Recorded 1971–2015 Boys' name Peak 1990 113 births

Trask — boys' name

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.

1970s51980s111990s662000s142010s17
1990s
Peak decade

58% of everyone ever named Trask was born in this single decade.

1990
Single peak year

26 babies were named Trask in 1990 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Trask

The Social Security Administration has registered 113 babies named Trask between 1971 and 2015, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Trask currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 26 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Trask performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 66 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Trask shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Oregon, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Trask in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Trask in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 113 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Trask at a glance

Last recorded 2015

Total births

113

Since 1971

45 years of records

Peak year

1990

26 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2015

Active since

1971

Recorded for 45 years

Last year on file: 2015

Trask popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1971

Last recorded 2015
Peak year (1990)
26
Annual births at peak — across 45 years of records
051015202530 20152010200019971992199019821971 5

Trask by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
66 births that decade — 58% of Trask's all-time total
1970s51980s111990s662000s142010s17

Trask by state

Where Trask concentrates geographically — total births since 1971

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Trask
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Oregon
5 4.4%
Oregon share of Trask's total US births 4.4%

5 of 113 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Trask?
113 babies have been named Trask since 1971. It was last recorded in 2015. The peak year was 1990 with 26 births.
When was Trask most popular?
Trask was most popular in the 1990s decade with 66 total births. The single peak year was 1990.
Where is Trask most popular?
The top states for the name Trask are Oregon (5 births).
How long has the name Trask been used?
Trask has been recorded in Social Security data since 1971, spanning 45 years of data through 2015.
What names are similar to Trask?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Travis, Tracy, Trace, Tracey, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1971–2015 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.