Boys' name · since 1969
Trahern
Since 1969, U.S. Social Security records show 11 babies named Trahern, peaking in 1986. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #34,181 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 11
- born since 1969
- 1980s
- peak decade
Trahern is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 11 have been recorded since 1969.
Trahern has 11 recorded births among boys since 1969, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1969 to 1986.
- #34,181 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 11 born since 1969
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Trahern ranks #34,181 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 11 born since 1969, peaking in the 1980s.
- #34,181 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 11
- born since 1969
- 1980s
- peak decade
Trahern's 11 recorded births place it above 24.53% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Trahern's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Trahern's full recorded timeline at 1986, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1969, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1986 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Trahern popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–1986
- Peak year (1986)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1986.
11 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1986 with 6 births in a single year.
Trahern by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (6 births, 55% of the file).
1980s was Trahern's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Trahern births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 6 births (55% of all-time use).
Trahern decade highlights
- Peak decade 6 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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Two nationwide peer axes for Trahern: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1986)
Similar record span (~17 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1969–1986 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Trahern draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.
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