How rare is the name Tran?

5,384 people in the United States have the first name Tran, about 1 in 56,098. It ranks #3,738 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

TRAN

#3,738

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,384
About
1 in 56,098
This common or more
82.9%
Who bears it

Of the 5,384 people named Tran, 95.8% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 2% as White and 1% as Black. 80.5% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Tran peaked in 1993, when 36 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19752017
Peak year
1993
Births that year
36
In 2017
5 ▼86%
Recorded as
mostly female

At least 687 babies have been given the name since 1975. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Tran by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #5,527. The largest share of babies named Tran, 57.6%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1970s#12,90742
1980s#5,527248
1990s#7,327230
2000s#14,451120
2010s#24,98847
Generation X 1965–8011.2%
Millennials 1981–9657.6%
Generation Z 1997–1227.8%
2013 and later3.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of Tran

#3,736 Tenzin · 5,399#3,737 Treva · 5,385#3,739 Kelton · 5,373#3,740 Saniya · 5,371

Spelled almost the same

7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Tran, most common first.

#4,260 Tram · 4,465#17,322 Tron · 639#25,184 Trany · 378#36,086 Trin · 221#41,133 Trana · 179#41,400 Tren · 177#53,514 Trane · 98

Also a last name

As a last name, Tran ranks #101 of 156,621, with 223,440 people. See Tran as a last name

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