Tracy

#2,153 for girls in 2025, 86 births · #3,848 for boys in 2025, 28 births
Given to girls 80.3% of the time

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Peak · girls
1970 · 18,464 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
25 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
251,393
since 1884

Tracy over time

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201966peak #10, 1970peak #98, 1966girlsboys
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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#2,15386#3,84828
2024#2,43474#3,27236
2023#2,39775#3,17738
2022#2,38877#3,21637
2021#2,55868#2,81944
2020#2,30277#2,46752
2019#2,42873#3,25935
2018#2,30279#2,38555
2017#2,14489#2,49351
2016#2,09393#2,41253
2015#2,25983#2,00172
2014#1,652129#2,62246
2013#1,705122#2,18260
2012#1,719120#1,92374
2011#1,886106#1,94771
2010#1,668127#1,86877
2009#1,469158#1,97571
2008#1,334184#1,87477
2007#1,152222#1,539102
2006#1,234195#1,51999
2005#1,072222#1,58487
2004#948254#1,349108
2003#815303#1,069145
2002#823283#1,184118
2001#795297#1,035142
2000#706330#998148
1999#719314#807189
1998#665346#781200
1997#604375#692233
1996#516457#700227
1995#456557#622273
1994#396635#626279
1993#346737#599296
1992#2781,001#591302
1991#280995#536356
1990#2251,266#516364
1989#1891,465#498370
1988#1731,631#517316
1987#1391,990#500318
1986#1172,424#468342
1985#1072,652#461348
1984#913,051#490293
1983#893,158#463325
1982#883,283#450360
1981#773,869#406405
1980#564,969#373459
1979#495,389#379450
1978#475,631#335526
1977#505,756#286681
1976#376,822#252784
1975#248,509#2061,050
1974#239,286#1621,494
1973#209,913#1262,043
1972#1911,436#1112,540
1971#1314,330#1442,075
1970#1018,464#1621,776
1969#1715,108#1412,170
1968#2512,743#1112,653
1967#2911,951#993,168
1966#3112,504#983,380
1965#3611,174#1102,932
1964#4010,161#1232,840
1963#489,073#1212,929
1962#558,310#1113,337
1961#646,988#1193,187
1960#845,768#1372,581
1959#1313,370#1991,451
1958#1782,109#2121,249
1957#1831,966#2231,156
1956#2191,386#261774
1955#280936#323526
1954#348611#338445
1953#476326#387327
1952#494288#373331
1951#619193#398290
1950#643178#443225
1949#636170#431247
1948#796117#474199
1947#755129#496184
1946#84396#512157
1945#78491#492150
1944#89373#514138
1943#81690#508148
1942#92172#512142
1941#1,15142#499136
1940#1,34731#508129
1939#1,58523#547110
1938#1,80519#586100
1937#1,91417#62187
1936#2,8579#59794
1935#1,66321#64784
1934#1,91317#588101
1933#2,54011#76264
1932#2,64411#68680
1931#2,02416#77565
1930#1,81520#83261
1929#4,0536#90055
1928#2,02318#88357
1927#2,25616#72680
1926#2,56913#72278
1925#1,89121#78670
1924#2,66113#86563
1923#2,46514#85363
1922#2,02719#79471
1921#1,62527#85665
1920#1,88921#90358
1919#2,64012#81165
1918#2,02918#74375
1917#1,40228#65683
1916#1,44526#69872
1915#1,80018#87949
1914#2,00912#80243
1913#1,88311#68144
1912#1,9819#73534
1911#1,54510#79317
1910#2,1406#78215
1909#1,29011#1,4405
1908#1,04415#56620
1907#2,0615#73513
1906#1,4168#59016
1905#1,4208—
1904—#9667
1903#1,02712#7839
1902#1,3208#1,0136
1901#1,6795#63711
1900#1,7236#69913
1899#1,5965#58312
1898#92014#7449
1897#1,03710#7878
1896#87214#67411
1895#1,1239#64011
1894#1,0619#59412
1893#1,0918#47915
1892#1,1717#52515
1891#1,0068#47614
1890#87210#45816
1889#80211#48215
1888#9598#64810
1887#1,1475#54411
1886#1,1085#49114
1885#62912#54712
1884#8517#57011
1883—#7996
1882—#6529
1881——
1880—#8096
First appearance
1884

The first year at least five girls were named Tracy! It came in at #851, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1904, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Tracy is popular in 1966

