Masculine dossier · first seen 1994

Trajan

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Trajan
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1999

Peak era

1999

Peak rank proxy

141

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1994Peak 19992024

Peak year

1999

Decline from peak

92.2%

2024

All-time

787

Trajan is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1999, when 141 boys were named Trajan.

In 2024, only 11 boys were given the name.

Down 92.2% from its peak.

All told, about 787 Americans have been named Trajan and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1994.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen Z

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1999

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