Trai

Boys' name

Oyster

Trai has been given to 277 babies in the U.S. since 1986. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1993, with 27 recorded.

Babies named Trai, 2021

1 in 484,000

Trai over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Trai: meaning, origin, and history

Oyster

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Trai means

Trai means “oyster”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Trai is used in Vietnamese.

Another recorded pronunciation is /t͡ɕaːj˧˧/ and /ʈaːj˧˧/ for Trai.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 277 boys were recorded with the name Trai between 1986 and 2021. Its highest annual count was 27 in 1993; its best national rank was #2,682 in 1993.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Trai?

Trai had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2021, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2021: 1 in 484,000; 7 of 3,389,958 births
Among boys only: 1 in 250,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2021: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 335,678 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Trai sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2021 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 335,678 children born in 2021 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Trai. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Trais were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Trai was born before 1997 — so the typical Trai is around 28 today.

Median birth year: 1997; About 28 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 57.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 52.7%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 277; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 57.0% of all recorded uses (158).

Is Trai rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1993 (27)
Years since peak: 32; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 37.7% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,682; 1993

Spellings of Trai

Trai is not the most common spelling — Travis is, with 20.2% against Trai's 0.02%.

Travis20.2%308,571
Craig19.6%299,616
Troy14.1%216,308
Ray13.4%204,701
Brad5.4%83,060
Kai4.6%70,232
Tracy4.0%61,501
Ira3.6%55,410

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Trai around the world

Where Trai ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
1996–2025
#5,137
in 2025
South Australia
1999–2013
#499
in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Trai by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #2,682; 1993
Peak year: 1993; 27 that year
First recorded: 1986
Last recorded: 2021
All-time count: 277
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Trai

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Tray Travin Tran Tra Traci Tracen Traylon Trayce Rai Trayden Traven Traxton Trail Trae Traylen Traver Trayson Traves Trask Tramon Traye Tracie Travas Trayon

Sibling names for Trai

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Kaylene Jacquelynn Katlin Jessenia Brea Krysta Nikole Kalyn

For a brother

Rosendo Brandan Shaquille Eloy Raheem Denton Coty Jade

Explore around Trai

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