Tracey

#7,885 for girls in 2025, 13 births · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to girls 90.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1970 · 6,230 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
8 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
86,515
since 1923

Tracey over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201952peak #55, 1970peak #318, 1967girlsboys
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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#7,88513#10,6956
2024#7,25115#7,25711
2023#7,24715#10,8216
2022#7,63114#9,8237
2021#8,02413#8,8258
2020#10,2509#8,7398
2019#5,04126#6,77712
2018#7,40915#12,1565
2017#5,04526#8,1409
2016#4,42332#6,05314
2015#5,65323#5,99914
2014#3,84839#8,7818
2013#5,01327#6,60312
2012#4,60131#7,05011
2011#5,54324#5,67515
2010#4,30634#5,25117
2009#3,40948#5,10218
2008#3,85941#4,04425
2007#3,37649#4,01125
2006#3,26450#4,22322
2005#2,93555#4,63118
2004#2,24078#3,36828
2003#2,52264#3,83822
2002#1,88794#2,81733
2001#1,87293#2,86432
2000#1,588111#3,29925
1999#1,654100#2,72231
1998#1,458117#2,04046
1997#1,155160#2,06043
1996#970197#1,55264
1995#949198#1,55960
1994#866226#1,37372
1993#657339#1,25482
1992#593385#1,38267
1991#542432#1,22782
1990#491496#1,14989
1989#415596#1,18481
1988#353704#1,15476
1987#301807#1,08878
1986#318754#1,10272
1985#339694#1,22860
1984#287838#1,11066
1983#296787#1,63136
1982#272897#1,39546
1981#2391,038#1,08470
1980#2081,253#1,20458
1979#2021,312#842105
1978#1791,449#831106
1977#1801,503#714142
1976#1401,942#665152
1975#1172,378#538223
1974#1082,758#461299
1973#1022,978#374421
1972#883,407#360466
1971#744,789#413379
1970#556,230#426369
1969#655,624#401395
1968#724,931#365451
1967#784,498#318552
1966#695,127#344471
1965#854,260#415353
1964#1113,743#431342
1963#1183,700#446317
1962#1233,643#456306
1961#1512,801#516237
1960#1901,960#575185
1959#2241,410#691122
1958#286977#78690
1957#284984#81386
1956#396518#90668
1955#421443#1,41929
1954#485330#1,29234
1953#652189#1,40829
1952#794129#1,74919
1951#96193#1,55323
1950#97886#1,81517
1949#1,26552#1,50124
1948#1,18558#2,21812
1947#1,82228#1,91616
1946#1,97022#1,88415
1945#1,79522#2,24210
1944#2,19916#2,6338
1943#1,99419#2,27711
1942#1,98119#2,38610
1941#3,2528#2,33310
1940#3,1306
1939#3,7826
1938#3,8476#3,1756
1937#4,2555#3,1756
1936
1935#3,6455
1934#2,5639
1933#3,6425
1932
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1928#3,6976
1927#3,7806
1926
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1924#3,2608
1923#4,9675#3,4677
1922
1921#3,8696
1920#4,2865
1919#3,1158
1918
1917
1916#3,8975
1915#3,3926
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First appearance
1923

The first year at least five girls were named Tracey! It came in at #4,967, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1923–1937, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Tracey is popular in 1952

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Tracey, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Tracey, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Tracey, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Tracey, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Tracey, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Tracey, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Tracey, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Tracey, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Tracey, so not publishedMNIllinois: #646 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 11,751 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Tracey, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Tracey, so not publishedMINew York: #592 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 9,652 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Tracey, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Tracey, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Tracey, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Tracey, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Tracey, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Tracey, so not publishedSDIowa: #369 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,740 girlsIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Tracey, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Tracey, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #655 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 13,883 girlsPANew Jersey: #537 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,723 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Tracey, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #795 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 13,135 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Tracey, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Tracey, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Tracey, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Tracey, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Tracey, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Tracey, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Tracey, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Tracey, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Tracey, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Tracey, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Tracey, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Tracey, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Tracey, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Tracey, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Tracey, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Tracey, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Tracey, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #430 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,296 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Tracey, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Tracey, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Tracey, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Tracey, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Tracey, so not publishedHITexas: #1,024 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 17,757 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Tracey, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Iowa#369 · 1 in 4,740
  2. Oklahoma#430 · 1 in 4,296
  3. New Jersey#537 · 1 in 9,723
  4. New York#592 · 1 in 9,652
  5. Illinois#646 · 1 in 11,751

