Given name & surname

Tra

Tra is used as a given name and a surname.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Tra isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1983. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Tra through the years

Babies since 1880
248
241 boys · 7 girls
Most popular year
1992
34 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
Boys Girls
0510152020002025Highest share 1992Boys 0.0Girls 0.0
Tra in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1983–2025, per million births of each sex. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2007. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 34 in 1992. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 816 as a first name in 2020; 686 as a surname in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

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The ring: spellings.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Spellings & scripts 2

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Tra, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Vietnamese · Modern

Trong

“one who is respected”

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Trea

18Very rareRising fast

>99% boys

Macedonian · Modern

Trajan

“to last (to endure, continue over time)”

0Not recently recordedEasing

>99% boys

Modern

Aurash

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Thristen

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Trestin

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Terriell

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Toddrick

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Tra’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Tra

A sister for Tra