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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201971peak #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 1971

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #14 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 79 girlsAKMaine: #16 for girls · 85 births · 1 in 84 girlsMEVermont: #19 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 72 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #24 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 102 girlsNHWashington: #21 for girls · 185 births · 1 in 121 girlsWAIdaho: #28 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 144 girlsIDMontana: #18 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 102 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #17 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 89 girlsNDMinnesota: #23 for girls · 246 births · 1 in 110 girlsMNIllinois: #12 for girls · 870 births · 1 in 95 girlsILWisconsin: #6 for girls · 478 births · 1 in 65 girlsWIMichigan: #13 for girls · 720 births · 1 in 96 girlsMINew York: #22 for girls · 946 births · 1 in 132 girlsNYMassachusetts: #18 for girls · 404 births · 1 in 97 girlsMARhode Island: #20 for girls · 60 births · 1 in 100 girlsRIOregon: #17 for girls · 119 births · 1 in 112 girlsORNevada: #24 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 110 girlsNVWyoming: #30 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 109 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #31 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 135 girlsSDIowa: #16 for girls · 196 births · 1 in 98 girlsIAIndiana: #17 for girls · 416 births · 1 in 99 girlsINOhio: #10 for girls · 1,027 births · 1 in 81 girlsOHPennsylvania: #17 for girls · 810 births · 1 in 99 girlsPANew Jersey: #19 for girls · 411 births · 1 in 113 girlsNJConnecticut: #14 for girls · 203 births · 1 in 91 girlsCTCalifornia: #25 for girls · 996 births · 1 in 149 girlsCAUtah: #41 for girls · 59 births · 1 in 183 girlsUTColorado: #20 for girls · 137 births · 1 in 120 girlsCONebraska: #14 for girls · 121 births · 1 in 88 girlsNEMissouri: #12 for girls · 403 births · 1 in 85 girlsMOKentucky: #14 for girls · 302 births · 1 in 86 girlsKYWest Virginia: #22 for girls · 117 births · 1 in 111 girlsWVVirginia: #19 for girls · 311 births · 1 in 106 girlsVAMaryland: #18 for girls · 242 births · 1 in 97 girlsMDDelaware: #13 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 77 girlsDEArizona: #25 for girls · 120 births · 1 in 126 girlsAZNew Mexico: #46 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 187 girlsNMKansas: #14 for girls · 141 births · 1 in 96 girlsKSArkansas: #12 for girls · 174 births · 1 in 80 girlsARTennessee: #12 for girls · 363 births · 1 in 86 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #19 for girls · 405 births · 1 in 99 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #11 for girls · 247 births · 1 in 84 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #12 for girls · 82 births · 1 in 107 girlsDCOklahoma: #15 for girls · 186 births · 1 in 95 girlsOKLouisiana: #22 for girls · 216 births · 1 in 135 girlsLAMississippi: #13 for girls · 210 births · 1 in 89 girlsMSAlabama: #11 for girls · 340 births · 1 in 78 girlsALGeorgia: #13 for girls · 393 births · 1 in 99 girlsGAHawaii: #29 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 148 girlsHITexas: #24 for girls · 634 births · 1 in 164 girlsTXFlorida: #10 for girls · 520 births · 1 in 92 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Wisconsin#6 · 1 in 65
  2. Ohio#10 · 1 in 81
  3. Florida#10 · 1 in 92
  4. Alabama#11 · 1 in 78
  5. South Carolina#11 · 1 in 84

