Boys' name · since 1994
Trajan
Trajan has 787 recorded births since 1994 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1999 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5,966 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 787
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
787 boys have been named Trajan since 1994, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Trajan has 787 recorded births among boys since 1994, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2024.
- #5,966 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 787 born since 1994
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Trajan ranks #5,966 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 787 born since 1994, peaking in the 2000s.
- #5,966 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 787
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
Trajan's 787 recorded births place it above 86.88% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
11 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
Trajan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Trajan splits its recorded history at 2009: 34% of all births land in the more recent half, 66% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1996 (8 births) -- compare that against the 1999 peak of 141 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Trajan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2024
- Peak year (1999)
- 141
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Trajan by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (319 births, 41% of the file).
2000s was Trajan's strongest decade.
319 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Trajan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
226 births
- 2000s
2000s
319 births
- 2010s
2010s
188 births
- 2020s 54
2020s
54 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 319 births (41% of all-time use).
How Trajan compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Trajan's total volume
Trajan by state
Where Trajan concentrates geographically, total births since 1994
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 36 | 4.6% |
| #2 | North Carolina | | 27 | 3.4% |
| #3 | Texas | | 15 | 1.9% |
| #4 | Alabama | | 8 | 1.0% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 8 | 1.0% |
| #6 | South Carolina | | 8 | 1.0% |
| #7 | Indiana | | 7 | 0.9% |
| #8 | Mississippi | | 7 | 0.9% |
36 of 787 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.
Trajan appears in 11 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Trajan's data
- Trajan's decade-level peak was the 2000s (319 total births); usage has since declined to 54 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Trajans (36 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Trajan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~30 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, 1994–2024 (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 Trajan 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.