Tracy
A Norman French place name, Tracy in Normandy, taken up as a surname and then a given name.
Popularity, 1880–2025
A surname name with midcentury screen polish, used for both sexes before settling on the girls' side in the 1960s and 70s.
Tracy appears in the national records from the very first year, 1880. It has ranked among the top 100 names for American girls in every year from 1960 to 1984. Its biggest year was 1970, when 18,464 newborn girls received the name, ranking it No. 10 nationally. The name has also seen real use for boys: 61,501 of the 312,894 Americans given the name since 1880.
Related names
Other spellings on record: Tracey (95,203), Traci (52,406), Tracie (32,812), Tracee (3,423), Tracye (1,086) (total births since 1880)
Other names that share a story: Tracey, Traci
Explore Tracy interactively →By the decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 48 | No. 629 |
| 1890s | 94 | No. 872 |
| 1900s | 78 | No. 1027 |
| 1910s | 150 | No. 1402 |
| 1920s | 168 | No. 1625 |
| 1930s | 164 | No. 1585 |
| 1940s | 911 | No. 636 |
| 1950s | 11,363 | No. 131 |
| 1960s | 103,780 | No. 17 |
| 1970s | 95,536 | No. 10 |
| 1980s | 28,492 | No. 56 |
| 1990s | 6,683 | No. 225 |
| 2000s | 2,448 | No. 706 |
| 2010s | 1,021 | No. 1652 |
| 2020s | 457 | No. 2153 |
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.