Tracey

#7,885 for girls in 2025, 13 births · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to girls 90.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1970 · 6,230 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
8 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
86,515
since 1923

Tracey over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201984peak #55, 1970peak #318, 1967girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#7,88513#10,6956
2024#7,25115#7,25711
2023#7,24715#10,8216
2022#7,63114#9,8237
2021#8,02413#8,8258
2020#10,2509#8,7398
2019#5,04126#6,77712
2018#7,40915#12,1565
2017#5,04526#8,1409
2016#4,42332#6,05314
2015#5,65323#5,99914
2014#3,84839#8,7818
2013#5,01327#6,60312
2012#4,60131#7,05011
2011#5,54324#5,67515
2010#4,30634#5,25117
2009#3,40948#5,10218
2008#3,85941#4,04425
2007#3,37649#4,01125
2006#3,26450#4,22322
2005#2,93555#4,63118
2004#2,24078#3,36828
2003#2,52264#3,83822
2002#1,88794#2,81733
2001#1,87293#2,86432
2000#1,588111#3,29925
1999#1,654100#2,72231
1998#1,458117#2,04046
1997#1,155160#2,06043
1996#970197#1,55264
1995#949198#1,55960
1994#866226#1,37372
1993#657339#1,25482
1992#593385#1,38267
1991#542432#1,22782
1990#491496#1,14989
1989#415596#1,18481
1988#353704#1,15476
1987#301807#1,08878
1986#318754#1,10272
1985#339694#1,22860
1984#287838#1,11066
1983#296787#1,63136
1982#272897#1,39546
1981#2391,038#1,08470
1980#2081,253#1,20458
1979#2021,312#842105
1978#1791,449#831106
1977#1801,503#714142
1976#1401,942#665152
1975#1172,378#538223
1974#1082,758#461299
1973#1022,978#374421
1972#883,407#360466
1971#744,789#413379
1970#556,230#426369
1969#655,624#401395
1968#724,931#365451
1967#784,498#318552
1966#695,127#344471
1965#854,260#415353
1964#1113,743#431342
1963#1183,700#446317
1962#1233,643#456306
1961#1512,801#516237
1960#1901,960#575185
1959#2241,410#691122
1958#286977#78690
1957#284984#81386
1956#396518#90668
1955#421443#1,41929
1954#485330#1,29234
1953#652189#1,40829
1952#794129#1,74919
1951#96193#1,55323
1950#97886#1,81517
1949#1,26552#1,50124
1948#1,18558#2,21812
1947#1,82228#1,91616
1946#1,97022#1,88415
1945#1,79522#2,24210
1944#2,19916#2,6338
1943#1,99419#2,27711
1942#1,98119#2,38610
1941#3,2528#2,33310
1940—#3,1306
1939#3,7826—
1938#3,8476#3,1756
1937#4,2555#3,1756
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1934—#2,5639
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1923#4,9675#3,4677
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First appearance
1923

The first year at least five girls were named Tracey! It came in at #4,967, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1923–1937, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Tracey is popular in 1984

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Tracey, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Tracey, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Tracey, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Tracey, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Tracey, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Tracey, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Tracey, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Tracey, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #225 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,434 girlsMNIllinois: #346 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 2,342 girlsILWisconsin: #262 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,915 girlsWIMichigan: #204 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 1,225 girlsMINew York: #251 for girls · 68 births · 1 in 1,535 girlsNYMassachusetts: #222 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 1,396 girlsMARhode Island: #116 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 517 girlsRIOregon: #375 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,609 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Tracey, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Tracey, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Tracey, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Tracey, so not publishedIAIndiana: #277 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,753 girlsINOhio: #300 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 2,306 girlsOHPennsylvania: #237 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 1,546 girlsPANew Jersey: #216 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 1,349 girlsNJConnecticut: #189 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,090 girlsCTCalifornia: #420 for girls · 71 births · 1 in 2,713 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Tracey, so not publishedUTColorado: #373 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,404 girlsCONebraska: #248 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,487 girlsNEMissouri: #245 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,650 girlsMOKentucky: #234 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,463 girlsKYWest Virginia: #232 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,426 girlsWVVirginia: #248 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,568 girlsVAMaryland: #169 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 995 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Tracey, so not publishedDEArizona: #461 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,015 girlsAZNew Mexico: #340 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,636 girlsNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Tracey, so not publishedKSArkansas: #276 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,597 girlsARTennessee: #235 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,444 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #180 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 1,033 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #194 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,037 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #220 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 946 girlsDCOklahoma: #388 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,584 girlsOKLouisiana: #335 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,050 girlsLAMississippi: #159 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 792 girlsMSAlabama: #197 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,077 girlsALGeorgia: #306 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,879 girlsGAHawaii: #228 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 878 girlsHITexas: #364 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 2,249 girlsTXFlorida: #298 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 1,989 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Rhode Island#116 · 1 in 517
  2. Mississippi#159 · 1 in 792
  3. Maryland#169 · 1 in 995
  4. North Carolina#180 · 1 in 1,033
  5. Connecticut#189 · 1 in 1,090

