Baby name

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Trenton

/TREN · ton/


“Trent's town”

From the New Jersey city name, itself derived from 'Trent's town' after William Trent; a place-name transferred to given-name use in the American tradition.

trent

gentle

How it ages.

Feels tied to late-1990s American naming trends; shows its age.

The cultural moment.

Rose sharply in the US during the 1990s, ranked in the top 100 around 2000, now declining.