Traci

Where Traci comes from

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

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1945
    First appearance
    #3,676 among girls, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1968
    Traci Bingham born
    American actress
  3. 1968
    Traci Lords born
    American pornographic actress
  4. 1970
    Peak, #100
    3,854 babies named Traci — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1975
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #155.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name transferred from the surname, variant of Tracy.
Namesakes
  • Traci Lords · American pornographic actress, born 1968
  • Traci Bingham · American actress, born 1968
  • Traci Dinwiddie · American actress, born 1973
  • Traci Braxton · American singer and media personality, 1971–2022
  • Traci Lind · American actress, born 1968

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.