Meaning and history
Trajan is the English form of the Roman name Traianus, originally a family name associated with the gens Traia. It is chiefly remembered through the Roman emperor Trajan, who ruled from 98 to 117 and under whom the empire reached its greatest territorial extent. The name has remained rare as a modern given name.
20052005: no US SSA record for this spelling
2006: 41 births, rank #2,784
2007: 36 births, rank #3,135
2008: 31 births, rank #3,486
2009: 29 births, rank #3,639
20102010: 29 births, rank #3,633
2011: 26 births, rank #3,885
2012: 18 births, rank #5,035
2013: 29 births, rank #3,582
2014: 14 births, rank #5,997
20152015: 17 births, rank #5,289
2016: 12 births, rank #6,726
2017: 19 births, rank #4,935
2018: 14 births, rank #6,036
2019: 10 births, rank #7,643
20202020: 8 births, rank #8,739
2021: 11 births, rank #7,089
2022: 14 births, rank #6,147
2023: 10 births, rank #7,738
20242024: 11 births, rank #7,257
In 2024, 11 babies were recorded with the name Trajan, ranking #7,257 among boys.