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 2021
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- West Virginia#262 · 1 in 1,003
- Mississippi#265 · 1 in 999
- Iowa#268 · 1 in 1,004
- Louisiana#390 · 1 in 1,672
- Ohio#458 · 1 in 2,464
Best ever in a state: #128 in Montana, 2006.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #262 | 7 | 1 in 1,003 |
| Mississippi | #265 | 12 | 1 in 999 |
| Iowa | #268 | 14 | 1 in 1,004 |
| Louisiana | #390 | 13 | 1 in 1,672 |
| Ohio | #458 | 22 | 1 in 2,464 |
| Oklahoma | #462 | 9 | 1 in 1,995 |
| Wisconsin | #478 | 10 | 1 in 2,433 |
| Utah | #506 | 8 | 1 in 2,400 |
| Kansas | #509 | 6 | 1 in 2,301 |
| Pennsylvania | #510 | 18 | 1 in 3,081 |
| Colorado | #545 | 9 | 1 in 2,870 |
| South Carolina | #548 | 7 | 1 in 2,894 |
| Tennessee | #556 | 12 | 1 in 2,986 |
| Michigan | #580 | 13 | 1 in 3,305 |
| Arizona | #596 | 10 | 1 in 3,262 |
| Illinois | #644 | 14 | 1 in 3,850 |
| Alabama | #667 | 6 | 1 in 3,669 |
| Washington | #680 | 9 | 1 in 3,711 |
| Missouri | #682 | 7 | 1 in 4,078 |
| North Carolina | #740 | 11 | 1 in 4,639 |
| Texas | #744 | 34 | 1 in 5,033 |
| Maryland | #804 | 5 | 1 in 4,990 |
| Indiana | #844 | 6 | 1 in 5,460 |
| Florida | #871 | 15 | 1 in 6,184 |
| Georgia | #965 | 8 | 1 in 6,296 |
| California | #1,306 | 14 | 1 in 13,527 |
| New York | #1,801 | 5 | 1 in 17,826 |
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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 2021
Top boys' names in 2021
More about 2021
boys
1,749,482 boys got a published name in 2021; 1 in 5,027 of them was named Trace, which outranked 94.8% of the 14,096 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).