Boys' name · since 1975
Trance
Trance has 41 recorded births since 1975 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2000 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,614 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 41
- born since 1975
- 2000s
- peak decade
41 boys have been named Trance since 1975, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Trance has been recorded 41 times among boys since 1975, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2016.
- #23,614 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 41 born since 1975
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Trance ranks #23,614 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 41 born since 1975, peaking in the 2000s.
- #23,614 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 41
- born since 1975
- 2000s
- peak decade
Trance's 41 recorded births place it above 48.03% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Trance's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Trance's SSA record in two at 2004 and the more recent half accounts for 44% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 56%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2004, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2000 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Trance popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2016
- Peak year (2000)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Trance by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (23 births, 56% of the file).
2000s was Trance's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Trance births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 7
1970s
7 births
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
23 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 23 births (56% of all-time use).
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What to do with Trance's data
- Trance's decade-level peak was the 2000s (23 total births); usage has since declined to 5 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 Trance: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2000)
Similar record span (~41 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, 1975–2016 (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 Trance 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.