Tramell — boys' name
665 babies named Tramell in U.S. Social Security records since 1966, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
25% of everyone ever named Tramell was born in this single decade.
29 babies were named Tramell in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tramell
The Social Security Administration has registered 665 babies named Tramell between 1966 and 2023, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tramell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 29 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tramell performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 163 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Tramell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 29 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Tramell in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tramell 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 665 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.
Tramell at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tramell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1966
- Peak year (1990)
- 29
- Annual births at peak — across 58 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
665 total births across 58 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 29 births in a single year.
Tramell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 163 births that decade — 25% of Tramell's all-time total
Tramell decade highlights
- Peak decade 163 births
- Runner-up 157 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Tramell's strongest decade
163 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% of all-time use.
Tramell by state
Where Tramell concentrates geographically — total births since 1966
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 29 | 4.4% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 10 | 1.5% |
29 of 665 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 4.4% of nationwide
- Illinois 1.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 4.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1966–2023 (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.