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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201970peak #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 1970

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #32 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 127 girlsAKMaine: #9 for girls · 108 births · 1 in 66 girlsMEVermont: #18 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 79 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #12 for girls · 70 births · 1 in 73 girlsNHWashington: #11 for girls · 264 births · 1 in 93 girlsWAIdaho: #25 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 119 girlsIDMontana: #12 for girls · 57 births · 1 in 76 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #14 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 85 girlsNDMinnesota: #13 for girls · 353 births · 1 in 84 girlsMNIllinois: #9 for girls · 1,128 births · 1 in 78 girlsILWisconsin: #6 for girls · 578 births · 1 in 58 girlsWIMichigan: #12 for girls · 924 births · 1 in 80 girlsMINew York: #19 for girls · 1,250 births · 1 in 113 girlsNYMassachusetts: #11 for girls · 540 births · 1 in 78 girlsMARhode Island: #13 for girls · 82 births · 1 in 78 girlsRIOregon: #13 for girls · 151 births · 1 in 95 girlsORNevada: #14 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 84 girlsNVWyoming: #7 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 54 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #22 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 110 girlsSDIowa: #12 for girls · 261 births · 1 in 80 girlsIAIndiana: #11 for girls · 570 births · 1 in 76 girlsINOhio: #8 for girls · 1,269 births · 1 in 70 girlsOHPennsylvania: #9 for girls · 1,108 births · 1 in 78 girlsPANew Jersey: #12 for girls · 553 births · 1 in 91 girlsNJConnecticut: #13 for girls · 282 births · 1 in 74 girlsCTCalifornia: #17 for girls · 1,353 births · 1 in 121 girlsCAUtah: #15 for girls · 99 births · 1 in 106 girlsUTColorado: #17 for girls · 171 births · 1 in 101 girlsCONebraska: #10 for girls · 138 births · 1 in 76 girlsNEMissouri: #10 for girls · 489 births · 1 in 73 girlsMOKentucky: #12 for girls · 334 births · 1 in 78 girlsKYWest Virginia: #16 for girls · 150 births · 1 in 85 girlsWVVirginia: #14 for girls · 409 births · 1 in 84 girlsVAMaryland: #14 for girls · 298 births · 1 in 85 girlsMDDelaware: #6 for girls · 61 births · 1 in 62 girlsDEArizona: #17 for girls · 147 births · 1 in 102 girlsAZNew Mexico: #28 for girls · 60 births · 1 in 137 girlsNMKansas: #13 for girls · 173 births · 1 in 85 girlsKSArkansas: #13 for girls · 168 births · 1 in 81 girlsARTennessee: #9 for girls · 444 births · 1 in 71 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #10 for girls · 572 births · 1 in 73 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #9 for girls · 291 births · 1 in 71 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #10 for girls · 116 births · 1 in 86 girlsDCOklahoma: #13 for girls · 200 births · 1 in 88 girlsOKLouisiana: #14 for girls · 311 births · 1 in 98 girlsLAMississippi: #11 for girls · 241 births · 1 in 78 girlsMSAlabama: #7 for girls · 425 births · 1 in 64 girlsALGeorgia: #9 for girls · 574 births · 1 in 70 girlsGAHawaii: #23 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 126 girlsHITexas: #18 for girls · 825 births · 1 in 126 girlsTXFlorida: #9 for girls · 565 births · 1 in 84 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Wisconsin#6 · 1 in 58
  2. Delaware#6 · 1 in 62
  3. Wyoming#7 · 1 in 54
  4. Alabama#7 · 1 in 64
  5. Ohio#8 · 1 in 70

