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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201980peak #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 1980

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #60 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 236 girlsAKMaine: #81 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 356 girlsMEVermont: #40 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 147 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #66 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 252 girlsNHWashington: #78 for girls · 71 births · 1 in 378 girlsWAIdaho: #104 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 431 girlsIDMontana: #115 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 469 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #60 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 236 girlsNDMinnesota: #51 for girls · 133 births · 1 in 219 girlsMNIllinois: #50 for girls · 280 births · 1 in 276 girlsILWisconsin: #40 for girls · 174 births · 1 in 181 girlsWIMichigan: #58 for girls · 206 births · 1 in 293 girlsMINew York: #48 for girls · 364 births · 1 in 274 girlsNYMassachusetts: #58 for girls · 115 births · 1 in 272 girlsMARhode Island: #40 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 157 girlsRIOregon: #57 for girls · 63 births · 1 in 275 girlsORNevada: #96 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 379 girlsNVWyoming: #93 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 357 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #60 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 260 girlsSDIowa: #60 for girls · 74 births · 1 in 271 girlsIAIndiana: #64 for girls · 116 births · 1 in 319 girlsINOhio: #54 for girls · 262 births · 1 in 280 girlsOHPennsylvania: #65 for girls · 231 births · 1 in 299 girlsPANew Jersey: #57 for girls · 132 births · 1 in 282 girlsNJConnecticut: #59 for girls · 61 births · 1 in 244 girlsCTCalifornia: #84 for girls · 414 births · 1 in 420 girlsCAUtah: #145 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 658 girlsUTColorado: #70 for girls · 60 births · 1 in 328 girlsCONebraska: #75 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 336 girlsNEMissouri: #51 for girls · 137 births · 1 in 244 girlsMOKentucky: #41 for girls · 127 births · 1 in 196 girlsKYWest Virginia: #54 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 255 girlsWVVirginia: #48 for girls · 122 births · 1 in 244 girlsVAMaryland: #78 for girls · 53 births · 1 in 381 girlsMDDelaware: #43 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 161 girlsDEArizona: #97 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 448 girlsAZNew Mexico: #54 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 245 girlsNMKansas: #79 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 360 girlsKSArkansas: #64 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 287 girlsARTennessee: #39 for girls · 141 births · 1 in 202 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #48 for girls · 145 births · 1 in 229 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #44 for girls · 81 births · 1 in 221 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #83 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 312 girlsDCOklahoma: #59 for girls · 66 births · 1 in 292 girlsOKLouisiana: #61 for girls · 104 births · 1 in 295 girlsLAMississippi: #44 for girls · 80 births · 1 in 205 girlsMSAlabama: #50 for girls · 97 births · 1 in 237 girlsALGeorgia: #83 for girls · 90 births · 1 in 392 girlsGAHawaii: #74 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 315 girlsHITexas: #77 for girls · 282 births · 1 in 425 girlsTXFlorida: #56 for girls · 180 births · 1 in 287 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Tennessee#39 · 1 in 202
  2. Vermont#40 · 1 in 147
  3. Rhode Island#40 · 1 in 157
  4. Wisconsin#40 · 1 in 181
  5. Kentucky#41 · 1 in 196

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Tennessee#391411 in 202
Rhode Island#40291 in 157
Vermont#40181 in 147
Wisconsin#401741 in 181
Kentucky#411271 in 196
Delaware#43191 in 161
Mississippi#44801 in 205
South Carolina#44811 in 221
New York#483641 in 274
North Carolina#481451 in 229
Virginia#481221 in 244
Alabama#50971 in 237
Illinois#502801 in 276
Minnesota#511331 in 219
Missouri#511371 in 244
New Mexico#54381 in 245
Ohio#542621 in 280
West Virginia#54471 in 255
Florida#561801 in 287
New Jersey#571321 in 282
Oregon#57631 in 275
Massachusetts#581151 in 272
Michigan#582061 in 293
Connecticut#59611 in 244
Oklahoma#59661 in 292
Alaska#60121 in 236
Iowa#60741 in 271
North Dakota#60201 in 236
South Dakota#60181 in 260
Louisiana#611041 in 295
Arkansas#64471 in 287
Indiana#641161 in 319
Pennsylvania#652311 in 299
New Hampshire#66211 in 252
Colorado#70601 in 328
Hawaii#74161 in 315
Nebraska#75321 in 336
Texas#772821 in 425
Maryland#78531 in 381
Washington#78711 in 378
Kansas#79421 in 360
Maine#81171 in 356
District of Columbia#83181 in 312
Georgia#83901 in 392
California#844141 in 420
Wyoming#9391 in 357
Nevada#96111 in 379
Arizona#97431 in 448
Idaho#104161 in 431
Montana#115101 in 469
Utah#145251 in 658

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 1980

girls
#56
4,969 births · 1 in 334 girls
boys
#373
459 births · 1 in 3,887 boys

Top girls' names in 1980

  1. #1Jennifer58,374
  2. #2Amanda35,811
  3. #3Jessica33,924
  4. #4Melissa31,629
  5. #5Sarah25,757
  6. #6Heather19,973
  7. #7Nicole19,917
  8. #8Amy19,833
  9. #9Elizabeth19,529
  10. #10Michelle19,119
  11. #56Tracy4,969

Top boys' names in 1980

  1. #1Michael68,683
  2. #2Christopher49,079
  3. #3Jason48,164
  4. #4David41,891
  5. #5James39,312
  6. #6Matthew37,834
  7. #7Joshua36,052
  8. #8John35,274
  9. #9Robert34,266
  10. #10Joseph30,185
  11. #373Tracy459
More about 1980

girls

1,660,307 girls got a published name in 1980; 1 in 334 of them was named Tracy, which outranked 99.5% of the 12,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tracy
  1. #53Stacy5,057
  2. #54Karen5,055
  3. #55Anna5,038
  4. #56Tracy4,969
  5. #57Brooke4,951
  6. #58Samantha4,913
  7. #59Allison4,868
Biggest movers since 1979
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,510Renada#2,218 → #708
  2. ↑ 1,173Tai#2,112 → #939
  3. ↑ 1,036Anya#1,592 → #556
  4. ↑ 601Chimere#1,503 → #902
  5. ↑ 517Brynn#1,442 → #925
Fallers
  1. ↓ 529Marlana#989 → #1,518
  2. ↓ 494Kizzy#647 → #1,141
  3. ↓ 369January#748 → #1,117
  4. ↓ 361Carisa#836 → #1,197
  5. ↓ 328Latonia#841 → #1,169

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

boys

1,783,951 boys got a published name in 1980; 1 in 3,887 of them was named Tracy, which outranked 94.9% of the 7,293 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tracy
  1. #370Lester466
  2. #371Josh461
  3. #372Simon460
  4. #373Tracy459
  5. #373Kareem459
  6. #373Rolando459
  7. #376Noel458
  8. #377Jackie457
  9. #377Jamar457

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1979
Risers
  1. ↑ 381Gideon#1,370 → #989
  2. ↑ 296Bo#864 → #568
  3. ↑ 270Anson#1,137 → #867
  4. ↑ 266Dustan#1,255 → #989
  5. ↑ 255Dusty#614 → #359
Fallers
  1. ↓ 366Harris#991 → #1,357
  2. ↓ 362Tracey#842 → #1,204
  3. ↓ 331Jevon#780 → #1,111
  4. ↓ 321Kennith#937 → #1,258
  5. ↓ 267Levar#644 → #911

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

See the top 100 for 1980 →