Tramaine
Masculine · “from Tremaine”
Tramaine is given to both — 1,891 boys and 561 girls since 1880. See Tramaine as a girl 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 1990, making them about 35 years old. About 1,800 people named Tramaine are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Tramaine most popular?
Tramaine peaked in 1983, reaching #1006 nationally. Today it ranks #7679, 6,673 places below that high. See the whole 1983 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 boys named
- 199085 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1006reached in 1983
- Change vs 2024
- −37.5%10 in 2025, from 16
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.
Tramaine in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: Florida.
Tramaines among us
people named Tramaine are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 170,808 born in 2025 was named Tramaine
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Macario test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Tramaine's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Macario climbed just as high around 1924, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Macario's path sketches the road Tramaine is walking now.
Tramaine sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Tramaine beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Tramaine in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
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 1,800 people named Tramaine are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Tramaine in 2025?
- Tramaine ranks #7679 among US boy names in 2025, with 10 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Tramaine?
- About 1 in every 170,808 US boys born in 2025 was named Tramaine — 10 in all.
- Will my child share the name Tramaine with classmates?
- Tramaine will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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