Boys' name · since 1982
Traye
103 babies named Traye in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,242 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 103
- born since 1982
- 1990s
- peak decade
Traye is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 103 have been recorded since 1982.
Social Security Administration records show Traye recorded 103 times among boys since 1982, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1982 to 2015.
- #17,242 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 103 born since 1982
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Traye ranks #17,242 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 103 born since 1982, peaking in the 1990s.
- #17,242 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 103
- born since 1982
- 1990s
- peak decade
Traye's 103 recorded births place it above 62.06% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Traye's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Traye splits its recorded history at 1995: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1982 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1993 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Traye popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–2015
- Peak year (1993)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Traye by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (56 births, 54% of the file).
1990s was Traye's strongest decade.
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Traye births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 17
1980s
17 births
- 1990s
1990s
56 births
- 2000s 13
2000s
13 births
- 2010s 17
2010s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 56 births (54% of all-time use).
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- Traye's decade-level peak was the 1990s (56 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.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Traye: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~33 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, 1982–2015 (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 Traye 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.