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #40 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 134 girlsAKMaine: #25 for girls · 72 births · 1 in 107 girlsMEVermont: #38 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 118 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #22 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 90 girlsNHWashington: #12 for girls · 220 births · 1 in 97 girlsWAIdaho: #26 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 115 girlsIDMontana: #11 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 78 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #20 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 101 girlsNDMinnesota: #29 for girls · 238 births · 1 in 123 girlsMNIllinois: #28 for girls · 705 births · 1 in 125 girlsILWisconsin: #31 for girls · 300 births · 1 in 119 girlsWIMichigan: #25 for girls · 621 births · 1 in 118 girlsMINew York: #35 for girls · 898 births · 1 in 162 girlsNYMassachusetts: #37 for girls · 331 births · 1 in 136 girlsMARhode Island: #43 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 152 girlsRIOregon: #18 for girls · 120 births · 1 in 110 girlsORNevada: #12 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 75 girlsNVWyoming: #13 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 75 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #54 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 175 girlsSDIowa: #30 for girls · 173 births · 1 in 122 girlsIAIndiana: #23 for girls · 389 births · 1 in 108 girlsINOhio: #22 for girls · 821 births · 1 in 104 girlsOHPennsylvania: #24 for girls · 856 births · 1 in 105 girlsPANew Jersey: #31 for girls · 422 births · 1 in 122 girlsNJConnecticut: #27 for girls · 192 births · 1 in 115 girlsCTCalifornia: #23 for girls · 1,140 births · 1 in 135 girlsCAUtah: #42 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 173 girlsUTColorado: #31 for girls · 115 births · 1 in 132 girlsCONebraska: #28 for girls · 96 births · 1 in 110 girlsNEMissouri: #19 for girls · 366 births · 1 in 94 girlsMOKentucky: #31 for girls · 186 births · 1 in 133 girlsKYWest Virginia: #40 for girls · 80 births · 1 in 158 girlsWVVirginia: #28 for girls · 285 births · 1 in 120 girlsVAMaryland: #32 for girls · 223 births · 1 in 123 girlsMDDelaware: #15 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 80 girlsDEArizona: #43 for girls · 76 births · 1 in 168 girlsAZNew Mexico: #54 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 207 girlsNMKansas: #31 for girls · 110 births · 1 in 130 girlsKSArkansas: #20 for girls · 136 births · 1 in 103 girlsARTennessee: #26 for girls · 251 births · 1 in 121 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #31 for girls · 287 births · 1 in 138 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #24 for girls · 177 births · 1 in 120 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #17 for girls · 110 births · 1 in 100 girlsDCOklahoma: #26 for girls · 138 births · 1 in 113 girlsOKLouisiana: #30 for girls · 208 births · 1 in 154 girlsLAMississippi: #41 for girls · 100 births · 1 in 195 girlsMSAlabama: #22 for girls · 245 births · 1 in 113 girlsALGeorgia: #21 for girls · 372 births · 1 in 104 girlsGAHawaii: #17 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 104 girlsHITexas: #31 for girls · 570 births · 1 in 161 girlsTXFlorida: #30 for girls · 319 births · 1 in 134 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Montana#11 · 1 in 78
  2. Nevada#12 · 1 in 75
  3. Washington#12 · 1 in 97
  4. Wyoming#13 · 1 in 75
  5. Delaware#15 · 1 in 80

Best ever in a state: #6 in Wisconsin, 1970.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Montana#11581 in 78
Nevada#12391 in 75
Washington#122201 in 97
Wyoming#13231 in 75
Delaware#15471 in 80
District of Columbia#171101 in 100
Hawaii#17471 in 104
Oregon#181201 in 110
Missouri#193661 in 94
Arkansas#201361 in 103
North Dakota#20461 in 101
Georgia#213721 in 104
Alabama#222451 in 113
New Hampshire#22521 in 90
Ohio#228211 in 104
California#231,1401 in 135
Indiana#233891 in 108
Pennsylvania#248561 in 105
South Carolina#241771 in 120
Maine#25721 in 107
Michigan#256211 in 118
Idaho#26381 in 115
Oklahoma#261381 in 113
Tennessee#262511 in 121
Connecticut#271921 in 115
Illinois#287051 in 125
Nebraska#28961 in 110
Virginia#282851 in 120
Minnesota#292381 in 123
Florida#303191 in 134
Iowa#301731 in 122
Louisiana#302081 in 154
Colorado#311151 in 132
Kansas#311101 in 130
Kentucky#311861 in 133
New Jersey#314221 in 122
North Carolina#312871 in 138
Texas#315701 in 161
Wisconsin#313001 in 119
Maryland#322231 in 123
New York#358981 in 162
Massachusetts#373311 in 136
Vermont#38241 in 118
Alaska#40161 in 134
West Virginia#40801 in 158
Mississippi#411001 in 195
Utah#42511 in 173
Arizona#43761 in 168
Rhode Island#43461 in 152
New Mexico#54421 in 207
South Dakota#54271 in 175