Best ever in a state: #34 in New Jersey, 1970.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Iowa#36961 in 4,740
Oklahoma#43051 in 4,296
New Jersey#53751 in 9,723
New York#592161 in 9,652
Illinois#64681 in 11,751
Pennsylvania#65581 in 13,883
California#795101 in 13,135
Texas#1,02461 in 17,757
Alabama
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Arizona
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South Dakota
Tennessee
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Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

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 Tracey
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 634 spots since 2024 (#7,251#7,885)
  • 2,365 spots since 2020 (#10,250#7,885)
  • 2,232 spots since 2015 (#5,653#7,885)
  • Biggest jump: 287 spots in 1950 (#1,265#978)
  • Biggest drop: 209 spots in 1994 (#657#866)
Rise & fade · girls
47 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1923
  • Peaked 1970 at #55 (6,230 births)
  • Births halved by 1973, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 8 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 8 yrs · run 1965–1972
  • Top 1,000: 47 yrs · run 1950–1996
Share of babies · girls
1 in 281
  • Highest: 1 in 281 girls born in 1970 were named Tracey (0.36%)
  • Latest: 1 in 123,636 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 46.6% of all girls named Tracey (40,287) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1942
  • Mostly boys until 1941, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s5#4,967 (1923)#4,967
1930s17#3,782 (1939)#3,961
1940s244#1,185 (1948)#1,940
1950s5,159#224 (1959)#548
1960s40,287#65 (1969)#106
1970s28,746#55 (1970)#125
1980s8,368#208 (1980)#303
1990s2,650#491 (1990)#934
2000s683#1,588 (2000)#2,695
2010s277#3,848 (2014)#5,088
2020s79#7,247 (2023)#8,048

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.

Tracey in 1952

girls
#794
129 births · 1 in 14,375 girls
boys
#1,749
19 births · 1 in 102,296 boys

Top girls' names in 1952

  1. #1Linda67,082
  2. #2Mary65,629
  3. #3Patricia53,101
  4. #4Deborah49,811
  5. #5Susan41,348
  6. #6Barbara39,864
  7. #7Nancy31,739
  8. #8Karen28,956
  9. #9Debra26,832
  10. #10Sandra26,097
  11. #794Tracey129

Top boys' names in 1952

  1. #1James87,065
  2. #2Robert86,588
  3. #3John83,140
  4. #4Michael79,037
  5. #5David71,752
  6. #6William63,039
  7. #7Richard58,350
  8. #8Thomas48,647
  9. #9Charles38,866
  10. #10Gary38,754
  11. #1,749Tracey19
More about 1952

girls

1,854,335 girls got a published name in 1952; 1 in 14,375 of them was named Tracey, which outranked 87.6% of the 6,389 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tracey
  1. #791Bethany130
  2. #791Elma130
  3. #791Silvia130
  4. #794Tracey129
  5. #794Angelia129
  6. #794Charla129
  7. #794Elyse129
  8. #800Aida128
  9. #800Herlinda128
  10. #800Lizabeth128

Tied with 5 names at #794; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1951
Risers
  1. 2,501Pandora#3,284#783
  2. 368Lise#1,314#946
  3. 353Vanessa#656#303
  4. 334Dorinda#1,170#836
  5. 332Mitzi#928#596
Fallers
  1. 380Rhona#988#1,368
  2. 342Sharleen#765#1,107
  3. 270Enid#908#1,178
  4. 237Allyn#988#1,225
  5. 230Sheron#908#1,138

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

boys

1,943,633 boys got a published name in 1952; 1 in 102,296 of them was named Tracey, which outranked 58.9% of the 4,257 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tracey
  1. #1,701Therman20
  2. #1,701Verle20
  3. #1,701Willy20
  4. #1,749Tracey19
  5. #1,749Alice19
  6. #1,749Arvel19
  7. #1,749Baltazar19
  8. #1,804Agapito18
  9. #1,804Alferd18
  10. #1,804Andrea18

Tied with 54 names at #1,749; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1951
Risers
  1. 753Darren#1,598#845
  2. 372Robby#1,242#870
  3. 355Cris#1,218#863
  4. 301Ethan#1,295#994
  5. 280Adan#1,150#870
Fallers
  1. 477Ottis#984#1,461
  2. 408Wayland#915#1,323
  3. 330Mcarthur#806#1,136
  4. 305Arvin#963#1,268
  5. 285Levon#881#1,166

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

See the top 100 for 1952