Recorded 1987–2007 Boys' name Peak 1992 241 births

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.

1980s131990s1592000s69
1990s
Peak decade

66% of everyone ever named Tra was born in this single decade.

1992
Single peak year

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 2007

Total births

241

Since 1987

21 years of records

Peak year

1992

34 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2007

Active since

1987

Recorded for 21 years

Last year on file: 2007

Tra popularity over time — boys

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–1987

Last recorded 2007
Peak year (1992)
34
Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
010203040 20072004200119981995199219881987 7

Tra popularity over time — girls

7 total births recorded since 1983 (Tra as girls' name)

Unisex variant — 7 births
7 1983 7

Tra by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
159 births that decade — 66% of Tra's all-time total
1980s131990s1592000s69

Tra by state

Where Tra concentrates geographically — total births since 1987

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Tra
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Louisiana
5 2.1%
Louisiana share of Tra's total US births 2.1%

5 of 241 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Tra?
241 babies have been named Tra since 1987. It was last recorded in 2007. The peak year was 1992 with 34 births.
When was Tra most popular?
Tra was most popular in the 1990s decade with 159 total births. The single peak year was 1992.
Where is Tra most popular?
The top states for the name Tra are Louisiana (5 births).
How long has the name Tra been used?
Tra has been recorded in Social Security data since 1987, spanning 21 years of data through 2007.
What names are similar to Tra?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Travis, Tracy, Trace, Tracey, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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.