Girls' name · since 1979
Tranae
Tranae has 201 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1996 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,791 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 201
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
Tranae sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 201 recorded since 1979.
Social Security Administration records show Tranae recorded 201 times among girls since 1979, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2019.
- #19,791 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 201 born since 1979
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tranae ranks #19,791 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 201 born since 1979, peaking in the 1990s.
- #19,791 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 201
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
Tranae's 201 recorded births place it above 72.63% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tranae's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tranae's full recorded timeline at 1998, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1979, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1996 peak of 17 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tranae popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2019
- Peak year (1996)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Tranae by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (84 births, 42% of the file).
1990s was Tranae's strongest decade.
84 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Tranae births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 27
1980s
27 births
- 1990s
1990s
84 births
- 2000s
2000s
66 births
- 2010s 19
2010s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 84 births (42% of all-time use).
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- Tranae's decade-level peak was the 1990s (84 total births); usage has since declined to 19 in the 2010s -- 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 Tranae: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1996)
Similar record span (~40 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, 1979–2019 (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 Tranae 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.