Tramaine
Feminine · “from Tremaine”
Tramaine is given to both — 561 girls and 1,891 boys since 1880. See Tramaine as a boy nameSee other names given to both
Tramaine is a two-syllable name close to Tremaine and Jermaine, given mostly to boys and to a real minority of girls. Its best-known bearer is a woman, a gospel singer with one of the great voices of her generation.
How old is the name Tramaine?
Tramaine first appears in US birth records in 1972 — 53 years ago. The typical Tramaine alive today was born around 1982, making them about 43 years old. About 500 people named Tramaine are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Tramaine most popular?
Tramaine peaked in 1981, reaching #1455 nationally. See the whole 1981 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Tremaine / Jermaine to Tramaine
The story of Tramaine
Tremaine is a Cornish surname, and Jermaine a respelling of the French Germain, and American families combined their sounds in several ways. Tramaine Hawkins, who sang with the Edwin Hawkins Singers and then as a soloist, carried the name to fame in gospel music, winning Grammy awards for her recordings. In the record, most children given the name have been boys, so its most famous bearer and most of its bearers belong to different sexes.
Meaningscholars disagree
from Tremaine, or a build near Jermaine
Tramaine may be a spelling of Tremaine, a Cornish surname, or a build near Jermaine. The record does not say which road a family took.
How the name formed
- Tremaine / Jermaine
- Tramaine
Pronouncing Tramaine
truh-MAYN
Stress on the second syllable.
Nicknames for Tramaine
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1972
- Most girls named
- 198183 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1455reached in 1981
- Change vs 1996
- 0.0%5 in 2000, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Tramaines among us
people named Tramaine are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Tramaine sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- It has a strong, clear sound.
- It works for a boy or a girl.
- It connects to an admired gospel singer.
- People will write Tremaine or Jermaine.
- Most children given it are boys; a girl named Tramaine may be taken for a boy on paper.
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Frequently asked
- How many Tramaines are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Tramaine are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Tramaine in 2025?
- Tramaine is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
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- Tramaine will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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