Trace
#978 most common boys' name of all time · #2,287 across all names · 98% male / 2% female · used 1956–2025
Rank among boys
#978
Rank overall
#2,287 of 105,966
First appeared
1956
Years on the list
70 of 146
All-time
14,112
Since 2016
3,343
Peak year
2008 #510
Best rank
#439 1998
Girls
Boys
peak 534/yr
Trace first appears in 1956. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 340 | 340 | #757 |
| 2024 | 5 | 383 | 388 | #703 |
| 2023 | — | 404 | 404 | #675 |
| 2022 | — | 373 | 373 | #708 |
| 2021 | — | 348 | 348 | #736 |
| 2020 | — | 316 | 316 | #760 |
| 2019 | — | 302 | 302 | #775 |
| 2018 | — | 319 | 319 | #745 |
| 2017 | — | 266 | 266 | #834 |
| 2016 | — | 287 | 287 | #805 |
| 2015 | — | 291 | 291 | #801 |
| 2014 | 5 | 308 | 313 | #764 |
| 2013 | — | 382 | 382 | #643 |
| 2012 | — | 379 | 379 | #634 |
| 2011 | — | 437 | 437 | #573 |
| 2010 | — | 494 | 494 | #524 |
| 2009 | — | 505 | 505 | #531 |
| 2008 | — | 534 | 534 | #510 |
| 2007 | — | 437 | 437 | #585 |
| 2006 | — | 470 | 470 | #537 |
| 2005 | — | 445 | 445 | #543 |
| 2004 | — | 447 | 447 | #531 |
| 2003 | 5 | 496 | 501 | #496 |
| 2002 | — | 437 | 437 | #520 |
| 2001 | — | 369 | 369 | #564 |
| 2000 | — | 384 | 384 | #550 |
| 1999 | 8 | 389 | 397 | #535 |
| 1998 | 6 | 524 | 530 | #439 |
| 1997 | 7 | 421 | 428 | #496 |
| 1996 | 11 | 202 | 213 | #749 |
| 1995 | — | 161 | 161 | #855 |
| 1994 | — | 172 | 172 | #806 |
| 1993 | — | 158 | 158 | #842 |
| 1992 | 5 | 127 | 132 | #954 |
| 1991 | 5 | 139 | 144 | #899 |
| 1990 | — | 116 | 116 | #977 |
| 1989 | 6 | 96 | 102 | #1,073 |
| 1988 | — | 58 | 58 | #1,365 |
| 1987 | 5 | 47 | 52 | #1,528 |
| 1986 | 9 | 58 | 67 | #1,280 |
| 1985 | 10 | 91 | 101 | #960 |
| 1984 | 7 | 28 | 35 | #1,962 |
| 1983 | 8 | 19 | 27 | #2,547 |
| 1982 | 5 | 27 | 32 | #2,033 |
| 1981 | 7 | 21 | 28 | #2,388 |
| 1980 | — | 19 | 19 | #2,590 |
| 1979 | 5 | 18 | 23 | #2,621 |
| 1978 | 6 | 24 | 30 | #2,052 |
| 1977 | — | 20 | 20 | #2,333 |
| 1976 | 14 | 22 | 36 | #2,160 |
| 1975 | 12 | 21 | 33 | #2,187 |
| 1974 | 7 | 15 | 22 | #2,630 |
| 1973 | 7 | 24 | 31 | #1,858 |
| 1972 | 16 | 33 | 49 | #1,499 |
| 1971 | 13 | 42 | 55 | #1,302 |
| 1970 | 25 | 40 | 65 | #1,336 |
| 1969 | 12 | 32 | 44 | #1,439 |
| 1968 | 16 | 34 | 50 | #1,337 |
| 1967 | 14 | 47 | 61 | #1,085 |
| 1966 | 13 | 64 | 77 | #915 |
| 1965 | 14 | 71 | 85 | #872 |
| 1964 | 7 | 23 | 30 | #1,698 |
| 1963 | 12 | 45 | 57 | #1,164 |
| 1962 | 19 | 34 | 53 | #1,366 |
| 1961 | 10 | 25 | 35 | #1,634 |
| 1960 | 7 | 28 | 35 | #1,551 |
| 1959 | 5 | 22 | 27 | #1,757 |
| 1958 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,836 |
| 1957 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,018 |
| 1956 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,014 |