Recorded 1979–2019 Girls' name Peak 1996 201 births

Tranae — girls' name

201 babies named Tranae in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s51980s271990s842000s662010s19
1990s
Peak decade

42% of everyone ever named Tranae was born in this single decade.

1996
Single peak year

17 babies were named Tranae in 1996 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Tranae

The Social Security Administration has registered 201 babies named Tranae between 1979 and 2019, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tranae currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tranae performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 84 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Tranae shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tranae 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 201 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.

Tranae at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

201

Since 1979

41 years of records

Peak year

1996

17 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1979

Recorded for 41 years

Last year on file: 2019

Tranae popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1979

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (1996)
17
Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
05101520 20192007200319991995199019831979 5

Tranae by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
84 births that decade — 42% of Tranae's all-time total
1970s51980s271990s842000s662010s19

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Tranae?
201 babies have been named Tranae since 1979. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 1996 with 17 births.
When was Tranae most popular?
Tranae was most popular in the 1990s decade with 84 total births. The single peak year was 1996.
How long has the name Tranae been used?
Tranae has been recorded in Social Security data since 1979, spanning 41 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Tranae?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Tracy, Tracey, Traci, Tracie, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1979–2019 (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.