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
- Peak · boys
- 1998 · 524 births
- Debut · boys
- 17 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 13,764since 1956
Trace over time
Rank among boys' names. Trace has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #757 | 340 | |
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 | #702 | 383 |
| 2023 | — | #672 | 404 | |
| 2022 | — | #707 | 373 | |
| 2021 | — | #735 | 348 | |
| 2020 | — | #760 | 316 | |
| 2019 | — | #775 | 302 | |
| 2018 | — | #744 | 319 | |
| 2017 | — | #833 | 266 | |
| 2016 | — | #803 | 287 | |
| 2015 | — | #801 | 291 | |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | #763 | 308 |
| 2013 | — | #642 | 382 | |
| 2012 | — | #634 | 379 | |
| 2011 | — | #573 | 437 | |
| 2010 | — | #523 | 494 | |
| 2009 | — | #531 | 505 | |
| 2008 | — | #510 | 534 | |
| 2007 | — | #585 | 437 | |
| 2006 | — | #537 | 470 | |
| 2005 | — | #543 | 445 | |
| 2004 | — | #530 | 447 | |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | #494 | 496 |
| 2002 | — | #520 | 437 | |
| 2001 | — | #563 | 369 | |
| 2000 | — | #548 | 384 | |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 | #535 | 389 |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | #437 | 524 |
| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 | #495 | 421 |
| 1996 | #7,574 | 11 | #747 | 202 |
| 1995 | — | #853 | 161 | |
| 1994 | — | #806 | 172 | |
| 1993 | — | #840 | 158 | |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | #952 | 127 |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #893 | 139 |
| 1990 | — | #970 | 116 | |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | #1,064 | 96 |
| 1988 | — | #1,355 | 58 | |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | #1,506 | 47 |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 | #1,269 | 58 |
| 1985 | #6,457 | 10 | #956 | 91 |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 | #1,933 | 28 |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 | #2,493 | 19 |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #1,999 | 27 |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | #2,338 | 21 |
| 1980 | — | #2,536 | 19 | |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #2,568 | 18 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #2,012 | 24 |
| 1977 | — | #2,270 | 20 | |
| 1976 | #4,363 | 14 | #2,113 | 22 |
| 1975 | #4,854 | 12 | #2,134 | 21 |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 | #2,549 | 15 |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | #1,817 | 24 |
| 1972 | #3,714 | 16 | #1,473 | 33 |
| 1971 | #4,311 | 13 | #1,289 | 42 |
| 1970 | #2,779 | 25 | #1,314 | 40 |
| 1969 | #4,198 | 12 | #1,414 | 32 |
| 1968 | #3,315 | 16 | #1,314 | 34 |
| 1967 | #3,484 | 14 | #1,071 | 47 |
| 1966 | #3,558 | 13 | #901 | 64 |
| 1965 | #3,402 | 14 | #870 | 71 |
| 1964 | #5,474 | 7 | #1,655 | 23 |
| 1963 | #3,801 | 12 | #1,151 | 45 |
| 1962 | #2,814 | 19 | #1,341 | 34 |
| 1961 | #4,239 | 10 | #1,602 | 25 |
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 | #1,523 | 28 |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | #1,709 | 22 |
| 1958 | — | #1,766 | 20 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,952 | 17 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,945 | 17 | |
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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 1998
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- West Virginia#130 · 1 in 685
- Louisiana#160 · 1 in 778
- Arkansas#186 · 1 in 903
- Iowa#226 · 1 in 1,361
- Kansas#232 · 1 in 1,213
Best ever in a state: #128 in Montana, 2006.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #130 | 13 | 1 in 685 |
| Louisiana | #160 | 35 | 1 in 778 |
| Arkansas | #186 | 16 | 1 in 903 |
| Iowa | #226 | 12 | 1 in 1,361 |
| Kansas | #232 | 13 | 1 in 1,213 |
| Idaho | #239 | 7 | 1 in 1,086 |
| Alabama | #257 | 17 | 1 in 1,484 |
| Indiana | #260 | 23 | 1 in 1,654 |
| Missouri | #270 | 18 | 1 in 1,924 |
| Kentucky | #277 | 11 | 1 in 2,130 |
| Ohio | #279 | 32 | 1 in 2,187 |
| Tennessee | #282 | 20 | 1 in 1,802 |
| Utah | #290 | 12 | 1 in 1,641 |
| Oklahoma | #295 | 12 | 1 in 1,721 |
| Minnesota | #315 | 11 | 1 in 2,591 |
| Colorado | #325 | 13 | 1 in 2,014 |
| Mississippi | #339 | 8 | 1 in 1,917 |
| Texas | #353 | 73 | 1 in 2,200 |
| Florida | #374 | 35 | 1 in 2,477 |
| Arizona | #382 | 14 | 1 in 2,489 |
| Illinois | #441 | 24 | 1 in 3,347 |
| Georgia | #465 | 16 | 1 in 3,224 |
| Oregon | #485 | 5 | 1 in 3,997 |
| North Carolina | #489 | 12 | 1 in 4,043 |
| South Carolina | #539 | 5 | 1 in 4,106 |
| Virginia | #555 | 8 | 1 in 4,960 |
| Michigan | #804 | 6 | 1 in 9,949 |
| California | #1,095 | 13 | 1 in 18,717 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1956
- Peaked 1998 at #437 (524 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 39 yrs · run 1990–2025
- 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%)
- 32.9% of all boys named Trace (4,524) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 76 | #1,709 (1959) | #1,843 |
| 1960s | 403 | #870 (1965) | #1,284 |
| 1970s | 259 | #1,289 (1971) | #1,954 |
| 1980s | 464 | #956 (1985) | #1,745 |
| 1990s | 2,409 | #437 (1998) | #753 |
| 2000s | 4,524 | #494 (2003) | #536 |
| 2010s | 3,465 | #523 (2010) | #709 |
| 2020s | 2,164 | #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 1998
Top girls' names in 1998
Top boys' names in 1998
More about 1998
girls
1,766,949 girls got a published name in 1998; 1 in 294,492 of them was named Trace, which outranked 25.1% of the 16,601 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #11,138Zuzanna7
- #11,138Zyaire7
- #11,138Zyasia7
- #12,426Trace6
- #12,426Aailyah6
- #12,426Aaisha6
- #12,426Aajah6
- #14,122Aaleah5
- #14,122Aamina5
- #14,122Aanisah5
Tied with 1,695 names at #12,426; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,911,366 boys got a published name in 1998; 1 in 3,648 of them was named Trace, which outranked 96.1% of the 11,311 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).