Trace is an established boys' name that peaked in 2008 and remains in steady use.
Trace is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #758 for boy births in the United States (and #1,552 across all names), given to 340 babies. Trace first appears in 1956 and peaked in 2008 (534 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 340 | 340 | — | #758 |
| 2024 | 388 | 388 | #17,487 | #703 |
| 2023 | 404 | 404 | — | #674 |
| 2022 | 373 | 373 | — | #708 |
| 2021 | 348 | 348 | — | #736 |
| 2020 | 316 | 316 | — | #763 |
| 2019 | 302 | 302 | — | #776 |
| 2018 | 319 | 319 | — | #745 |
| 2017 | 266 | 266 | — | #835 |
| 2016 | 287 | 287 | — | #805 |
| 2015 | 291 | 291 | — | #801 |
| 2014 | 313 | 313 | #19,003 | #763 |
| 2013 | 382 | 382 | — | #644 |
| 2012 | 379 | 379 | — | #635 |
| 2011 | 437 | 437 | — | #573 |
| 2010 | 494 | 494 | — | #524 |
| 2009 | 505 | 505 | — | #531 |
| 2008 | 534 | 534 | — | #510 |
| 2007 | 437 | 437 | — | #586 |
| 2006 | 470 | 470 | — | #537 |
| 2005 | 445 | 445 | — | #543 |
| 2004 | 447 | 447 | — | #531 |
| 2003 | 501 | 501 | #18,232 | #496 |
| 2002 | 437 | 437 | — | #521 |
| 2001 | 369 | 369 | — | #564 |
| 2000 | 384 | 384 | — | #551 |
| 1999 | 397 | 397 | #11,323 | #535 |
| 1998 | 530 | 530 | #13,992 | #439 |
| 1997 | 428 | — | #12,005 | #496 |
| 1996 | 213 | — | #8,109 | #749 |
| 1995 | 161 | — | — | #856 |
| 1994 | 172 | — | — | #806 |
| 1993 | 158 | — | — | #844 |
| 1992 | 132 | — | #15,459 | #955 |
| 1991 | 144 | — | #15,315 | #898 |
| 1990 | 116 | — | — | #979 |
| 1989 | 102 | — | #12,280 | #1,072 |
| 1988 | 58 | — | — | #1,372 |
| 1987 | 52 | — | #13,146 | #1,528 |
| 1986 | 67 | — | #7,718 | #1,283 |
| 1985 | 101 | — | #6,934 | #961 |
| 1984 | 35 | — | #9,093 | #1,975 |
| 1983 | 27 | — | #8,000 | #2,569 |
| 1982 | 32 | — | #12,214 | #2,055 |
| 1981 | 28 | — | #9,048 | #2,415 |
| 1980 | 19 | — | — | #2,610 |
| 1979 | 23 | — | #11,869 | #2,662 |
| 1978 | 30 | — | #9,673 | #2,066 |
| 1977 | 20 | — | — | #2,356 |
| 1976 | 36 | — | #4,604 | #2,172 |
| 1975 | 33 | — | #5,146 | #2,199 |
| 1974 | 22 | — | #7,633 | #2,664 |
| 1973 | 31 | — | #7,392 | #1,868 |
| 1972 | 49 | — | #3,884 | #1,505 |
| 1971 | 55 | — | #4,521 | #1,306 |
| 1970 | 65 | — | #2,852 | #1,334 |
| 1969 | 44 | — | #4,404 | #1,434 |
| 1968 | 50 | — | #3,444 | #1,338 |
| 1967 | 61 | — | #3,644 | #1,086 |
| 1966 | 77 | — | #3,728 | #913 |
| 1965 | 85 | — | #3,537 | #872 |
| 1964 | 30 | — | #5,971 | #1,695 |
| 1963 | 57 | — | #4,001 | #1,163 |
| 1962 | 53 | — | #2,913 | #1,363 |
| 1961 | 35 | — | #4,525 | #1,632 |
| 1960 | 35 | — | #5,657 | #1,550 |
| 1959 | 27 | — | #7,137 | #1,758 |
| 1958 | 20 | — | — | #1,835 |
| 1957 | 17 | — | — | #2,015 |
| 1956 | 17 | — | — | #2,010 |