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Delaware#6611 in 62
Wisconsin#65781 in 58
Alabama#74251 in 64
Wyoming#7361 in 54
Ohio#81,2691 in 70
Florida#95651 in 84
Georgia#95741 in 70
Illinois#91,1281 in 78
Maine#91081 in 66
Pennsylvania#91,1081 in 78
South Carolina#92911 in 71
Tennessee#94441 in 71
District of Columbia#101161 in 86
Missouri#104891 in 73
Nebraska#101381 in 76
North Carolina#105721 in 73
Indiana#115701 in 76
Massachusetts#115401 in 78
Mississippi#112411 in 78
Washington#112641 in 93
Iowa#122611 in 80
Kentucky#123341 in 78
Michigan#129241 in 80
Montana#12571 in 76
New Hampshire#12701 in 73
New Jersey#125531 in 91
Arkansas#131681 in 81
Connecticut#132821 in 74
Kansas#131731 in 85
Minnesota#133531 in 84
Oklahoma#132001 in 88
Oregon#131511 in 95
Rhode Island#13821 in 78
Louisiana#143111 in 98
Maryland#142981 in 85
Nevada#14351 in 84
North Dakota#14521 in 85
Virginia#144091 in 84
Utah#15991 in 106
West Virginia#161501 in 85
Arizona#171471 in 102
California#171,3531 in 121
Colorado#171711 in 101
Texas#188251 in 126
Vermont#18371 in 79
New York#191,2501 in 113
South Dakota#22391 in 110
Hawaii#23411 in 126
Idaho#25411 in 119
New Mexico#28601 in 137
Alaska#32211 in 127

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 1970

girls
#10
18,464 births · 1 in 95 girls
boys
#162
1,776 births · 1 in 1,046 boys

Top girls' names in 1970

  1. #1Jennifer46,150
  2. #2Lisa38,967
  3. #3Kimberly34,130
  4. #4Michelle34,047
  5. #5Amy25,212
  6. #6Angela24,929
  7. #7Melissa23,735
  8. #8Tammy19,587
  9. #9Mary19,204
  10. #10Tracy18,464

Top boys' names in 1970

  1. #1Michael85,266
  2. #2James61,735
  3. #3David61,728
  4. #4John58,491
  5. #5Robert57,177
  6. #6Christopher41,747
  7. #7William38,887
  8. #8Brian31,917
  9. #9Mark31,461
  10. #10Richard30,442
  11. #162Tracy1,776
More about 1970

girls

1,748,144 girls got a published name in 1970; 1 in 95 of them was named Tracy, which outranked 99.9% of the 9,355 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tracy
  1. #7Melissa23,735
  2. #8Tammy19,587
  3. #9Mary19,204
  4. #10Tracy18,464
  5. #11Julie17,158
  6. #12Karen16,699
  7. #13Laura16,490
Biggest movers since 1969
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,541Tanisha#2,515 → #974
  2. ↑ 1,194India#1,955 → #761
  3. ↑ 695Shay#1,648 → #953
  4. ↑ 685Terra#1,303 → #618
  5. ↑ 669Dyan#1,648 → #979
Fallers
  1. ↓ 385Cinnamon#698 → #1,083
  2. ↓ 306Kaye#932 → #1,238
  3. ↓ 303Luanne#990 → #1,293
  4. ↓ 273Laureen#845 → #1,118
  5. ↓ 273Lesia#965 → #1,238

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

boys

1,858,229 boys got a published name in 1970; 1 in 1,046 of them was named Tracy, which outranked 97.0% of the 5,433 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tracy
  1. #159Mario1,898
  2. #160Theodore1,829
  3. #161Daryl1,793
  4. #162Tracy1,776
  5. #163Duane1,772
  6. #164Cory1,762
  7. #165Maurice1,740
Biggest movers since 1969
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,783Jermaine#4,404 → #621
  2. ↑ 1,000Dax#1,861 → #861
  3. ↑ 842Jeramy#1,810 → #968
  4. ↑ 639Branden#1,570 → #931
  5. ↑ 407Braden#1,396 → #989
Fallers
  1. ↓ 593Jemal#549 → #1,142
  2. ↓ 307Karen#885 → #1,192
  3. ↓ 307Merlin#885 → #1,192
  4. ↓ 302Dennie#920 → #1,222
  5. ↓ 276Luciano#931 → #1,207

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

See the top 100 for 1970 →