Truth is an English word name that means exactly what it says, "truth", and it belongs to the family of virtue names such as Justice, Legend and Loyal that has grown among American boys. The abolitionist Sojourner Truth gives the word historical weight. Truth climbed from number 6282 in the United States in 2000 to a peak of number 1303 in 2021 and ranks number 1662 in 2025 with 101 boys.