Trace
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 265 babies a year in the US.
How Trace has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #801 |
| 2016 | #807 |
| 2017 | #835 |
| 2018 | #745 |
| 2019 | #776 |
| 2020 | #761 |
| 2021 | #736 |
| 2022 | #703 |
| 2023 | #674 |
| 2024 | #704 |
| 2025 | #758 |
Trace by the numbers
Trace was given to 265 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 533 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Trace
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Trace. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
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