Trace

What Trace means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Trace yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note 340 US babies in 2025, but under 3 in England & Wales Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Trace?

US: Steady: #801 in 2015, #757 now.

Biggest US share so far: 1998, when 524 boys got the name (#437 that year). First in the US records in 1956.

How common

• About 1 in 5,024 baby boys in the US in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in WV (1.14 per 1,000 boys), LA (0.84 per 1,000 boys), ID (0.58 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Trace is #757 in the US. It is not in the England & Wales list for 2025.

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Trace were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Truce331 US
• Drayce92 US
• Trayce23 US
• Drace13 US
• Treyce6 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Trace

Boys

• Isaiah#57Editor’s note Down from #49 in 2015 to #57 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 320 US boys in the 2025 records
• Jack#15Short form of John, possibly meaning “God is gracious”^*
• Cade#248“lump, swelling”^*
• Griffin#222Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #222 vs #1,035 in 2025
• Caden#201Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #201 vs #745 in 2025
• Noah#2Editor’s note Steady in the US: #1 in 2015 and #2 in 2025. About 1 in 84 US boys in the 2025 records

For a sister

• Delaney#242“from the alder grove”^*
• Isabel#176“my God is an oath”^*
• Tatum#189Editor’s note Used for both: 49% of US babies named Tatum in 2025 were girls
• Isabelle#166Variant of Elizabeth, meaning “my God is an oath”^*
• Maya#62Editor’s note Steady in the US: #68 in 2015 and #62 in 2025. About 1 in 430 US girls in the 2025 records
• Chloe#23“young green shoot”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Trace’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.