Tracy

Where Tracy comes from

A Norman baronial surname from places in France, derived from the Gallo-Roman given name Thracius which referred to Thrace + the Celtic suffix *-āko (place, property). As a female given name, it is also known as a diminutive of Theresa.
— Wiktionary's entry for Tracy
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Tracy through the years
  1. 1884
    First appearance
    #851 among girls with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1954
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  3. 1962
    Tracy Austin born
    US tennis player
  4. 1964
    Tracy Chapman born
    American singer-songwriter
  5. 1970
    Peak, #10
    18,464 babies named Tracy, the most in any year.
  6. 1975
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #24.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname, of occasional 19th century and later usage.
  • A female given name transferred from the surname, popular in the 1960s and 1970s.
Namesakes
  • Tracy Chapman · American singer-songwriter, born 1964
  • Tracy Austin · US tennis player, born 1962
  • Tracy McGrady · American basketball player, born 1979
  • Tracy Caldwell Dyson · American chemist and NASA astronaut, born 1969
  • Tracy Morgan · American actor and comedian, born 1968

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.