Trapper
#6,446 for boys in 2025, 13 births
- Peak · boys
- 1981 · 34 births
- Debut · boys
- 11 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 992since 1975
Trapper over time
Rank among boys' names. Trapper has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,446 | 13 |
| 2024 | #4,701 | 21 |
| 2023 | #3,712 | 30 |
| 2022 | #5,874 | 15 |
| 2021 | #4,628 | 21 |
| 2020 | #4,020 | 25 |
| 2019 | #5,153 | 18 |
| 2018 | #4,094 | 25 |
| 2017 | #4,331 | 23 |
| 2016 | #3,230 | 35 |
| 2015 | #3,775 | 28 |
| 2014 | #3,154 | 35 |
| 2013 | #3,405 | 31 |
| 2012 | #3,059 | 37 |
| 2011 | #2,852 | 41 |
| 2010 | #4,517 | 21 |
| 2009 | #3,919 | 26 |
| 2008 | #3,286 | 34 |
| 2007 | #3,188 | 35 |
| 2006 | #4,865 | 18 |
| 2005 | #3,815 | 24 |
| 2004 | #3,368 | 28 |
| 2003 | #3,119 | 30 |
| 2002 | #4,044 | 20 |
| 2001 | #3,617 | 23 |
| 2000 | #4,066 | 19 |
| 1999 | #7,139 | 8 |
| 1998 | #5,159 | 12 |
| 1997 | #4,668 | 13 |
| 1996 | #4,396 | 14 |
| 1995 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | #4,803 | 12 |
| 1993 | #5,771 | 9 |
| 1992 | #6,128 | 8 |
| 1991 | #5,942 | 8 |
| 1990 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | #5,165 | 9 |
| 1988 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | #3,959 | 11 |
| 1986 | #4,130 | 10 |
| 1985 | #3,805 | 11 |
| 1984 | #2,706 | 17 |
| 1983 | #2,787 | 16 |
| 1982 | #2,269 | 22 |
| 1981 | #1,695 | 34 |
| 1980 | #1,765 | 32 |
| 1979 | #2,465 | 19 |
| 1978 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | #3,264 | 11 |
| 1975 | #3,246 | 11 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | — | |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | — | |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | — | |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | — | |
| 1927 | — | |
| 1926 | — | |
| 1925 | — | |
| 1924 | — | |
| 1923 | — | |
| 1922 | — | |
| 1921 | — | |
| 1920 | — | |
| 1919 | — | |
| 1918 | — | |
| 1917 | — | |
| 1916 | — | |
| 1915 | — | |
| 1914 | — | |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Trapper! It came in at #3,246, and was given to 11 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1977–1978, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.
Where Trapper is popular in 1981
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Utah#377 · 1 in 3,803
Best ever in a state: #179 in Alaska, 2011.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | #377 | 5 | 1 in 3,803 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| California | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Florida | — | — | — |
| Georgia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Illinois | — | — | — |
| Indiana | — | — | — |
| Iowa | — | — | — |
| Kansas | — | — | — |
| Kentucky | — | — | — |
| Louisiana | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Maryland | — | — | — |
| Massachusetts | — | — | — |
| Michigan | — | — | — |
| Minnesota | — | — | — |
| Mississippi | — | — | — |
| Missouri | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nebraska | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| New Jersey | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| New York | — | — | — |
| North Carolina | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Ohio | — | — | — |
| Oklahoma | — | — | — |
| Oregon | — | — | — |
| Pennsylvania | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Tennessee | — | — | — |
| Texas | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Virginia | — | — | — |
| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Trapper
- 1,745 spots since 2024 (#4,701 → #6,446)
- 2,426 spots since 2020 (#4,020 → #6,446)
- 2,671 spots since 2015 (#3,775 → #6,446)
- Debuted 1975
- Peaked 1981 at #1,695 (34 births)
- Births halved by 1983, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 46,323 boys born in 2011 were named Trapper (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 131,390 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,695 in 1981, was only 1 in 52,682 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 29.6% of all boys named Trapper (294) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 52 | #2,465 (1979) | #3,974 |
| 1980s | 169 | #1,695 (1981) | #3,403 |
| 1990s | 95 | #4,396 (1996) | #6,005 |
| 2000s | 257 | #3,119 (2003) | #3,729 |
| 2010s | 294 | #2,852 (2011) | #3,757 |
| 2020s | 125 | #3,712 (2023) | #4,897 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Trapper in 1981
Top boys' names in 1981
More about 1981
boys
1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 52,682 of them was named Trapper, which outranked 76.7% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,661Yves35
- #1,661Zeb35
- #1,661Zeke35
- #1,695Trapper34
- #1,695Abe34
- #1,695Camilo34
- #1,695Carlin34
- #1,726Arash33
- #1,726Avraham33
- #1,726Baldemar33
Tied with 30 names at #1,695; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.