Tron — #12572 US boys' name
541 babies named Tron in U.S. Social Security records since 1963, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 12% of names given to boys today.
40% of everyone ever named Tron was born in this single decade.
59 babies were named Tron in 1980 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tron
The Social Security Administration has registered 541 babies named Tron between 1963 and 2024, spanning 62 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tron currently holds the #12572 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 59 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tron performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 217 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Tron shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Carolina, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Tron in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tron 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 541 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.
Tron at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tron popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1963
- Peak year (1980)
- 59
- Annual births at peak — across 62 years of records
Currently ranks #12572 among boys.
541 total births across 62 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1980 with 59 births in a single year.
Tron popularity over time — girls
7 total births recorded since 1969 (Tron as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Tron accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Tron by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 217 births that decade — 40% of Tron's all-time total
Tron decade highlights
- Peak decade 217 births
- Runner-up 101 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Tron's strongest decade
217 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
Tron by state
Where Tron concentrates geographically — total births since 1963
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | South Carolina | | 16 | 3.0% |
| #2 | Florida | | 11 | 2.0% |
| #3 | Louisiana | | 11 | 2.0% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.9% |
16 of 541 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- South Carolina 3.0% of nationwide
- Florida 2.0% of nationwide
- Louisiana 2.0% of nationwide
- North Carolina 0.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
South Carolina accounts for 3.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1963–2024 (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.