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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201974peak #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 1974

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #16 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 87 girlsAKMaine: #21 for girls · 55 births · 1 in 105 girlsMEVermont: #25 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 105 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #28 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 120 girlsNHWashington: #38 for girls · 103 births · 1 in 191 girlsWAIdaho: #29 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 154 girlsIDMontana: #18 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 99 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #21 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 95 girlsNDMinnesota: #24 for girls · 190 births · 1 in 125 girlsMNIllinois: #20 for girls · 555 births · 1 in 126 girlsILWisconsin: #16 for girls · 293 births · 1 in 94 girlsWIMichigan: #17 for girls · 483 births · 1 in 118 girlsMINew York: #31 for girls · 601 births · 1 in 172 girlsNYMassachusetts: #25 for girls · 234 births · 1 in 131 girlsMARhode Island: #17 for girls · 53 births · 1 in 84 girlsRIOregon: #34 for girls · 77 births · 1 in 169 girlsORNevada: #21 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 90 girlsNVWyoming: #23 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 95 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #41 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 146 girlsSDIowa: #23 for girls · 134 births · 1 in 126 girlsIAIndiana: #21 for girls · 281 births · 1 in 124 girlsINOhio: #19 for girls · 582 births · 1 in 120 girlsOHPennsylvania: #25 for girls · 513 births · 1 in 130 girlsPANew Jersey: #31 for girls · 223 births · 1 in 169 girlsNJConnecticut: #25 for girls · 103 births · 1 in 138 girlsCTCalifornia: #39 for girls · 582 births · 1 in 235 girlsCAUtah: #37 for girls · 64 births · 1 in 183 girlsUTColorado: #37 for girls · 90 births · 1 in 174 girlsCONebraska: #22 for girls · 79 births · 1 in 119 girlsNEMissouri: #17 for girls · 282 births · 1 in 105 girlsMOKentucky: #17 for girls · 222 births · 1 in 103 girlsKYWest Virginia: #24 for girls · 87 births · 1 in 128 girlsWVVirginia: #21 for girls · 234 births · 1 in 119 girlsVAMaryland: #24 for girls · 133 births · 1 in 139 girlsMDDelaware: #17 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 85 girlsDEArizona: #43 for girls · 75 births · 1 in 205 girlsAZNew Mexico: #62 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 258 girlsNMKansas: #27 for girls · 81 births · 1 in 149 girlsKSArkansas: #16 for girls · 124 births · 1 in 103 girlsARTennessee: #19 for girls · 251 births · 1 in 110 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #19 for girls · 330 births · 1 in 103 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #25 for girls · 134 births · 1 in 131 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #26 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 146 girlsDCOklahoma: #30 for girls · 107 births · 1 in 148 girlsOKLouisiana: #30 for girls · 152 births · 1 in 163 girlsLAMississippi: #12 for girls · 150 births · 1 in 107 girlsMSAlabama: #16 for girls · 212 births · 1 in 106 girlsALGeorgia: #21 for girls · 254 births · 1 in 130 girlsGAHawaii: #43 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 187 girlsHITexas: #38 for girls · 421 births · 1 in 227 girlsTXFlorida: #19 for girls · 347 births · 1 in 126 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Mississippi#12 · 1 in 107
  2. Alaska#16 · 1 in 87
  3. Wisconsin#16 · 1 in 94
  4. Arkansas#16 · 1 in 103
  5. Alabama#16 · 1 in 106

