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Trace

“Variant of Tracy — From Thrace” — Gaulish/Latin via Old French origin

Boy's name · #757 in the US (2025) · 2000s

Trace has appeared in US records since 1956 — best rank #437 (1998) · 13,764 babies named Trace all-time · 1 in 5,000 boys born in 2025.

Around the world: about 1 in 18,000 boys in Canada (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 34 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Traces

• Trace Cyrus — American musician
• Trace Adkins — American country music singer and actor
• Trace Worthington — American freestyle skier
• Trace Bundy — American acoustic guitarist
• Trace Beaulieu — American actor, puppeteer and actor

What Traces become

Among 37 notable people named Trace:

Athletes appear 2.29× more often than among typical names — e.g. Trace Worthington, American freestyle skier.

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