Tramaine
Tramaine Aunzola Richardson, known professionally as Tramaine/Tramaine Hawkins, is an American award-winning Gospel singer whose career spans over five decades. Hawkins has won two Grammy Awards, two Dove Awards, and 19 Stellar Awards, and is a Gospel Music Hall of Fame inductee.
Meaning & Origin of Tramaine
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Tramaine Aunzola Richardson, known professionally as Tramaine/Tramaine Hawkins, is an American award-winning Gospel singer whose career spans over five decades. Hawkins has won two Grammy Awards, two Dove Awards, and 19 Stellar Awards, and is a Gospel Music Hall of Fame inductee.
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The Story of Tramaine
As a girl name
American parents first put Tramaine on the record books as a girl name in 1972, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1981, when 83 Tramaines were born — ranking #1,454 that year. About 68% of every Tramaine on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Tramaine last appeared in the published SSA data in 2000, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 561 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Tramaine on the record books as a boy name in 1972, with 9 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1990, when 85 Tramaines were born — ranking #1,181 that year. About 35% of every Tramaine on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Tramaine ranks #6,003 for boys with 15 births, gradually falling (-9%). All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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About the name Tramaine
Tramaine is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1972 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Tramaine's peak popularity came in 1990 when it ranked #1,006. Use the chart and map above to compare Tramaine's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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