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True

“Meaning not established”

Boy's name · #1046 in the US (2025) · 2020s

True has appeared in US records since 1882 — best rank #872 (1895) · 2,479 babies named True all-time · 1 in 8,300 boys born in 2025.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 19 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Trues

• True Boardman — actor
• True Eames Boardman — American actor and writer (1909-2003)
• True Williams — American illustrator (1839-1897)
• True Master — American hip-hop record producer
• True Mathematics — American rapper

In stories & tradition

• True Ogre — fictional humanoid
• True Grit — mascot character
• True Blue — fictional beaver

What Trues become

Among 17 notable people named True:

Entertainers appear 3.03× more often than among typical names — e.g. True Boardman, actor.

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