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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201961peak #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 1961

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #70 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 225 girlsAKMaine: #67 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 234 girlsMEVermont: #123 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 502 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #48 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 156 girlsNHWashington: #41 for girls · 169 births · 1 in 165 girlsWAIdaho: #32 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 129 girlsIDMontana: #37 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 138 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #58 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 198 girlsNDMinnesota: #63 for girls · 158 births · 1 in 245 girlsMNIllinois: #73 for girls · 353 births · 1 in 302 girlsILWisconsin: #89 for girls · 123 births · 1 in 359 girlsWIMichigan: #71 for girls · 312 births · 1 in 278 girlsMINew York: #83 for girls · 496 births · 1 in 339 girlsNYMassachusetts: #82 for girls · 162 births · 1 in 333 girlsMARhode Island: #78 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 305 girlsRIOregon: #42 for girls · 91 births · 1 in 171 girlsORNevada: #42 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 129 girlsNVWyoming: #31 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 108 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #73 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 295 girlsSDIowa: #52 for girls · 136 births · 1 in 208 girlsIAIndiana: #66 for girls · 198 births · 1 in 252 girlsINOhio: #59 for girls · 454 births · 1 in 230 girlsOHPennsylvania: #58 for girls · 468 births · 1 in 237 girlsPANew Jersey: #76 for girls · 198 births · 1 in 297 girlsNJConnecticut: #64 for girls · 95 births · 1 in 259 girlsCTCalifornia: #47 for girls · 869 births · 1 in 202 girlsCAUtah: #37 for girls · 68 births · 1 in 156 girlsUTColorado: #46 for girls · 98 births · 1 in 203 girlsCONebraska: #64 for girls · 59 births · 1 in 251 girlsNEMissouri: #57 for girls · 193 births · 1 in 230 girlsMOKentucky: #90 for girls · 82 births · 1 in 389 girlsKYWest Virginia: #86 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 350 girlsWVVirginia: #71 for girls · 144 births · 1 in 279 girlsVAMaryland: #109 for girls · 72 births · 1 in 421 girlsMDDelaware: #68 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 230 girlsDEArizona: #67 for girls · 57 births · 1 in 269 girlsAZNew Mexico: #121 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 412 girlsNMKansas: #57 for girls · 90 births · 1 in 226 girlsKSArkansas: #79 for girls · 59 births · 1 in 296 girlsARTennessee: #101 for girls · 79 births · 1 in 458 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #95 for girls · 112 births · 1 in 435 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #95 for girls · 61 births · 1 in 425 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #73 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 287 girlsDCOklahoma: #61 for girls · 79 births · 1 in 264 girlsOKLouisiana: #76 for girls · 125 births · 1 in 304 girlsLAMississippi: #109 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 460 girlsMSAlabama: #115 for girls · 66 births · 1 in 521 girlsALGeorgia: #78 for girls · 138 births · 1 in 323 girlsGAHawaii: #22 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 120 girlsHITexas: #74 for girls · 349 births · 1 in 320 girlsTXFlorida: #57 for girls · 202 births · 1 in 248 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Hawaii#22 · 1 in 120
  2. Wyoming#31 · 1 in 108
  3. Idaho#32 · 1 in 129
  4. Montana#37 · 1 in 138
  5. Utah#37 · 1 in 156

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Hawaii#22511 in 120
Wyoming#31271 in 108
Idaho#32491 in 129
Montana#37471 in 138
Utah#37681 in 156
Washington#411691 in 165
Nevada#42201 in 129
Oregon#42911 in 171
Colorado#46981 in 203
California#478691 in 202
New Hampshire#48361 in 156
Iowa#521361 in 208
Florida#572021 in 248
Kansas#57901 in 226
Missouri#571931 in 230
North Dakota#58331 in 198
Pennsylvania#584681 in 237
Ohio#594541 in 230
Oklahoma#61791 in 264
Minnesota#631581 in 245
Connecticut#64951 in 259
Nebraska#64591 in 251
Indiana#661981 in 252
Arizona#67571 in 269
Maine#67431 in 234
Delaware#68201 in 230
Alaska#70121 in 225
Michigan#713121 in 278
Virginia#711441 in 279
District of Columbia#73461 in 287
Illinois#733531 in 302
South Dakota#73241 in 295
Texas#743491 in 320
Louisiana#761251 in 304
New Jersey#761981 in 297
Georgia#781381 in 323
Rhode Island#78271 in 305
Arkansas#79591 in 296
Massachusetts#821621 in 333
New York#834961 in 339
West Virginia#86481 in 350
Wisconsin#891231 in 359
Kentucky#90821 in 389
North Carolina#951121 in 435
South Carolina#95611 in 425
Tennessee#101791 in 458
Maryland#109721 in 421
Mississippi#109541 in 460
Alabama#115661 in 521
New Mexico#121291 in 412
Vermont#12371 in 502

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 1961

girls
#64
6,988 births · 1 in 289 girls
boys
#119
3,187 births · 1 in 667 boys

Top girls' names in 1961

  1. #1Mary47,682
  2. #2Lisa42,720
  3. #3Susan37,532
  4. #4Linda35,597
  5. #5Karen34,707
  6. #6Patricia28,889
  7. #7Donna28,679
  8. #8Cynthia24,393
  9. #9Sandra24,153
  10. #10Deborah24,107
  11. #64Tracy6,988

Top boys' names in 1961

  1. #1Michael86,974
  2. #2David84,810
  3. #3John79,983
  4. #4James75,969
  5. #5Robert72,977
  6. #6Mark57,796
  7. #7William48,045
  8. #8Richard41,142
  9. #9Thomas37,565
  10. #10Steven32,275
  11. #119Tracy3,187
More about 1961

girls

2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 289 of them was named Tracy, which outranked 99.1% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tracy
  1. #61Wendy7,154
  2. #62Joyce6,996
  3. #63Michele6,995
  4. #64Tracy6,988
  5. #65Beth6,716
  6. #66Beverly6,708
  7. #67Valerie6,677
Biggest movers since 1960
Risers
  1. 997Corinna#1,811#814
  2. 789Sabra#1,637#848
  3. 745Velvet#1,286#541
  4. 601Johnna#1,043#442
  5. 600Damita#1,597#997
Fallers
  1. 317Sheena#980#1,297
  2. 253Lita#909#1,162
  3. 241Jannette#970#1,211
  4. 229Francisca#939#1,168
  5. 214Andra#822#1,036

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

boys

2,124,195 boys got a published name in 1961; 1 in 667 of them was named Tracy, which outranked 97.4% of the 4,657 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tracy
  1. #116Tommy3,406
  2. #117Frederick3,315
  3. #118Mitchell3,201
  4. #119Tracy3,187
  5. #120Marvin3,185
  6. #121Don3,149
  7. #122Lee3,127
Biggest movers since 1960
Risers
  1. 3,171Parrish#4,038#867
  2. 589Brook#1,252#663
  3. 467Osvaldo#1,434#967
  4. 426Shayne#1,152#726
  5. 367Pernell#1,295#928
Fallers
  1. 425Wayde#672#1,097
  2. 380Yancy#923#1,303
  3. 301Jonas#905#1,206
  4. 264Tobin#833#1,097
  5. 253Keenan#748#1,001

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

See the top 100 for 1961