Treyce
A name of unknown origin and meaning, perhaps related to the Old English "tre" meaning tree.
Name Census estimates that about 306 living Americans carry the first name Treyce. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Treyce today is around 17 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Treyce births was 2010 (20 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Treyce. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
306
~ 1 in 1,120,112 Americans
Peak year
2010
20 babies that year
Average age
17
years old
2024 SSA rank
#8,886
Tracked since 1993
Census
Treyce in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 267 people with the first name Treyce, which placed it at #31,863 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#31,863
National first-name rank
People counted
267
267 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
63.7% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Treyce
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Treyce is White at 63.7%. The next largest groups are Two or More Races (14.2%) and Black (12.4%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Treyce described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Treyce at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White63.7% · 170
- Two or more races14.2% · 38
- Black or African American12.4% · 33
- Hispanic or Latino6.4% · 17
- American Indian and Alaska Native2.6% · 7
- Asian and Pacific Islander0.7% · 2
Popularity
Treyce: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Treyce from the 1990s through to the 2020s, spanning 4 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2000s, with 132 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2000s peak, Treyce remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Treyce by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Treyce during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Origin
Meaning and history of Treyce
The name Treyce is believed to have originated from the Old English word "trēce," which means "a track or path." It is thought to have first been used as a surname for someone who lived near a well-traveled path or road. The earliest known recorded use of the name dates back to the 13th century in England.
In the 14th century, the name was sometimes spelled as "Trece" or "Treyce" in various historical records and documents from that period. During the Middle Ages, it was not uncommon for names to have multiple spellings due to the lack of standardized spelling conventions at the time.
One of the earliest known historical figures with the name Treyce was Sir Treyce de Montfort, a knight who fought alongside King Edward I of England during the Wars of Scottish Independence in the late 13th century. Another notable individual was Treyce Wycliffe, a 14th-century English scholar and theologian who was a prominent follower of John Wycliffe, the influential English reformer and Bible translator.
In the 16th century, Treyce Cromwell, a distant relative of Oliver Cromwell, was a member of the English Parliament and a supporter of the Protestant Reformation. During the same century, Treyce Raleigh, an English explorer and navigator, was part of Sir Walter Raleigh's expeditions to the Americas.
Fast-forwarding to the 19th century, Treyce Dickens, a British author and playwright, was a distant relative of the famous novelist Charles Dickens. Although not as well-known as his famous relative, Treyce Dickens wrote several popular plays and novels during the Victorian era.
While the name Treyce has remained relatively uncommon throughout history, it has persisted as a unique and distinctive name, particularly in English-speaking countries. Its roots in Old English and association with paths and travel have given it a sense of adventure and exploration.
People
Treyce + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Treyce as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with T
Other first names starting with T with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Treyce: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Treyce?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 306 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Treyce going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 1,120,112 US residents.
Is Treyce a common name?
We classify Treyce as "Very Rare". It ranks above 79.4% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 309 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Treyce most popular?
The single biggest year for Treyce was 2010, when 20 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Treyce is about 17 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Treyce in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 267 people with the name Treyce, or 0.09 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #31,863 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Treyce in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Treyce?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Treyce leans strongly male. 248 people counted with this name were male (91.2%), compared with 24 female bearers (8.8%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Treyce?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Treyce is White at 63.7%. The next largest groups are Two or More Races (14.2%) and Black (12.4%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Treyce most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Treyce in the 2020 Census, accounting for 63.7% (170 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Treyce in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Treyce a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Treyce in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Treyce still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Treyce in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Treyce can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people have the name Treyce?
For a quick modern estimate, our sister site HowManyOfMe.org answers that in one glance, with the living-bearer count front and centre.