Girls' name · since 1976
Tranise
Since 1976, U.S. Social Security records show 78 babies named Tranise, peaking in 1987. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #29,980 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 78
- born since 1976
- 1980s
- peak decade
Tranise sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 78 recorded since 1976.
Tranise has 78 recorded births among girls since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls 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 1976 to 2014.
- #29,980 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 78 born since 1976
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tranise ranks #29,980 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 78 born since 1976, peaking in the 1980s.
- #29,980 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 78
- born since 1976
- 1980s
- peak decade
Tranise's 78 recorded births place it above 58.54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tranise's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Tranise's SSA record in two at 1989 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1976, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1987 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Tranise popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2014
- Peak year (1987)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2014.
78 total births across 39 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1987 with 8 births in a single year.
Tranise by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (36 births, 46% of the file).
1980s was Tranise's strongest decade.
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Tranise births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1980s
1980s
36 births
- 1990s
1990s
17 births
- 2000s 10
2000s
10 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 36 births (46% of all-time use).
Tranise decade highlights
- Peak decade 36 births
- Runner-up 17 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Tranise's data
- Tranise's decade-level peak was the 1980s (36 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 Tranise: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1987)
Similar record span (~38 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, 1976–2014 (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 Tranise 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.
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