Trace

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #15,293 · #757 for boys in 2025, 340 births
Given to boys 97.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
#437
1998 · 524 births
Debut · boys
1956
17 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
13,764
since 1956

Trace over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Trace has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201972peak #437, 1998boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#757340
2024#15,2935#702383
2023—#672404
2022—#707373
2021—#735348
2020—#760316
2019—#775302
2018—#744319
2017—#833266
2016—#803287
2015—#801291
2014#16,5135#763308
2013—#642382
2012—#634379
2011—#573437
2010—#523494
2009—#531505
2008—#510534
2007—#585437
2006—#537470
2005—#543445
2004—#530447
2003#15,7845#494496
2002—#520437
2001—#563369
2000—#548384
1999#10,3458#535389
1998#12,4266#437524
1997#10,8367#495421
1996#7,57411#747202
1995—#853161
1994—#806172
1993—#840158
1992#13,3175#952127
1991#13,1475#893139
1990—#970116
1989#10,8476#1,06496
1988—#1,35558
1987#11,3255#1,50647
1986#7,1349#1,26958
1985#6,45710#95691
1984#8,1537#1,93328
1983#7,3128#2,49319
1982#10,5175#1,99927
1981#8,1287#2,33821
1980—#2,53619
1979#10,2105#2,56818
1978#8,5626#2,01224
1977—#2,27020
1976#4,36314#2,11322
1975#4,85412#2,13421
1974#6,9007#2,54915
1973#6,6667#1,81724
1972#3,71416#1,47333
1971#4,31113#1,28942
1970#2,77925#1,31440
1969#4,19812#1,41432
1968#3,31516#1,31434
1967#3,48414#1,07147
1966#3,55813#90164
1965#3,40214#87071
1964#5,4747#1,65523
1963#3,80112#1,15145
1962#2,81419#1,34134
1961#4,23910#1,60225
1960#5,1687#1,52328
1959#6,2455#1,70922
1958—#1,76620
1957—#1,95217
1956—#1,94517
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First appearance
1956

The first year at least five boys were named Trace! It came in at #1,945, and was given to 17 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1974–1977, when fewer than 23 boys a year got the name.

Where Trace is popular in 1972

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Trace, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Trace, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Trace, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Trace, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Trace, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Trace, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Trace, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Trace, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Trace, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Trace, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Trace, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Trace, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Trace, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Trace, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Trace, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Trace, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Trace, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Trace, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Trace, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Trace, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Trace, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Trace, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Trace, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Trace, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Trace, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Trace, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Trace, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Trace, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Trace, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Trace, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Trace, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Trace, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Trace, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Trace, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Trace, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Trace, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Trace, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Trace, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Trace, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Trace, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Trace, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Trace, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Trace, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Trace, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Trace, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Trace, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Trace, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Trace, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Trace, so not publishedHITexas: #1,047 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 21,279 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Trace, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Texas#1,047 · 1 in 21,279

Best ever in a state: #128 in Montana, 2006.

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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 Trace
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 55 spots since 2024 (#702 → #757)
  • 3 spots since 2020 (#760 → #757)
  • 44 spots since 2015 (#801 → #757)
  • Biggest jump: 977 spots in 1985 (#1,933 → #956)
  • Biggest drop: 313 spots in 1986 (#956 → #1,269)
Rise & fade · boys
42 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1956
  • Peaked 1998 at #437 (524 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 39 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 39 yrs · run 1990–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,648
  • Highest: 1 in 3,648 boys born in 1998 were named Trace (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 5,024 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 32.9% of all boys named Trace (4,524) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s76#1,709 (1959)#1,843
1960s403#870 (1965)#1,284
1970s259#1,289 (1971)#1,954
1980s464#956 (1985)#1,745
1990s2,409#437 (1998)#753
2000s4,524#494 (2003)#536
2010s3,465#523 (2010)#709
2020s2,164#672 (2023)#722

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.

Trace in 1972

girls
#3,714
16 births · 1 in 95,078 girls
boys
#1,473
33 births · 1 in 49,140 boys

Top girls' names in 1972

  1. #1Jennifer63,600
  2. #2Michelle29,285
  3. #3Lisa27,543
  4. #4Kimberly26,282
  5. #5Amy25,873
  6. #6Angela23,561
  7. #7Melissa22,494
  8. #8Stephanie16,890
  9. #9Heather16,320
  10. #10Nicole15,755
  11. #3,714Trace16

Top boys' names in 1972

  1. #1Michael71,393
  2. #2Christopher52,172
  3. #3James47,063
  4. #4David46,322
  5. #5John43,158
  6. #6Robert43,013
  7. #7Jason37,423
  8. #8Brian36,306
  9. #9William30,510
  10. #10Matthew22,928
  11. #1,473Trace33
More about 1972

girls

1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 95,078 of them was named Trace, which outranked 61.6% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Trace
  1. #3,543Vesta17
  2. #3,543Virna17
  3. #3,543Zelma17
  4. #3,714Trace16
  5. #3,714Adella16
  6. #3,714Adelle16
  7. #3,714Adrena16
  8. #3,894Afrika15
  9. #3,894Aimie15
  10. #3,894Akiko15

Tied with 179 names at #3,714; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,804Camisha#6,619 → #815
  2. ↑ 3,921Catina#4,123 → #202
  3. ↑ 1,842Cherilyn#2,665 → #823
  4. ↑ 1,789Chasity#2,542 → #753
  5. ↑ 1,694Keena#2,542 → #848
Fallers
  1. ↓ 517Shayla#836 → #1,353
  2. ↓ 428Raina#798 → #1,226
  3. ↓ 280Kendall#742 → #1,022
  4. ↓ 275Alycia#951 → #1,226
  5. ↓ 255Charisse#727 → #982

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 49,140 of them was named Trace, which outranked 74.4% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Trace
  1. #1,453Tavis34
  2. #1,453Wendy34
  3. #1,453Zack34
  4. #1,473Trace33
  5. #1,473Alphonse33
  6. #1,473Ambrose33
  7. #1,473Chistopher33
  8. #1,508Alfie32
  9. #1,508Bartley32
  10. #1,508Brodrick32

Tied with 34 names at #1,473; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,755Demond#3,146 → #391
  2. ↑ 1,286Cade#2,279 → #993
  3. ↑ 905Vidal#1,526 → #621
  4. ↑ 855Damond#1,784 → #929
  5. ↑ 849Kareem#1,254 → #405
Fallers
  1. ↓ 413Rich#914 → #1,327
  2. ↓ 401Monroe#947 → #1,348
  3. ↓ 317Laura#990 → #1,307
  4. ↓ 309Von#976 → #1,285
  5. ↓ 309Westley#998 → #1,307

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1972 →