Tra — boys' name
241 babies named Tra in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
66% of everyone ever named Tra was born in this single decade.
34 babies were named Tra in 1992 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tra
The Social Security Administration has registered 241 babies named Tra between 1987 and 2007, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tra currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 34 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tra performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 159 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Tra shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tra in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tra in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 241 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Tra at a glance
Last recorded 2007Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tra popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–1987
- Peak year (1992)
- 34
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2007.
241 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1992 with 34 births in a single year.
Tra popularity over time — girls
7 total births recorded since 1983 (Tra as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Tra accounts for 3% of total recorded use across both genders.
Tra by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 159 births that decade — 66% of Tra's all-time total
Tra decade highlights
- Peak decade 159 births
- Runner-up 69 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Tra's strongest decade
159 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 66% of all-time use.
Tra by state
Where Tra concentrates geographically — total births since 1987
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Louisiana | | 5 | 2.1% |
5 of 241 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Louisiana 2.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Louisiana accounts for 2.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1987–2007 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.