | #1,034 |
| 2015 | 213 | 213 | — | #973 |
| 2014 | 221 | 221 | — | #957 |
| 2013 | 209 | 209 | — | #961 |
| 2012 | 220 | 220 | — | #931 |
| 2011 | 183 | 183 | — | #1,040 |
| 2010 | 197 | 197 | — | #996 |
| 2009 | 174 | 174 | — | #1,073 |
| 2008 | 176 | 176 | — | #1,068 |
| 2007 | 202 | 202 | — | #976 |
| 2006 | 194 | 194 | — | #961 |
| 2005 | 167 | 167 | — | #1,017 |
| 2004 | 175 | 175 | — | #962 |
| 2003 | 159 | 159 | — | #997 |
| 2002 | 140 | 140 | — | #1,078 |
| 2001 | 130 | 130 | — | #1,099 |
| 2000 | 145 | 145 | — | #1,014 |
| 1999 | 118 | 118 | — | #1,125 |
| 1998 | 115 | 115 | — | #1,122 |
| 1997 | 95 | — | — | #1,231 |
| 1996 | 106 | — | — | #1,125 |
| 1995 | 78 | — | — | #1,335 |
| 1994 | 78 | — | — | #1,329 |
| 1993 | 70 | — | — | #1,399 |
| 1992 | 44 | — | — | #1,881 |
| 1991 | 51 | — | — | #1,650 |
| 1990 | 50 | — | — | #1,660 |
| 1989 | 46 | — | — | #1,704 |
| 1988 | 22 | — | — | #2,676 |
| 1987 | 47 | — | — | #1,530 |
| 1986 | 42 | — | — | #1,585 |
| 1985 | 52 | — | — | #1,351 |
| 1984 | 41 | — | — | #1,529 |
| 1983 | 37 | — | — | #1,628 |
| 1982 | 29 | — | — | #1,928 |
| 1981 | 33 | — | — | #1,762 |
| 1980 | 37 | — | — | #1,616 |
| 1979 | 37 | — | — | #1,594 |
| 1978 | 39 | — | — | #1,506 |
| 1977 | 54 | — | — | #1,208 |
| 1976 | 49 | — | — | #1,266 |
| 1975 | 38 | — | — | #1,448 |
| 1974 | 45 | — | — | #1,265 |
| 1973 | 43 | — | — | #1,267 |
| 1972 | 51 | — | — | #1,148 |
| 1971 | 77 | — | — | #932 |
| 1970 | 57 | — | — | #1,091 |
| 1969 | 62 | — | — | #980 |
| 1968 | 59 | — | — | #957 |
| 1967 | 56 | — | — | #980 |
| 1966 | 46 | — | — | #1,099 |
| 1965 | 66 | — | — | #919 |
| 1964 | 52 | — | — | #1,057 |
| 1963 | 56 | — | — | #1,017 |
| 1962 | 51 | — | — | #1,079 |
| 1961 | 53 | — | — | #1,076 |
| 1960 | 70 | — | — | #909 |
| 1959 | 39 | — | — | #1,263 |
| 1958 | 50 | — | — | #1,089 |
| 1957 | 58 | — | — | #1,004 |
| 1956 | 51 | — | — | #1,067 |
| 1955 | 64 | — | — | #940 |
| 1954 | 74 | — | — | #850 |
| 1953 | 71 | — | — | #857 |
| 1952 | 70 | — | — | #839 |
| 1951 | 76 | — | — | #812 |
| 1950 | 119 | — | — | #636 |
| 1949 | 158 | — | — | #532 |
| 1948 | 160 | — | — | #527 |
| 1947 | 204 | — | — | #470 |
| 1946 | 286 | — | — | #387 |
| 1945 | 540 | — | — | #248 |
| 1944 | 197 | — | — | #435 |
| 1943 | 213 | — | — | #426 |
| 1942 | 170 | — | — | #471 |
| 1941 | 164 | — | — | #463 |
| 1940 | 210 | — | — | #395 |
| 1939 | 174 | — | — | #431 |
| 1938 | 168 | — | — | #446 |
| 1937 | 194 | — | — | #403 |
| 1936 | 176 | — | — | #420 |
| 1935 | 198 | — | — | #387 |
| 1934 | 203 | — | — | #385 |
| 1933 | 196 | — | — | #391 |
| 1932 | 183 | — | — | #415 |
| 1931 | 197 | — | — | #403 |
| 1930 | 202 | — | — | #413 |
| 1929 | 217 | — | — | #393 |
| 1928 | 198 | — | — | #423 |
| 1927 | 241 | — | — | #382 |
| 1926 | 221 | — | — | #401 |
| 1925 | 265 | — | #5,702 | #369 |
| 1924 | 240 | — | — | #390 |
| 1923 | 217 | — | #5,662 | #412 |
| 1922 | 245 | — | — | #386 |
| 1921 | 244 | — | #5,050 | #392 |
| 1920 | 262 | — | — | #371 |
| 1919 | 225 | — | — | #390 |
| 1918 | 245 | — | #5,526 | #385 |
| 1917 | 225 | — | — | #376 |
| 1916 | 219 | — | — | #371 |
| 1915 | 202 | — | — | #378 |
| 1914 | 162 | — | — | #374 |
| 1913 | 146 | — | — | #342 |
| 1912 | 82 | — | — | #432 |
| 1911 | 50 | — | — | #408 |
| 1910 | 39 | — | — | #445 |
| 1909 | 34 | — | — | #435 |
| 1908 | 38 | — | — | #381 |
| 1907 | 30 | — | — | #428 |
| 1906 | 31 | — | — | #393 |
| 1905 | 30 | — | — | #392 |
| 1904 | 39 | — | #2,147 | #350 |
| 1903 | 19 | — | — | #503 |
| 1902 | 20 | — | — | #486 |
| 1901 | 15 | — | — | #532 |
| 1900 | 25 | — | — | #468 |
| 1899 | 9 | — | — | #779 |
| 1898 | 16 | — | — | #540 |
| 1897 | 14 | — | — | #581 |
| 1896 | 20 | — | — | #459 |
| 1895 | 15 | — | — | #555 |
| 1894 | 19 | — | — | #462 |
| 1893 | 18 | — | — | #446 |
| 1892 | 16 | — | — | #521 |
| 1891 | 22 | — | — | #376 |
| 1890 | 18 | — | — | #432 |
| 1889 | 13 | — | — | #548 |
| 1888 | 18 | — | — | #463 |
| 1887 | 8 | — | — | #743 |
| 1886 | 14 | — | — | #510 |
| 1885 | 17 | — | — | #459 |
| 1884 | 15 | — | — | #502 |
| 1883 | 21 | — | — | #380 |
| 1882 | 17 | — | — | #450 |
| 1881 | 20 | — | — | #387 |
| 1880 | 12 | — | — | #565 |