How Many People Are Named Trace?
people named Trace are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 24,828 people in the US has this name
Based on 14,112 babies named Trace in Social Security records from 1956 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
534 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of TRACY.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Trace, 2.4% were girls and 97.7% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Trace fell from 23.5% in the 1960s to 0.2% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Trace alive today is about 20 years old, and 84% are under 30. Half of them were between 10 and 26 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Trace first appears in the records in 1956 and was given most often in 2008, to 534 babies. In 2025, 340 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1956 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Trace has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #439, in 1998. In 2025 it ranked #758.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #758 |
| Best rank | #439 (1998) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #538 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Trace alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Trace were born in Texas than in any other state: about 1,582 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Trace was given 2.6 times as often in Louisiana, 2.5 times in Oklahoma and 2.4 times in Mississippi.
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