Best ever in a state: #34 in New Jersey, 1970.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Rhode Island#11691 in 517
Mississippi#159191 in 792
Maryland#169231 in 995
North Carolina#180331 in 1,033
Connecticut#189151 in 1,090
South Carolina#194171 in 1,037
Alabama#197201 in 1,077
Michigan#204461 in 1,225
New Jersey#216291 in 1,349
District of Columbia#22061 in 946
Massachusetts#222241 in 1,396
Minnesota#225201 in 1,434
Hawaii#22861 in 878
West Virginia#23271 in 1,426
Kentucky#234151 in 1,463
Tennessee#235191 in 1,444
Pennsylvania#237441 in 1,546
Missouri#245191 in 1,650
Nebraska#24871 in 1,487
Virginia#248201 in 1,568
New York#251681 in 1,535
Wisconsin#262161 in 1,915
Arkansas#27681 in 1,597
Indiana#277191 in 1,753
Florida#298311 in 1,989
Ohio#300301 in 2,306
Georgia#306191 in 1,879
Louisiana#335151 in 2,050
New Mexico#34061 in 1,636
Illinois#346311 in 2,342
Texas#364581 in 2,249
Colorado#37391 in 2,404
Oregon#37561 in 2,609
Oklahoma#38881 in 2,584
California#420711 in 2,713
Arizona#46171 in 3,015
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Tracey
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 634 spots since 2024 (#7,251 → #7,885)
  • 2,365 spots since 2020 (#10,250 → #7,885)
  • 2,232 spots since 2015 (#5,653 → #7,885)
  • Biggest jump: 287 spots in 1950 (#1,265 → #978)
  • Biggest drop: 209 spots in 1994 (#657 → #866)
Rise & fade · girls
47 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1923
  • Peaked 1970 at #55 (6,230 births)
  • Births halved by 1973, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 8 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 8 yrs · run 1965–1972
  • Top 1,000: 47 yrs · run 1950–1996
Share of babies · girls
1 in 281
  • Highest: 1 in 281 girls born in 1970 were named Tracey (0.36%)
  • Latest: 1 in 123,636 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 46.6% of all girls named Tracey (40,287) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1942
  • Mostly boys until 1941, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s5#4,967 (1923)#4,967
1930s17#3,782 (1939)#3,961
1940s244#1,185 (1948)#1,940
1950s5,159#224 (1959)#548
1960s40,287#65 (1969)#106
1970s28,746#55 (1970)#125
1980s8,368#208 (1980)#303
1990s2,650#491 (1990)#934
2000s683#1,588 (2000)#2,695
2010s277#3,848 (2014)#5,088
2020s79#7,247 (2023)#8,048

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Tracey in 1984

girls
#287
838 births · 1 in 2,009 girls
boys
#1,110
66 births · 1 in 27,346 boys

Top girls' names in 1984

  1. #1Jennifer50,564
  2. #2Jessica45,857
  3. #3Ashley38,773
  4. #4Amanda33,915
  5. #5Sarah25,887
  6. #6Stephanie23,025
  7. #7Nicole22,270
  8. #8Melissa21,896
  9. #9Heather21,489
  10. #10Elizabeth20,360
  11. #287Tracey838

Top boys' names in 1984

  1. #1Michael67,735
  2. #2Christopher60,021
  3. #3Matthew49,767
  4. #4Joshua40,266
  5. #5David38,492
  6. #6Daniel36,531
  7. #7James35,859
  8. #8John32,610
  9. #9Robert31,768
  10. #10Joseph30,513
  11. #1,110Tracey66
More about 1984

girls

1,683,817 girls got a published name in 1984; 1 in 2,009 of them was named Tracey, which outranked 97.6% of the 12,181 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tracey
  1. #284Katharine852
  2. #285Alexandria848
  3. #286Maggie843
  4. #287Tracey838
  5. #288Rhonda835
  6. #289Tamika833
  7. #290Tabatha832
Biggest movers since 1983
Risers
  1. ↑ 8,259Santana#9,015 → #756
  2. ↑ 2,419Tasia#3,151 → #732
  3. ↑ 2,198Teela#3,065 → #867
  4. ↑ 1,074Grisel#1,858 → #784
  5. ↑ 894Kaylee#1,715 → #821
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,856Dwan#874 → #2,730
  2. ↓ 720Toccara#937 → #1,657
  3. ↓ 713Kaleena#547 → #1,260
  4. ↓ 303Karie#1,000 → #1,303
  5. ↓ 300Karyn#820 → #1,120

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,804,848 boys got a published name in 1984; 1 in 27,346 of them was named Tracey, which outranked 84.9% of the 7,341 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tracey
  1. #1,096Sandy67
  2. #1,096Sharif67
  3. #1,096Shay67
  4. #1,110Tracey66
  5. #1,110Adrien66
  6. #1,110Amy66
  7. #1,110Benton66
  8. #1,123Dameon65
  9. #1,123Darell65
  10. #1,123Jordy65

Tied with 12 names at #1,110; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1983
Risers
  1. ↑ 958Ryne#1,562 → #604
  2. ↑ 472Rachel#1,448 → #976
  3. ↑ 399Zebulon#1,375 → #976
  4. ↑ 359Travon#1,327 → #968
  5. ↑ 347Mackenzie#1,347 → #1,000
Fallers
  1. ↓ 741Trumaine#949 → #1,690
  2. ↓ 422Basil#1,000 → #1,422
  3. ↓ 240Alfonzo#1,000 → #1,240
  4. ↓ 208Jasen#804 → #1,012
  5. ↓ 205Woodrow#949 → #1,154

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1984 →