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#121501 in 107
Alabama#162121 in 106
Alaska#16221 in 87
Arkansas#161241 in 103
Wisconsin#162931 in 94
Delaware#17321 in 85
Kentucky#172221 in 103
Michigan#174831 in 118
Missouri#172821 in 105
Rhode Island#17531 in 84
Montana#18411 in 99
Florida#193471 in 126
North Carolina#193301 in 103
Ohio#195821 in 120
Tennessee#192511 in 110
Illinois#205551 in 126
Georgia#212541 in 130
Indiana#212811 in 124
Maine#21551 in 105
Nevada#21281 in 90
North Dakota#21411 in 95
Virginia#212341 in 119
Nebraska#22791 in 119
Iowa#231341 in 126
Wyoming#23191 in 95
Maryland#241331 in 139
Minnesota#241901 in 125
West Virginia#24871 in 128
Connecticut#251031 in 138
Massachusetts#252341 in 131
Pennsylvania#255131 in 130
South Carolina#251341 in 131
Vermont#25211 in 105
District of Columbia#26401 in 146
Kansas#27811 in 149
New Hampshire#28361 in 120
Idaho#29341 in 154
Louisiana#301521 in 163
Oklahoma#301071 in 148
New Jersey#312231 in 169
New York#316011 in 172
Oregon#34771 in 169
Colorado#37901 in 174
Utah#37641 in 183
Texas#384211 in 227
Washington#381031 in 191
California#395821 in 235
South Dakota#41271 in 146
Arizona#43751 in 205
Hawaii#43241 in 187
New Mexico#62301 in 258

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 1974

girls
#23
9,286 births · 1 in 158 girls
boys
#162
1,494 births · 1 in 1,052 boys

Top girls' names in 1974

  1. #1Jennifer63,107
  2. #2Amy29,566
  3. #3Michelle25,826
  4. #4Heather23,179
  5. #5Angela22,803
  6. #6Kimberly22,427
  7. #7Melissa22,166
  8. #8Lisa19,778
  9. #9Stephanie16,984
  10. #10Rebecca15,163
  11. #23Tracy9,286

Top boys' names in 1974

  1. #1Michael67,534
  2. #2Jason54,756
  3. #3Christopher48,585
  4. #4David41,786
  5. #5James41,334
  6. #6John37,612
  7. #7Robert37,005
  8. #8Brian34,449
  9. #9Matthew27,194
  10. #10William26,980
  11. #162Tracy1,494
More about 1974

girls

1,467,534 girls got a published name in 1974; 1 in 158 of them was named Tracy, which outranked 99.8% of the 10,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tracy
  1. #20Sarah9,788
  2. #21Laura9,716
  3. #22Dawn9,417
  4. #23Tracy9,286
  5. #24Tammy9,238
  6. #25Tina8,668
  7. #26Karen8,643
Biggest movers since 1973
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,440Nakia#6,666 → #226
  2. ↑ 5,329Nikia#6,080 → #751
  3. ↑ 1,994Luciana#2,914 → #920
  4. ↑ 1,556Cortney#2,349 → #793
  5. ↑ 1,213Nia#1,885 → #672
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,251Contina#962 → #2,213
  2. ↓ 396Pam#990 → #1,386
  3. ↓ 376Tracee#536 → #912
  4. ↓ 364Cher#760 → #1,124
  5. ↓ 314Richard#904 → #1,218

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

boys

1,572,334 boys got a published name in 1974; 1 in 1,052 of them was named Tracy, which outranked 97.3% of the 6,004 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. #159Lance1,527
  2. #160Francisco1,512
  3. #160Roberto1,512
  4. #162Tracy1,494
  5. #163Marvin1,486
  6. #164Leonard1,468
  7. #165Wesley1,467
Biggest movers since 1973
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,544Rashad#4,505 → #961
  2. ↑ 844Telly#1,312 → #468
  3. ↑ 398Jabari#1,312 → #914
  4. ↑ 356Ahmad#1,123 → #767
  5. ↑ 356Toma#1,238 → #882
Fallers
  1. ↓ 383Parrish#987 → #1,370
  2. ↓ 378Fredric#957 → #1,335
  3. ↓ 346Jory#753 → #1,099
  4. ↓ 301Vidal#834 → #1,135
  5. ↓ 277Pat#847 → #1,124

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

See the top 100 for 1974 →