Trace — #704 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Trace

The Social Security Administration has registered 13,419 babies named Trace between 1956 and 2024, spanning 69 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Trace currently holds the #704 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 534 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Trace performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 4,524 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Trace shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,582 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Trace in 43 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Trace in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 13,419 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.