Boys' name · since 2010
Trail
Since 2010, U.S. Social Security records show 43 babies named Trail, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #23,274 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,109 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 43
- born since 2010
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Trail is the #8109 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 43 recorded since 2010.
Social Security Administration records show Trail recorded 43 times among boys since 2010, holding rank #8109 nationally today, ahead of 42% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2010 to 2025.
- #23,274 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,109 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 43 born since 2010
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Trail ranks #23,274 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,109 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 43 born since 2010, peaking in the 2020s.
- #23,274 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,109 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 43
- born since 2010
- 2020s
- peak decade
Trail's 43 recorded births place it above 48.79% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Trail compares
43 15th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Trail's all-time total is 88% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Trail | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 43 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 34 | 22,252 |
Trail's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Trail splits its recorded history at 2022: 65% of all births land in the more recent half, 35% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2010 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Trail popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Trail by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (33 births, 77% of the file).
2020s was Trail's strongest decade.
33 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 77% of all-time use.
Trail births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 10
2010s
10 births
- 2020s
2020s
33 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 33 births (77% of all-time use).
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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, 2010–2025 (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 Trail 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.