Trae is an uncommon variant of Troy that peaked in 1993 and has since faded.
Trae is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #3,442 for boy births in the United States (and #7,414 across all names), given to 34 babies. Trae first appears in 1964 and peaked in 1993 (201 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | 34 | — | #3,442 |
| 2024 | 55 | 55 | — | #2,500 |
| 2023 | 44 | 44 | — | #2,889 |
| 2022 | 64 | 64 | — | #2,267 |
| 2021 | 67 | 67 | — | #2,153 |
| 2020 | 57 | 57 | — | #2,364 |
| 2019 | 77 | 77 | — | #1,932 |
| 2018 | 50 | 50 | — | #2,575 |
| 2017 | 48 | 48 | — | #2,633 |
| 2016 | 39 | 39 | — | #3,054 |
| 2015 | 55 | 55 | — | #2,384 |
| 2014 | 52 | 52 | — | #2,459 |
| 2013 | 82 | 82 | — | #1,780 |
| 2012 | 86 | 86 | — | #1,755 |
| 2011 | 111 | 111 | — | #1,475 |
| 2010 | 120 | 120 | — | #1,398 |
| 2009 | 140 | 140 | — | #1,265 |
| 2008 | 139 | 139 | — | #1,260 |
| 2007 | 117 | 117 | — | #1,403 |
| 2006 | 136 | 136 | — | #1,237 |
| 2005 | 114 | 114 | — | #1,333 |
| 2004 | 106 | 106 | — | #1,373 |
| 2003 | 98 | 98 | — | #1,380 |
| 2002 | 109 | 109 | — | #1,254 |
| 2001 | 121 | 121 | — | #1,150 |
| 2000 | 140 | 140 | — | #1,039 |
| 1999 | 161 | 161 | #12,609 | #947 |
| 1998 | 132 | 132 | — | #1,031 |
| 1997 | 130 | — | — | #996 |
| 1996 | 129 | — | #13,414 | #1,019 |
| 1995 | 155 | — | — | #877 |
| 1994 | 150 | — | #11,711 | #916 |
| 1993 | 211 | — | #8,682 | #736 |
| 1992 | 170 | — | #13,243 | #824 |
| 1991 | 106 | — | — | #1,053 |
| 1990 | 76 | — | — | #1,277 |
| 1989 | 46 | — | #14,424 | #1,856 |
| 1988 | 42 | — | — | #1,704 |
| 1987 | 46 | — | — | #1,558 |
| 1986 | 37 | — | — | #1,722 |
| 1985 | 38 | — | — | #1,668 |
| 1984 | 42 | — | — | #1,504 |
| 1983 | 30 | — | — | #1,860 |
| 1982 | 19 | — | — | #2,589 |
| 1981 | 9 | — | — | #4,472 |
| 1980 | 10 | — | — | #4,111 |
| 1979 | 16 | — | — | #2,890 |
| 1978 | 18 | — | — | #2,563 |
| 1977 | 18 | — | #11,215 | #3,186 |
| 1976 | 7 | — | — | #4,895 |
| 1975 | 15 | — | — | #2,745 |
| 1974 | 13 | — | — | #2,932 |
| 1973 | 8 | — | — | #4,032 |
| 1972 | 9 | — | — | #3,596 |
| 1971 | 14 | — | — | #2,675 |
| 1970 | 21 | — | — | #1,984 |
| 1969 | 12 | — | — | #2,676 |
| 1968 | 5 | — | — | #4,699 |
| 1967 | 6 | — | — | #3,940 |
| 1965 | 11 | — | — | #2,605 |
| 1964 | 6 | — | — | #4,006 |