The name Trace is of English origin, and means brave.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Trace has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Trace
Use of the Name Trace for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
4,757
4,757
4,622
3,820
2,123
939
443
The table below indicates the number of times the name Trace has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Trace first appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1965, which is the first year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Trace
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1965
875
71
1966
909
64
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
962
91
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
977
116
1991
897
139
1992
955
127
1993
843
158
1994
806
171
1995
854
161
1996
748
202
1997
498
421
1998
436
524
1999
534
389
2000
553
380
2001
566
367
2002
519
437
2003
494
496
2004
528
443
Totals:
4,757
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Trace as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and almost never as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are significantly lower than actual counts because the name Trace appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 18 times during the last 125 years.