# Trace (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/trace/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 14,112 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 13,764 / 348 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 6, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 8 | 8,000 |
| 1984 | 7 | 9,093 |
| 1985 | 10 | 6,934 |
| 1986 | 9 | 7,718 |
| 1987 | 5 | 13,146 |
| 1989 | 6 | 12,280 |
| 1991 | 5 | 15,315 |
| 1992 | 5 | 15,459 |
| 1996 | 11 | 8,109 |
| 1997 | 7 | 12,005 |
| 1998 | 6 | 13,992 |
| 1999 | 8 | 11,323 |
| 2003 | 5 | 18,232 |
| 2014 | 5 | 19,003 |
| 2024 | 5 | 17,487 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 437 | 573 |
| 2012 | 379 | 635 |
| 2013 | 382 | 644 |
| 2014 | 308 | 763 |
| 2015 | 291 | 801 |
| 2016 | 287 | 805 |
| 2017 | 266 | 835 |
| 2018 | 319 | 745 |
| 2019 | 302 | 776 |
| 2020 | 316 | 763 |
| 2021 | 348 | 736 |
| 2022 | 373 | 708 |
| 2023 | 404 | 674 |
| 2024 | 383 | 703 |
| 2025 | 340 | 758 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |

## People named Trace

- Trace Cyrus, American musician
- Trace Adkins, American country music singer and actor

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.