Boys' name · since 1971
Trask
113 babies named Trask in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,641 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 113
- born since 1971
- 1990s
- peak decade
Trask is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 113 have been recorded since 1971.
Trask has 113 recorded births among boys since 1971, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 2015.
- #16,641 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 113 born since 1971
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Trask ranks #16,641 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 113 born since 1971, peaking in the 1990s.
- #16,641 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 113
- born since 1971
- 1990s
- peak decade
Trask's 113 recorded births place it above 63.38% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Oregon.
Trask's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Trask splits its recorded history at 1997: 38% of all births land in the more recent half, 62% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1971 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1990 peak of 26 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Trask popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2015
- Peak year (1990)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Trask by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (66 births, 58% of the file).
1990s was Trask's strongest decade.
66 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Trask births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s
1990s
66 births
- 2000s 14
2000s
14 births
- 2010s 17
2010s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 66 births (58% of all-time use).
Trask by state
Where Trask concentrates geographically, total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Oregon | | 5 | 4.4% |
5 of 113 births nationwide.
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- Trask's decade-level peak was the 1990s (66 total births); usage has since declined to 17 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Oregon records the most Trasks (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Oregon names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Trask: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~44 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, 1971–2015 (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 Trask 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.