Unisex name · since 1975
Tranell
Tranell has 98 recorded births since 1975 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1984 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,571 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 98
- born since 1975
- 1980s
- peak decade
98 boys have been named Tranell since 1975, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Tranell has 98 recorded births among boys since 1975, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2011.
- #17,571 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 98 born since 1975
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tranell ranks #17,571 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 98 born since 1975, peaking in the 1980s.
- #17,571 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 98
- born since 1975
- 1980s
- peak decade
Tranell's 98 recorded births place it above 61.35% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tranell's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Tranell splits its recorded history at 1987: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1975 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1984 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Tranell popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2011
- Peak year (1984)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Tranell popularity over time - girls
40 total births recorded since 1974 (Tranell as girls' name)
Tranell by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (46 births, 47% of the file).
1980s was Tranell's strongest decade.
46 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Tranell births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 15
1970s
15 births
- 1980s
1980s
46 births
- 1990s
1990s
24 births
- 2000s 7
2000s
7 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 46 births (47% of all-time use).
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What to do with Tranell's data
- Tranell's decade-level peak was the 1980s (46 total births); usage has since declined to 6 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 Tranell: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1984)
Similar record span (~36 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, 1975–2011 (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 Tranell 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.