Tracey

Where Tracey comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Tracey.

  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Tracey through the years
  1. 1923
    First appearance
    #4,967 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1942
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  3. 1959
    Tracey Ullman born
    British-American actress, comedian, singer, dancer, screenwriter, producer and director
  4. 1963
    Tracey Emin born
    English sculptor, painter, and installation artist
  5. 1970
    Peak, #55
    6,230 babies named Tracey, the most in any year.
  6. 1973
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #102.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name transferred from the surname, of popular British usage, variant of Tracy.
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Tracey Ullman · British-American actress, comedian, singer, dancer, screenwriter, producer and director, born 1959
  • Tracey Emin · English sculptor, painter, and installation artist, born 1963
  • Tracey Adams · American pornographic film actress, born 1958
  • Tracey Walter · American actor, born 1947
  • Tracey Gold · American actress, born 1969

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.