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Wisconsin#64781 in 65
Florida#105201 in 92
Ohio#101,0271 in 81
Alabama#113401 in 78
South Carolina#112471 in 84
Arkansas#121741 in 80
District of Columbia#12821 in 107
Illinois#128701 in 95
Missouri#124031 in 85
Tennessee#123631 in 86
Delaware#13451 in 77
Georgia#133931 in 99
Michigan#137201 in 96
Mississippi#132101 in 89
Alaska#14311 in 79
Connecticut#142031 in 91
Kansas#141411 in 96
Kentucky#143021 in 86
Nebraska#141211 in 88
Oklahoma#151861 in 95
Iowa#161961 in 98
Maine#16851 in 84
Indiana#174161 in 99
North Dakota#17461 in 89
Oregon#171191 in 112
Pennsylvania#178101 in 99
Maryland#182421 in 97
Massachusetts#184041 in 97
Montana#18411 in 102
New Jersey#194111 in 113
North Carolina#194051 in 99
Vermont#19391 in 72
Virginia#193111 in 106
Colorado#201371 in 120
Rhode Island#20601 in 100
Washington#211851 in 121
Louisiana#222161 in 135
New York#229461 in 132
West Virginia#221171 in 111
Minnesota#232461 in 110
Nevada#24271 in 110
New Hampshire#24481 in 102
Texas#246341 in 164
Arizona#251201 in 126
California#259961 in 149
Idaho#28341 in 144
Hawaii#29321 in 148
Wyoming#30161 in 109
South Dakota#31311 in 135
Utah#41591 in 183
New Mexico#46451 in 187

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 1971

girls
#13
14,330 births · 1 in 116 girls
boys
#144
2,075 births · 1 in 852 boys

Top girls' names in 1971

  1. #1Jennifer56,771
  2. #2Michelle33,160
  3. #3Lisa32,907
  4. #4Kimberly30,708
  5. #5Amy26,237
  6. #6Angela25,901
  7. #7Melissa23,875
  8. #8Tammy17,656
  9. #9Mary16,703
  10. #10Julie15,322
  11. #13Tracy14,330

Top boys' names in 1971

  1. #1Michael77,577
  2. #2James54,597
  3. #3David53,113
  4. #4John51,512
  5. #5Robert50,634
  6. #6Christopher48,225
  7. #7William35,413
  8. #8Jason34,173
  9. #9Brian32,624
  10. #10Scott30,901
  11. #144Tracy2,075
More about 1971

girls

1,663,823 girls got a published name in 1971; 1 in 116 of them was named Tracy, which outranked 99.9% of the 9,645 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tracy
  1. #10Julie15,322
  2. #11Stephanie15,135
  3. #12Heather15,017
  4. #13Tracy14,330
  5. #14Dawn14,288
  6. #15Karen14,214
  7. #16Laura13,875
Biggest movers since 1970
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,115Yesenia#2,522 → #407
  2. ↑ 1,431Shayla#2,267 → #836
  3. ↑ 853Ebony#1,681 → #828
  4. ↑ 749Consuela#1,706 → #957
  5. ↑ 510Candida#1,196 → #686
Fallers
  1. ↓ 572Sebrina#916 → #1,488
  2. ↓ 382Janene#684 → #1,066
  3. ↓ 375Treena#989 → #1,364
  4. ↓ 356Tisa#910 → #1,266
  5. ↓ 351Shaun#929 → #1,280

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

boys

1,768,447 boys got a published name in 1971; 1 in 852 of them was named Tracy, which outranked 97.5% of the 5,655 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tracy
  1. #141Reginald2,115
  2. #141Tyrone2,115
  3. #143Ernest2,101
  4. #144Tracy2,075
  5. #145Eugene2,059
  6. #146Leonard2,035
  7. #147Eddie2,025
Biggest movers since 1970
Risers
  1. ↑ 754Germaine#1,582 → #828
  2. ↑ 626Jeramie#1,546 → #920
  3. ↑ 512Jeremey#1,396 → #884
  4. ↑ 473Jarod#1,337 → #864
  5. ↑ 454Jamel#1,374 → #920
Fallers
  1. ↓ 328Adolph#926 → #1,254
  2. ↓ 272Dwane#1,000 → #1,272
  3. ↓ 266Bronson#861 → #1,127
  4. ↓ 244Mitch#921 → #1,165
  5. ↓ 242Enrico#839 → #1,081

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

See the top 100 for 1971 →