Tray — boys' name

What the Data Says About Tray

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,519 babies named Tray between 1959 and 2022, spanning 64 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tray currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 83 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tray performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 536 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Tray shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 144 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Tray in 13 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tray 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 1,519 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.