Trae

Last seen for girls in 1999 at #11,385 · #3,379 for boys in 2025, 34 births
Given to boys 98.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
#735
1993 · 201 births
Debut · boys
1964
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,133
since 1964

Trae over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Trae has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201994peak #735, 1993boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#3,37934
2024—#2,47655
2023—#2,84844
2022—#2,24364
2021—#2,13467
2020—#2,34757
2019—#1,91777
2018—#2,54650
2017—#2,59748
2016—#2,99339
2015—#2,35555
2014—#2,42952
2013—#1,76382
2012—#1,74286
2011—#1,468111
2010—#1,390120
2009—#1,257140
2008—#1,251139
2007—#1,400117
2006—#1,229136
2005—#1,323114
2004—#1,367106
2003—#1,37298
2002—#1,244109
2001—#1,143121
2000—#1,038140
1999#11,3857#944154
1998—#1,023132
1997—#993130
1996#11,8076#1,011123
1995—#876155
1994#10,5697#912143
1993#8,05210#735201
1992#11,7386#820164
1991—#1,046106
1990—#1,27076
1989#12,3625#1,83141
1988—#1,67142
1987—#1,53446
1986—#1,69437
1985—#1,64438
1984—#1,48142
1983—#1,82230
1982—#2,51819
1981—#4,1539
1980—#3,83810
1979—#2,77716
1978—#2,47318
1977#9,6525#3,03713
1976—#4,4187
1975—#2,63715
1974—#2,79913
1973—#3,6948
1972—#3,3449
1971—#2,55814
1970—#1,93921
1969—#2,54912
1968—#4,1365
1967—#3,5596
1966——
1965—#2,47611
1964—#3,6016
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First appearance
1964

The first year at least five boys were named Trae! It came in at #3,601, and was given to 6 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1966, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

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Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 903 spots since 2024 (#2,476 → #3,379)
  • 1,032 spots since 2020 (#2,347 → #3,379)
  • 1,024 spots since 2015 (#2,355 → #3,379)
  • Biggest jump: 226 spots in 1992 (#1,046 → #820)
  • Biggest drop: 177 spots in 1994 (#735 → #912)
Rise & fade · boys
29 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1964
  • Peaked 1993 at #735 (201 births)
  • Births halved by 2003, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 6 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1992–1995
Share of babies · boys
1 in 9,758
  • Highest: 1 in 9,758 boys born in 1993 were named Trae (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 50,238 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 33.5% of all boys named Trae (1,384) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s40#2,476 (1965)#3,264
1970s134#1,939 (1970)#2,968
1980s314#1,481 (1984)#2,219
1990s1,384#735 (1993)#963
2000s1,220#1,038 (2000)#1,262
2010s720#1,390 (2010)#2,120
2020s321#2,134 (2021)#2,571

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Trae in 1994

girls
#10,569
7 births · 1 in 255,108 girls
boys
#912
143 births · 1 in 13,511 boys

Top girls' names in 1994

  1. #1Jessica32,122
  2. #2Ashley30,281
  3. #3Emily24,154
  4. #4Samantha22,824
  5. #5Sarah22,299
  6. #6Taylor20,734
  7. #7Brittany18,900
  8. #8Amanda18,718
  9. #9Elizabeth16,786
  10. #10Megan16,580
  11. #10,569Trae7

Top boys' names in 1994

  1. #1Michael44,477
  2. #2Christopher34,807
  3. #3Matthew33,654
  4. #4Joshua31,374
  5. #5Tyler30,482
  6. #6Brandon29,492
  7. #7Jacob29,417
  8. #8Daniel28,065
  9. #9Nicholas27,770
  10. #10Andrew26,019
  11. #912Trae143
More about 1994

girls

1,785,753 girls got a published name in 1994; 1 in 255,108 of them was named Trae, which outranked 32.9% of the 15,759 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Trae
  1. #9,586Zeynep8
  2. #9,586Zohra8
  3. #9,586Zurisadai8
  4. #10,569Trae7
  5. #10,569Aalia7
  6. #10,569Aaminah7
  7. #10,569Aarion7
  8. #11,778Aala6
  9. #11,778Aaleeyah6
  10. #11,778Aariona6

Tied with 1,208 names at #10,569; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1993
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,523Nohely#5,419 → #896
  2. ↑ 4,322Aaliyah#4,524 → #202
  3. ↑ 2,306Zana#3,108 → #802
  4. ↑ 1,711Aliyah#2,068 → #357
  5. ↑ 1,430Zhane#2,012 → #582
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,015Coraima#875 → #1,890
  2. ↓ 799Kalene#929 → #1,728
  3. ↓ 656Deyanira#938 → #1,594
  4. ↓ 577Crysta#968 → #1,545
  5. ↓ 562Hilary#647 → #1,209

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,932,031 boys got a published name in 1994; 1 in 13,511 of them was named Trae, which outranked 91.1% of the 10,245 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Trae
  1. #905Titus145
  2. #910Cristobal144
  3. #910Giancarlo144
  4. #912Trae143
  5. #912Dalvin143
  6. #912Edmund143
  7. #912Kelton143
  8. #917Brant142
  9. #917Broderick142
  10. #917Chadwick142

Tied with 4 names at #912; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1993
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,574Tyrin#2,509 → #935
  2. ↑ 714River#1,638 → #924
  3. ↑ 472Bryton#1,460 → #988
  4. ↑ 463Kahlil#1,444 → #981
  5. ↑ 446Jayden#1,295 → #849
Fallers
  1. ↓ 551Garth#965 → #1,516
  2. ↓ 364Jordy#828 → #1,192
  3. ↓ 342Montel#889 → #1,231
  4. ↓ 289Darrel#889 → #1,178
  5. ↓ 245Deante#859 → #1,104

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1994 →