Trent
Boy nameTrent has been given to 51,710 babies in the U.S. since 1916. It peaked in 2001.
Meaning & origin /tɹɛnt/
px|none| River API on Wikipedia Inherited from Middle English Trent, from Old English Trēonte; Koch (2006) derives the river name from Proto-Celtic *tri-sent(o)-on-ā-, from the elements *trei (“through”) + *sentus (“path”). Traditionally said to be from Proto-Brythonic elements equivalent to tros (“over”) + hynt (“way”), often taken to mean "the trespasser" The surname in some cases is a shortening of "Tranent", or "Tranant" in Scottish Gaelic, a geographical location in East Lothian. "Tranant" itself is possibly of Brythonic (Celtic) origin.
Origin: surnames
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025
Total babies
51,710
Peak year
2001 (1,719 babies)
Rank in 2025
Below top 1000
First recorded
1916
10-year trend
▼ -73%
Gender split
0% girls / 100% boys
Famous people named Trent
Trent Alexander-Arnold
English association football player (born 1998)
Trent Sainsbury
Australian association football player
Trent Lott
United States Senator from Mississippi
Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).
Names with a similar vibe
Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Trent.
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