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 Tracy
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 281 spots since 2024 (#2,434 → #2,153)
  • 149 spots since 2020 (#2,302 → #2,153)
  • 106 spots since 2015 (#2,259 → #2,153)
  • Biggest jump: 251 spots in 1896 (#1,123 → #872)
  • Biggest drop: 676 spots in 1899 (#920 → #1,596)
Rise & fade · girls
86 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1884
  • Peaked 1970 at #10 (18,464 births)
  • Births halved by 1975, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 10 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: 1 yr · 1970
  • Top 100: 25 yrs · run 1960–1984
  • Top 1,000: 70 yrs · run 1942–2004
Share of babies · girls
1 in 95
  • Highest: 1 in 95 girls born in 1970 were named Tracy (1.1%)
  • Latest: 1 in 18,689 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 41.3% of all girls named Tracy (103,780) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1954
  • Mostly boys until 1953, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s48#629 (1885)#916
1890s94#872 (1896)#1,075
1900s78#1,027 (1903)#1,442
1910s150#1,402 (1917)#1,887
1920s168#1,625 (1921)#2,346
1930s164#1,585 (1939)#2,076
1940s911#636 (1949)#894
1950s11,363#131 (1959)#357
1960s103,780#17 (1969)#43
1970s95,536#10 (1970)#29
1980s28,492#56 (1980)#113
1990s6,683#225 (1990)#449
2000s2,448#706 (2000)#1,035
2010s1,021#1,652 (2014)#1,986
2020s457#2,153 (2025)#2,372

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.

Tracy in 1966

girls
#31
12,504 births · 1 in 135 girls
boys
#98
3,380 births · 1 in 528 boys

Top girls' names in 1966

  1. #1Lisa56,918
  2. #2Kimberly32,232
  3. #3Mary28,890
  4. #4Michelle27,159
  5. #5Karen25,450
  6. #6Susan23,776
  7. #7Patricia20,112
  8. #8Tammy18,621
  9. #9Angela18,532
  10. #10Jennifer18,215
  11. #31Tracy12,504

Top boys' names in 1966

  1. #1Michael79,985
  2. #2David66,408
  3. #3James65,163
  4. #4John65,016
  5. #5Robert59,317
  6. #6William38,237
  7. #7Mark34,801
  8. #8Richard34,457
  9. #9Jeffrey30,200
  10. #10Thomas29,003
  11. #98Tracy3,380
More about 1966

girls

1,692,177 girls got a published name in 1966; 1 in 135 of them was named Tracy, which outranked 99.6% of the 7,624 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tracy
  1. #28Sharon13,063
  2. #29Teresa13,024
  3. #30Amy12,998
  4. #31Tracy12,504
  5. #32Denise11,797
  6. #33Nancy11,729
  7. #34Cheryl11,713
Biggest movers since 1965
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,121Tabatha#6,539 → #418
  2. ↑ 1,469Tabitha#1,993 → #524
  3. ↑ 1,325Joell#2,247 → #922
  4. ↑ 1,047Tatia#1,715 → #668
  5. ↑ 969Nichole#1,829 → #860
Fallers
  1. ↓ 398Barb#815 → #1,213
  2. ↓ 310Jewell#952 → #1,262
  3. ↓ 288Roxie#944 → #1,232
  4. ↓ 284Aretha#818 → #1,102
  5. ↓ 280Kecia#392 → #672

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

boys

1,783,461 boys got a published name in 1966; 1 in 528 of them was named Tracy, which outranked 97.8% of the 4,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tracy
  1. #95Darrell3,497
  2. #96Arthur3,482
  3. #97Allen3,420
  4. #98Tracy3,380
  5. #99Harold3,323
  6. #100Albert3,297
  7. #101Victor3,267
Biggest movers since 1965
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,207Jarrod#1,720 → #513
  2. ↑ 893Heath#1,254 → #361
  3. ↑ 467Illya#1,294 → #827
  4. ↑ 419Jarrett#1,294 → #875
  5. ↑ 399Reynold#1,360 → #961
Fallers
  1. ↓ 464Quint#986 → #1,450
  2. ↓ 303Dario#934 → #1,237
  3. ↓ 299Darran#1,000 → #1,299
  4. ↓ 281Artie#897 → #1,178
  5. ↓ 268Daryn#716 → #984

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

See the top 100 for 1966 →