girls:
7 births since 1983
#5709 (0th percentile)
boys:
241 births since 1987
#4345 (5th percentile)
overall:
248 births since 1983
#7491 (3rd percentile)
The name Tra is the #7,491 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 248 recorded births since 1983. This represents the 3.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,345 (5.2% percentile) for all time with 241 births since 1987. For girls, it ranks #5,709 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 7 births since 1983.
Tra first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1983 (1983 for girls and 1987 for boys). Birth data for Tra is available in 21 out of the 25 years between 1983 and 2007 (20 years for boys and 1 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Tra has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 97.2% of all recorded births being male. Interestingly, until around 1987, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1983 to 1986), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 1987 to 2007).
For boys, Tra reached its peak popularity in 1992, achieving the 3.8% percentile (ranked #741) with 16 births per million. The name was most common in 1992, with 16 births per million (ranked 3.8% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2007.
For girls, Tra reached its peak popularity in 1983, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #773) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1983, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1983.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Tra".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Tra. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 40.0% confident that Tra is pronounced as tray, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is trah, at 27.5% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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