Tracey

Where Tracey comes from

The dictionaries list Tracey as a given name — a female given name transferred from the surname, of popular British usage, variant of Tracy — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1923
    First appearance
    #4,967 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1942
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  3. 1959
    Tracey Ullman born
    British-American actress, comedian, singer, dancer, screenwriter, producer and director
  4. 1963
    Tracey Emin born
    English sculptor, painter, and installation artist
  5. 1970
    Peak, #55
    6,230 babies named Tracey — more than any year before or since.
  6. 1973
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #102.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name transferred from the surname, of popular British usage, variant of Tracy.
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Tracey Ullman · British-American actress, comedian, singer, dancer, screenwriter, producer and director, born 1959
  • Tracey Emin · English sculptor, painter, and installation artist, born 1963
  • Tracey Adams · American pornographic film actress, born 1958
  • Tracey Walter · American actor, born 1947
  • Tracey Gold · American actress, born 1969

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.