Trajan
A boys’ name of Latin origin, meaning of Trajanus; the dragnet.
Babies a year
18
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Trajan by the numbers
Trajan was given to 18 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 141 babies in 1999, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Trajan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Traianof the Trajani tribe; roman emperor name3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Trumanfaithful man, true man175 in the US (2017)
- Taranthunder or deity of thunder50 in England and Wales (2025)
- Tawangolden or sunrise7 in the US (2017)
- Tejanluminous, brilliant3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Talan65 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Trajan
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