Tracen
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TRAY-sen
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #4,395 for boys
Tracen is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,395th for boys in the US (23 babies).
Where does Tracen come from?
Modern: modern coinage, probably from Trace
Is Tracen a girl's or a boy's name?
Tracen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tracen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,395th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23 about 1 in 74,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady much the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the US were named Tracen, making it the 4,395th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 40 boys. It first appears in the records in 1997.
2025 had more boys named Tracen than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Tracen in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 99 boys in the US were given Tracen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,493, up from #4,395 for this spelling alone.
Tracen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #4,395 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 19 | #5,070 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 2018 | 22 | #4,472 |
| 2017 | 23 | #4,327 |
| 2016 | 21 | #4,623 |
| 2015 | 19 | #4,888 |
| 2014 | 29 | #3,615 |
| 2013 | 27 | #3,751 |
| 2012 | 36 | #3,113 |
| 2011 | 40 | #2,903 |
| 2010 | 35 | #3,180 |
| 2009 | 21 | #4,580 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 24 | #4,125 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,671 |
| 2005 | 23 | #3,937 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 20 | #4,109 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
Nicknames for Tracen
- Trace 340 boys in the US in 2025
Names like Tracen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jayden, Kayden, Jaylen, Zayden, Braylen, Daxton, Kyson, Kayson, Jaxton, Cohen, Taylen, Rayden
Other spellings of Tracen
Names related to Tracen
More Modern names
Ailany, Myla, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn, Ailani, Cataleya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Tracen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tracen, updated 20 October 2026.