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Trinity
Say it: TRIN-ih-tee
Meaning
From the Christian doctrine of the Trinity, Latin trinitas 'threefold'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Used occasionally earlier, it rose sharply in the US in the 1990s and 2000s.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 2000s
In the United States
- 83,431 babies given this name since 1921
- At its height in 2004, about 1 in 326 girls
- 1,294 babies in 2020
Through the ages
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- Modern use, as a recently created name
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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