How Many People Are Named Tray?
An estimated 1,461 people in the United States have the first name Tray. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 33 years old, and Tray peaked in popularity in 1993 with 83 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Tray as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Tray paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
1,461
About 1 in 234,603 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
33
years old
Peak Year
1993
83 births
Total Registered
1,519
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Tray
Tray is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 1,519 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Tray as a male name
Ranked #9,743 in 2022
8 male births in 2022
Peak: 1993 (83 births)
Tray: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Tray span from the 1950s to the 2020s, covering 8 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 536 babies were registered. Tray has declined significantly from its peak in the 1990s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Tray by Decade
How has Tray tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Tray by State
Birth registrations for Tray span all 13 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in Texas, Louisiana, California. The lowest are in Virginia, Oklahoma, Maryland. On average, about 21 Trays were registered per state.
Tray + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Tray as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Tray
Other first names starting with T with a similar number of bearers.
Tray: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Tray?
We estimate approximately 1,461 people named Tray are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 234,603 Americans share this first name.
Is Tray a common name?
Tray is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 92.3% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,519 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Tray most popular?
Tray reached peak popularity in 1993, when 83 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Tray is approximately 33 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Tray a male name?
Tray is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Tray Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Tray Smith, Tray Johnson, Tray Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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