Boys' name · since 1986
Trai
Trai has 277 recorded births since 1986 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1993 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,085 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 277
- born since 1986
- 1990s
- peak decade
Trai is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 277 have been recorded since 1986.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Trai has been recorded 277 times among boys since 1986, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 2021.
- #11,085 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 277 born since 1986
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Trai ranks #11,085 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 277 born since 1986, peaking in the 1990s.
- #11,085 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 277
- born since 1986
- 1990s
- peak decade
Trai's 277 recorded births place it above 75.62% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Trai's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Trai splits its recorded history at 2001: 37% of all births land in the more recent half, 63% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1986 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1993 peak of 27 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Trai popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–2021
- Peak year (1993)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Trai by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (158 births, 57% of the file).
1990s was Trai's strongest decade.
158 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Trai births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 12
1980s
12 births
- 1990s
1990s
158 births
- 2000s
2000s
69 births
- 2010s 31
2010s
31 births
- 2020s 7
2020s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 158 births (57% of all-time use).
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- Trai's decade-level peak was the 1990s (158 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Trai: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1986–2021 (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 Trai 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.