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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201956peak #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
1931
1930
1929
1928#3,6976
1927#3,7806
1926
1925
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 1956

  • 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: #295 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,203 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Tracey, so not publishedIDMontana: #189 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 857 girlsMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Tracey, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #414 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,295 girlsMNIllinois: #492 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 6,171 girlsILWisconsin: #392 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,247 girlsWIMichigan: #412 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 4,700 girlsMINew York: #282 for girls · 77 births · 1 in 2,140 girlsNYMassachusetts: #404 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 7,407 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Tracey, so not publishedRIOregon: #190 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 949 girlsORNevada: 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: #303 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,829 girlsIAIndiana: #372 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,884 girlsINOhio: #427 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 5,113 girlsOHPennsylvania: #340 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 3,618 girlsPANew Jersey: #304 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 3,062 girlsNJConnecticut: #240 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,962 girlsCTCalifornia: #327 for girls · 65 births · 1 in 2,406 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Tracey, so not publishedUTColorado: #275 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,875 girlsCONebraska: #266 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,807 girlsNEMissouri: #438 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,976 girlsMOKentucky: #333 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,050 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Tracey, so not publishedWVVirginia: #378 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,757 girlsVAMaryland: #418 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,912 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Tracey, so not publishedDEArizona: #350 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,153 girlsAZNew 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: #565 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,680 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #612 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 8,629 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #385 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,214 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #308 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,253 girlsDCOklahoma: #425 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,716 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: #469 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 5,190 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Tracey, so not publishedHITexas: #547 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 5,219 girlsTXFlorida: #311 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 2,263 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Montana#189 · 1 in 857
  2. Oregon#190 · 1 in 949
  3. Connecticut#240 · 1 in 1,962
  4. Nebraska#266 · 1 in 1,807
  5. Colorado#275 · 1 in 1,875

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Montana#18981 in 857
Oregon#190171 in 949
Connecticut#240121 in 1,962
Nebraska#26681 in 1,807
Colorado#275101 in 1,875
New York#282771 in 2,140
Washington#295131 in 2,203
Iowa#303101 in 2,829
New Jersey#304181 in 3,062
District of Columbia#30861 in 2,253
Florida#311191 in 2,263
California#327651 in 2,406
Kentucky#333111 in 3,050
Pennsylvania#340321 in 3,618
Arizona#35061 in 2,153
Indiana#372131 in 3,884
Virginia#378111 in 3,757
South Carolina#38591 in 3,214
Wisconsin#39281 in 5,247
Massachusetts#40471 in 7,407
Michigan#412201 in 4,700
Minnesota#41471 in 5,295
Maryland#41861 in 4,912
Oklahoma#42561 in 3,716
Ohio#427211 in 5,113
Missouri#43891 in 4,976
Georgia#46991 in 5,190
Illinois#492171 in 6,171
Texas#547221 in 5,219
Tennessee#56551 in 7,680
North Carolina#61261 in 8,629
Alabama
Alaska
Arkansas
Delaware
Hawaii
Idaho
Kansas
Louisiana
Maine
Mississippi
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Mexico
North Dakota
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Utah
Vermont
West Virginia
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 1956

girls
#396
518 births · 1 in 3,876 girls
boys
#906
68 births · 1 in 31,107 boys

Top girls' names in 1956

  1. #1Mary61,741
  2. #2Debra48,324
  3. #3Linda48,084
  4. #4Deborah47,834
  5. #5Susan46,558
  6. #6Patricia43,329
  7. #7Karen40,052
  8. #8Cynthia32,339
  9. #9Barbara32,302
  10. #10Donna29,852
  11. #396Tracey518

Top boys' names in 1956

  1. #1Michael90,691
  2. #2James84,897
  3. #3Robert83,924
  4. #4David81,652
  5. #5John80,804
  6. #6William58,991
  7. #7Richard52,915
  8. #8Mark48,828
  9. #9Thomas44,836
  10. #10Steven38,413
  11. #906Tracey68
More about 1956

girls

2,007,703 girls got a published name in 1956; 1 in 3,876 of them was named Tracey, which outranked 94.3% of the 6,891 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tracey
  1. #393Margarita522
  2. #394Leona521
  3. #395Lola520
  4. #396Tracey518
  5. #396Bessie518
  6. #398Lenora515
  7. #399Corinne512
  8. #399Margo512

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

Biggest movers since 1955
Risers
  1. 993Sheena#1,839#846
  2. 770Glendora#1,733#963
  3. 684Leesa#1,209#525
  4. 543Marisa#1,074#531
  5. 537Dani#1,383#846
Fallers
  1. 513Sheilah#663#1,176
  2. 481Jeryl#768#1,249
  3. 344Jacalyn#496#840
  4. 325Roni#536#861
  5. 314Florine#984#1,298

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

boys

2,115,302 boys got a published name in 1956; 1 in 31,107 of them was named Tracey, which outranked 79.7% of the 4,455 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tracey
  1. #897Michal69
  2. #897Sydney69
  3. #897Tab69
  4. #906Tracey68
  5. #906Bertram68
  6. #906Leander68
  7. #906Timmothy68
  8. #910Cris67
  9. #910Enoch67
  10. #910Gerold67

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

Biggest movers since 1955
Risers
  1. 1,847Jace#2,764#917
  2. 678Rich#1,572#894
  3. 590Broderick#1,273#683
  4. 559Elvis#921#362
  5. 513Tracey#1,419#906
Fallers
  1. 351Adolphus#906#1,257
  2. 336Randolf#949#1,285
  3. 279Cordell#792#1,071
  4. 272Rudolfo#885#1,157
  5. 269Aurelio#949#1,218

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

See the top 100 for 1956