Trace Boy
How popular is Trace?
#757 boy name in 2025
340 baby boys were named Trace in the US in 2025, making it the 757th most popular boy name.
Trace popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #757 for boys (▼ 55 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 340 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+17% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #801 in 2015, #760 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2008 (534 boys) |
| Highest rank | #437 in 1998 |
| First recorded | 1956 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Trace counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Trace family of names ranked #692 for boys in 2025 (#615 the year before), with 363 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Trace | 340 | 94% |
| Trayce | 23 | 6% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Trace is most popular
Babies named Trace per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Louisiana: 0.7 per 1,000 (70 boys)
- Mississippi: 0.7 per 1,000 (38 boys)
- Iowa: 0.6 per 1,000 (39 boys)
- Oklahoma: 0.5 per 1,000 (41 boys)
- West Virginia: 0.4 per 1,000 (14 boys)
Trace by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 76 | #1,708 |
| 1960s | 403 | #870 |
| 1970s | 259 | #1,289 |
| 1980s | 464 | #956 |
| 1990s | 2,409 | #437 |
| 2000s | 4,524 | #494 |
| 2010s | 3,465 | #523 |
| 2020s | 2,164 | #672 |
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Questions
- Is Trace a boy or girl name?
- Trace is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Trace were boys.
- How popular is the name Trace?
- 340 baby boys were named Trace in the US in 2025, making it the 757th most popular boy name.
- When was Trace most popular?
- Trace peaked in 2008, when 534 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #437 in 1998.
- How many people are named Trace?
- 14,112 babies have been named Trace in the US since 1880. We estimate about 13,791 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 19.
- Where is Trace most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Trace was most common in Louisiana, at 0.7 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.