Trapper
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Trapper is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “one who traps animals”. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Trapper mean?
English: English occupational word
“one who traps animals”
From the English word for a fur trapper; Trapper John McIntyre is a surgeon in the novel and TV series M*A*S*H.
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Is Trapper a girl's or a boy's name?
Trapper is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Trapper in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,442among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Trapper, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,017th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 41 boys. It first appears in the records in 1975.
2025 had fewer boys named Trapper than any year since 1999.
Half of all the boys named Trapper in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Trapper in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2023 | 30 | #3,710 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 21 | #4,624 |
| 2020 | 25 | #4,017 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,149 |
| 2018 | 25 | #4,090 |
| 2017 | 23 | #4,327 |
| 2016 | 35 | #3,229 |
| 2015 | 28 | #3,774 |
| 2014 | 35 | #3,152 |
| 2013 | 31 | #3,403 |
| 2012 | 37 | #3,057 |
| 2011 | 41 | #2,851 |
| 2010 | 21 | #4,516 |
| 2009 | 26 | #3,917 |
| 2008 | 34 | #3,284 |
| 2007 | 35 | #3,186 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,861 |
| 2005 | 24 | #3,811 |
| 2004 | 28 | #3,364 |
| 2003 | 30 | #3,114 |
| 2002 | 20 | #4,038 |
| 2001 | 23 | #3,612 |
| 2000 | 19 | #4,060 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,153 |
| 1997 | 13 | #4,663 |
| 1996 | 14 | #4,390 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,158 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 11 | #3,954 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 11 | #3,802 |
| 1984 | 17 | #2,705 |
| 1983 | 16 | #2,786 |
| 1982 | 22 | #2,268 |
| 1981 | 34 | #1,694 |
| 1980 | 32 | #1,765 |
| 1979 | 19 | #2,464 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 11 | #3,262 |
| 1975 | 11 | #3,244 |
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