Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Trace” in the USA?

Number of people named “Trace” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Trace” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Trace” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Trace” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Trace” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Trace” by birth year

This chart shows how “Trace” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1956 17 0.000004123 17 -100%
1957 17 0.000004046 17 -100%
1958 20 0.000004838 20 -100%
1959 27 0.000006494 5 22 -63%
1960 35 0.000008426 7 28 -60%
1961 35 0.000008449 10 25 -43%
1962 53 0.000013134 19 34 -28%
1963 57 0.0000144 12 45 -58%
1964 30 0.000007717 7 23 -53%
1965 85 0.000023445 14 71 -67%
1966 77 0.000022154 13 64 -66%
1967 61 0.000017968 14 47 -54%
1968 50 0.0000148 16 34 -36%
1969 44 0.000012661 12 32 -45%
1970 65 0.000018023 25 40 -23%
1971 55 0.000016024 13 42 -53%
1972 49 0.00001559 16 33 -35%
1973 31 0.000010275 7 24 -55%
1974 22 0.000007237 7 15 -36%
1975 33 0.000010929 12 21 -27%
1976 36 0.000011864 14 22 -22%
1977 20 0.000006296 20 -100%
1978 30 0.000009452 6 24 -60%
1979 23 0.000006913 5 18 -57%
1980 19 0.000005516 19 -100%
1981 28 0.000008094 7 21 -50%
1982 32 0.000009122 5 27 -69%
1983 27 0.000007796 8 19 -41%
1984 35 0.000010032 7 28 -60%
1985 101 0.000028298 10 91 -80%
1986 67 0.000018836 9 58 -73%
1987 52 0.000014422 5 47 -81%
1988 58 0.000015697 58 -100%
1989 102 0.000026532 6 96 -88%
1990 116 0.000029349 116 -100%
1991 144 0.000036968 5 139 -93%
1992 132 0.000034364 5 127 -92%
1993 158 0.000041907 158 -100%
1994 172 0.000046266 172 -100%
1995 161 0.000043963 161 -100%
1996 213 0.000058401 11 202 -90%
1997 428 0.000118045 7 421 -97%
1998 530 0.000144092 6 524 -98%
1999 397 0.000107475 8 389 -96%
2000 384 0.00010159 384 -100%
2001 369 0.000098574 369 -100%
2002 437 0.000116898 437 -100%
2003 501 0.000131762 5 496 -98%
2004 447 0.000116987 447 -100%
2005 445 0.000115739 445 -100%
2006 470 0.000118801 470 -100%
2007 437 0.000109313 437 -100%
2008 534 0.000135855 534 -100%
2009 505 0.000132193 505 -100%
2010 494 0.000133667 494 -100%
2011 437 0.000119471 437 -100%
2012 379 0.000103626 379 -100%
2013 382 0.000104782 382 -100%
2014 313 0.000084449 5 308 -97%
2015 291 0.000078629 291 -100%
2016 287 0.000078229 287 -100%
2017 265 0.000074101 265 -100%
2018 319 0.000090731 319 -100%
2019 302 0.000087008 302 -100%
2020 316 0.000094594 316 -100%
2021 348 0.000102717 348 -100%
2022 373 0.000110253 373 -100%
2023 403 0.000121708 403 -100%
2024 385 0.000115668 5 380 -97%

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