NameTides

Trace

Trace was the #757 boys' name in the US in 2025 (340 babies), and #2,095 in Canada.

Trace as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Trace as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Trace as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#757 (340)—#2,095 (9)
2024#702 (383)—#1,909 (10)
2023#672 (404)——
2022#707 (373)#4,790 (3)#2,810 (5)
2021#735 (348)—#2,061 (8)
2020#760 (316)——
2019#775 (302)—#1,998 (8)
2018#744 (319)#4,749 (3)#1,471 (12)
2017#833 (266)—#1,623 (11)
2016#803 (287)—#1,198 (17)
2015#801 (291)—#1,458 (12)
2014#763 (308)—#1,062 (19)
2013#642 (382)—#1,164 (17)
2012#634 (379)—#885 (25)
2011#573 (437)—#869 (25)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1998 at #437.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1956.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 5,000uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 18,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Trace is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,600 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 3,900 to 1 in 5,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Trace by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #678WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #898WAIdaho: #435IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,280ILMichigan: #715MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #474ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #493IAIndiana: #579INOhio: #500OHPennsylvania: #605PANew Jersey: #1,022NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,085CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #535CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #789MOKentucky: #625KYWest Virginia: #254WVVirginia: #727VAMaryland: #634MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #927AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #430TNNorth Carolina: #678NCSouth Carolina: #668SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #552OKLouisiana: #314LAMississippi: #522MSAlabama: #525ALGeorgia: #710GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #789TXFlorida: #846FL
Trace (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,5176

Trace (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
TraceCanadaBoys#2,0959
TraceEngland & WalesBoys—too few
TraceUSGirls—too few
TraceUSBoys#757340