US Name Trends

Traci

A Norman French place name, Tracy in Normandy, taken up as a surname and then a given name.

1970peak year
No. 100best rank (1970)
52,406babies since 1880
outside top 1000 in 2025

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Traci per year — peak 3,854▬ girls ▬ boys18801900192019401960198020002020

Traci first shows up in the national records in 1945. It has ranked among the top 100 names for American girls in 1 different years between 1970 and 1970. Its biggest year was 1970, when 3,854 newborn girls received the name, ranking it No. 100 nationally. It last appears in the data in 2024; fewer than five babies a year have received it since. All told, 52,406 Americans have been given the name since 1880.

Related names

Other spellings on record: Tracy (312,894), Tracey (95,203), Tracie (32,812), Tracee (3,423), Tracye (1,086) (total births since 1880)

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By the decade

DecadeBirthsBest rank
1940s31No. 3176
1950s1,144No. 496
1960s18,703No. 112
1970s20,675No. 100
1980s8,470No. 226
1990s2,413No. 475
2000s507No. 2028
2010s178No. 5114
2020s52No. 6691

Births and rank shown for girls, the sex more often given the name. The Social Security Administration omits name–year combinations with fewer than five births.

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Data: U.S. Social Security Administration national baby-name file, 1880–2025.