Trebor
Masculine · “Robert”
Trebor is Robert spelled backward, and it has a real history as a name in its own right. The Welsh poet Robert Williams, a tailor of Llanrwst celebrated for his englynion, wrote under the bardic name Trebor Mai, which reads 'I am Robert' when its letters are reversed.
How old is the name Trebor?
Trebor first appears in US birth records in 1970 — 55 years ago. The typical Trebor alive today was born around 1995, making them about 30 years old. About 500 people named Trebor are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Trebor most popular?
Trebor peaked in 1994, reaching #2556 nationally. See the whole 1994 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Germanic Hrodebert to Trebor
The story of Trebor
Trebor Mai made the reversed form known in Wales in the nineteenth century, and the Welsh tenor Trebor Edwards is a later bearer. In the United States the ragtime pianist and historian Trebor Tichenor carried it as a first name, and the actor Robert Trebor used it as a surname. In Britain the word is also familiar as the name of a long-running brand of mints.
Meaning
Robert, spelled backward
Trebor has no meaning as a word; it is Robert reversed. Robert itself is a Germanic name built from words for 'fame' and 'bright'.
How the name formed
- Germanic Hrodebert
- Robert
- Trebor, Robert reversed
Pronouncing Trebor
TREE-bor
Usually TREE-bor in the United States; the spelling allows TREB-or as well, so say it clearly on first meeting.
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1970
- Most boys named
- 199429 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2556reached in 1994
- Change vs 2020
- −28.6%5 in 2024, from 7
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Trebors among us
people named Trebor are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Trebor sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- A built name with a clear, documented construction: Robert, read backward.
- Real bearers in Wales and America, from the poet Trebor Mai to the tenor Trebor Edwards.
- Short, and unlike any other name in sound.
- Almost everyone who learns the name will point out that it is Robert backward; it is a friendly discovery the name will hear often.
- British readers know Trebor as a brand of mints and sweets.
- The pronunciation is not fixed, so expect both TREE-bor and TREB-or until people learn it.
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Frequently asked
- How many Trebors are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Trebor are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Trebor in 2025?
- Trebor is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Trebor with classmates?
- Trebor will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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