Tracer — #9353 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Tracer

The Social Security Administration has registered 169 babies named Tracer between 1996 and 2024, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tracer currently holds the #9353 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tracer performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 60 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Tracer shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tracer in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tracer 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 169 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.