Trace
Boy · TRAYS · English
Trace is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 757th for boys in the US (340 babies).
Where does Trace come from?
English: short form of Tracy, also an English word
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- TRAYS
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Is Trace a girl's or a boy's name?
Trace is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 340 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Trace in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #757among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 340about 1 in 5,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 340 boys in the US were named Trace, making it the 757th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 760th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 534 boys. It first appears in the records in 1956.
2025 had fewer boys named Trace than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Trace in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 346 boys in the US were given Trace or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #708, up from #757 for this spelling alone.
- Trace 340
- Treyce 6
Girls were 20% of the babies named Trace in the US in 1960, and 1% in 2024.
Trace in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 340 | #757 |
| 2024 | 383 | #702 |
| 2023 | 404 | #672 |
| 2022 | 373 | #707 |
| 2021 | 348 | #735 |
| 2020 | 316 | #760 |
| 2019 | 302 | #775 |
| 2018 | 319 | #744 |
| 2017 | 266 | #833 |
| 2016 | 287 | #803 |
| 2015 | 291 | #801 |
| 2014 | 308 | #763 |
| 2013 | 382 | #642 |
| 2012 | 379 | #634 |
| 2011 | 437 | #573 |
| 2010 | 494 | #523 |
| 2009 | 505 | #531 |
| 2008 | 534 | #510 |
| 2007 | 437 | #585 |
| 2006 | 470 | #537 |
| 2005 | 445 | #543 |
| 2004 | 447 | #530 |
| 2003 | 496 | #494 |
| 2002 | 437 | #520 |
| 2001 | 369 | #563 |
| 2000 | 384 | #548 |
| 1999 | 389 | #535 |
| 1998 | 524 | #437 |
| 1997 | 421 | #495 |
| 1996 | 202 | #746 |
| 1995 | 161 | #850 |
| 1994 | 172 | #804 |
| 1993 | 158 | #838 |
| 1992 | 127 | #949 |
| 1991 | 139 | #889 |
| 1990 | 116 | #966 |
| 1989 | 96 | #1,060 |
| 1988 | 58 | #1,351 |
| 1987 | 47 | #1,504 |
| 1986 | 58 | #1,268 |
| 1985 | 91 | #956 |
| 1984 | 28 | #1,932 |
| 1983 | 19 | #2,492 |
| 1982 | 27 | #1,998 |
| 1981 | 21 | #2,337 |
| 1980 | 19 | #2,535 |
| 1979 | 18 | #2,567 |
| 1978 | 24 | #2,012 |
| 1977 | 20 | #2,270 |
| 1976 | 22 | #2,112 |
| 1975 | 21 | #2,133 |
| 1974 | 15 | #2,547 |
| 1973 | 24 | #1,817 |
| 1972 | 33 | #1,473 |
| 1971 | 42 | #1,289 |
| 1970 | 40 | #1,313 |
| 1969 | 32 | #1,414 |
| 1968 | 34 | #1,314 |
| 1967 | 47 | #1,071 |
| 1966 | 64 | #901 |
| 1965 | 71 | #870 |
| 1964 | 23 | #1,654 |
| 1963 | 45 | #1,150 |
| 1962 | 34 | #1,340 |
| 1961 | 25 | #1,601 |
| 1960 | 28 | #1,522 |
| 1959 | 22 | #1,708 |
| 1958 | 20 | #1,765 |
| 1957 | 17 | #1,951 |
| 1956 | 17 | #1,944 |
Names like Trace
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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