Fun Facts About the Name Trapper
- 992 babies named Trapper: U.S. records list 992 babies given the name Trapper from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Trapper Mean?
Trapper is an English occupational word name meaning "one who traps animals." It is formed from the English noun trap, a device or snare for catching animals, and the agent suffix -er, which denotes a person who does something. The noun goes back to Old English træppe, a snare or trap. The name is a literal occupational term, not a symbolic interpretation added later.
Trapper Name History & Origins
The word trapper developed in English from trap plus -er. Trap is recorded in Old English as træppe, a snare or catching device, and the agent noun trapper names the person who uses such devices. In later English, the term was applied especially to men who caught fur-bearing animals, and it became closely associated with the North American fur trade and with mountain men.
As a personal name, Trapper follows the English pattern of vocabulary and occupational names, in which an ordinary word for a trade or activity is used directly as a given name. Its naming history is tied to the English occupational word rather than to a separate older name root.
How Popular is the Name Trapper?
Trapper has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2011. Its best rank was #1,724 in 1981.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #6,768 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2024 | #4,851 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2023 | #3,786 | 30 | 0.0018% |
| 2022 | #6,124 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2021 | #4,762 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2020 | #4,130 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2019 | #5,321 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2018 | #4,206 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2017 | #4,453 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 2016 | #3,285 | 35 | 0.0018% |
| 2015 | #3,872 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 2014 | #3,220 | 35 | 0.0018% |
| 2013 | #3,490 | 31 | 0.0016% |
| 2012 | #3,111 | 37 | 0.0020% |
| 2011 | #2,898 | 41 | 0.0022% |
| 2010 | #4,665 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2009 | #4,024 | 26 | 0.0013% |
| 2008 | #3,340 | 34 | 0.0017% |
| 2007 | #3,243 | 35 | 0.0017% |
| 2006 | #5,056 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 2005 | #3,933 | 24 | 0.0012% |
| 2004 | #3,446 | 28 | 0.0014% |
| 2003 | #3,181 | 30 | 0.0015% |
| 2002 | #4,174 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 2001 | #3,713 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 2000 | #4,191 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 1999 | #7,825 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1998 | #5,437 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1997 | #4,933 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1996 | #4,592 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1995 | #10,213 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1994 | #5,089 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1993 | #6,182 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1992 | #6,645 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1991 | #6,474 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1990 | #8,046 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1989 | #5,573 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 1988 | #6,375 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1987 | #4,216 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1986 | #4,438 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1985 | #4,030 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1984 | #2,811 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 1983 | #2,908 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1982 | #2,333 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 1981 | #1,724 | 34 | 0.0019% |
| 1980 | #1,803 | 32 | 0.0018% |
| 1979 | #2,564 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1978 | #6,689 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1977 | #5,799 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1976 | #3,462 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1975 | #3,419 | 11 | 0.0007% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
Explore More Lists with Name Trapper
Most Popular Boy Names That Start with T
How the Name Trapper Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You like to control everyone within your influence, to shape things to your own liking. If positive, you develop high spirituality, as you have a God's protection. You are sensitive, affectionate, imaginative and cooperative, spiritually aware and prone to self-sacrifice. You can keep secrets and are a good diplomat. You may have healing and psychic powers. You are bold, independent, inquisitive and interested in research. You know what you want and why you want it.
Dependable, very down-to-earth and well grounded, you are always looking for meaningful work, a career where you can take pride in your work and do the best job you are capable of. Your prime desire is to build protected and secure environment at home and at work. You can be very persuasive in achieving goals and gaining objectives. You can be very detailed and well-organized and possess great organizational skills. At times you may appear too stubborn and overly critical to others, but your practical approach to life and productivity makes you one of the most beneficent members of community.
✦ Trapper's Deeper Meaning & Tips for Parents Discover Trapper's symbolic numbers and practical tips for choosing a name that complements your child's birth date.