Trany
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Name Census estimates that about 390 living Americans carry the first name Trany. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Trany today is around 18 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Trany births was 2007 (21 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Trany. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
390
~ 1 in 878,857 Americans
Peak year
2007
21 babies that year
Average age
18
years old
2024 SSA rank
#13,311
Tracked since 1991
Popularity
Trany: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Trany from the 1990s through to the 2020s, spanning 4 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2000s, with 142 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2000s peak, Trany remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Trany by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Trany during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Tranys live
Origin
Meaning and history of Trany
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People
Trany + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Trany as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with T
Other first names starting with T with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Trany: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Trany?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 390 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Trany going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 878,857 US residents.
Is Trany a common name?
We classify Trany as "Very Rare". It ranks above 82.1% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 396 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Trany most popular?
The single biggest year for Trany was 2007, when 21 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Trany is about 18 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
Is Trany a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Trany in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.