Tray
Boy · TRAY · Latin
Tray is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “three”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Tray mean?
Latin: variant of Trey, from Old French treis 'three'
“three”
Variant of Trey, a nickname for a boy who is the third of his name; from Old French treis, 'three'.
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- TRAY
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Is Tray a girl's or a boy's name?
Tray is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tray in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Tray, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 1993, with 83 boys. It first appears in the records in 1959.
Half of all the boys named Tray in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 369 boys in the US were given Tray or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #679, up from #10,690 for this spelling alone.
Tray in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 25 | #4,033 |
| 2008 | 20 | #4,710 |
| 2007 | 27 | #3,791 |
| 2006 | 24 | #3,998 |
| 2005 | 27 | #3,524 |
| 2004 | 26 | #3,530 |
| 2003 | 36 | #2,725 |
| 2002 | 28 | #3,184 |
| 2001 | 26 | #3,316 |
| 2000 | 36 | #2,573 |
| 1999 | 46 | #2,060 |
| 1998 | 58 | #1,738 |
| 1997 | 44 | #2,021 |
| 1996 | 36 | #2,249 |
| 1995 | 53 | #1,677 |
| 1994 | 58 | #1,576 |
| 1993 | 83 | #1,243 |
| 1992 | 80 | #1,258 |
| 1991 | 38 | #1,977 |
| 1990 | 40 | #1,904 |
| 1989 | 33 | #2,100 |
| 1988 | 28 | #2,192 |
| 1987 | 41 | #1,653 |
| 1986 | 28 | #2,055 |
| 1985 | 38 | #1,643 |
| 1984 | 33 | #1,722 |
| 1983 | 36 | #1,630 |
| 1982 | 28 | #1,928 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 13 | #3,255 |
| 1979 | 18 | #2,567 |
| 1978 | 15 | #2,798 |
| 1977 | 10 | #3,604 |
| 1976 | 11 | #3,262 |
| 1975 | 15 | #2,635 |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,188 |
| 1973 | 12 | #2,855 |
| 1972 | 19 | #2,080 |
| 1971 | 12 | #2,811 |
| 1970 | 16 | #2,292 |
| 1969 | 22 | #1,766 |
| 1968 | 20 | #1,787 |
| 1967 | 12 | #2,351 |
| 1966 | 14 | #2,131 |
| 1965 | 16 | #1,986 |
| 1964 | 18 | #1,899 |
| 1963 | 11 | #2,538 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,036 |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,289 |
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