Tran
Tran is a name with a single cultural origin: Vietnamese.
- Vietnamese
Meaning & Origin of Tran
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Tran is a name with a single cultural origin: Vietnamese.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Vietnamese
The Story of Tran
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Tran as a girl name dates back to 1977, when 8 babies received it. 1993 was its biggest year on record, with 28 newborns named Tran — #3,776 in the national rankings. About 34% of every Tran on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Tran last appeared in the published SSA data in 2017, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 559 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Tran first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1975, with 9 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1980: 17 births, good for #2,729 nationwide. About 52% of every Tran on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Tran last appeared in the published SSA data in 1998, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 128 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Tran
Tran is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1977 and has accumulated 559 births in the dataset. Tran's peak popularity came in 1993 when it ranked #3,776. Use the chart and map above to compare Tran'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.