Trace is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1550 for boy births in the United States, given to 340 babies. Trace first appears in the data in 1956 and reached its peak in 2008 (534 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 340 | #1,550 |
| 2024 | 388 | #1,410 |
| 2023 | 404 | #1,372 |
| 2022 | 373 | #1,473 |
| 2021 | 348 | #1,525 |
| 2020 | 316 | #1,597 |
| 2019 | 302 | #1,653 |
| 2018 | 319 | #1,586 |
| 2017 | 266 | #1,799 |
| 2016 | 287 | #1,738 |
| 2015 | 291 | #1,720 |
| 2014 | 313 | #1,617 |
| 2013 | 382 | #1,367 |
| 2012 | 379 | #1,371 |
| 2011 | 437 | #1,223 |
| 2010 | 494 | #1,125 |
| 2009 | 505 | #1,123 |
| 2008 | 534 | #1,084 |
| 2007 | 437 | #1,250 |
| 2006 | 470 | #1,155 |
| 2005 | 445 | #1,165 |
| 2004 | 447 | #1,139 |
| 2003 | 501 | #1,039 |
| 2002 | 437 | #1,107 |
| 2001 | 369 | #1,237 |
| 2000 | 384 | #1,190 |
| 1999 | 397 | #1,122 |
| 1998 | 530 | #908 |
| 1997 | 428 | #1,039 |
| 1996 | 213 | #1,620 |
| 1995 | 161 | #1,931 |
| 1994 | 172 | #1,838 |
| 1993 | 158 | #1,935 |
| 1992 | 132 | #2,171 |
| 1991 | 144 | #2,037 |
| 1990 | 116 | #2,294 |
| 1989 | 102 | #2,408 |
| 1988 | 58 | #3,282 |
| 1987 | 52 | #3,400 |
| 1986 | 67 | #2,796 |
| 1985 | 101 | #2,150 |
| 1984 | 35 | #4,181 |
| 1983 | 27 | #4,883 |
| 1982 | 32 | #4,489 |
| 1981 | 28 | #4,903 |
| 1980 | 19 | #6,303 |
| 1979 | 23 | #5,444 |
| 1978 | 30 | #4,358 |
| 1977 | 20 | #5,721 |
| 1976 | 36 | #3,683 |
| 1975 | 33 | #3,857 |
| 1974 | 22 | #4,957 |
| 1973 | 31 | #3,850 |
| 1972 | 49 | #2,848 |
| 1971 | 55 | #2,690 |
| 1970 | 65 | #2,450 |
| 1969 | 44 | #2,956 |
| 1968 | 50 | #2,606 |
| 1967 | 61 | #2,275 |
| 1966 | 77 | #2,006 |
| 1965 | 85 | #1,920 |
| 1964 | 30 | #3,525 |
| 1963 | 57 | #2,401 |
| 1962 | 53 | #2,510 |
| 1961 | 35 | #3,204 |
| 1960 | 35 | #3,152 |
| 1959 | 27 | #3,589 |
| 1958 | 20 | #4,207 |
| 1957 | 17 | #4,607 |
| 1956 | 17 | #4,608 |