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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201977peak #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 1977

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #41 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 151 girlsAKMaine: #79 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 328 girlsMEVermont: #61 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 233 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #57 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 227 girlsNHWashington: #69 for girls · 70 births · 1 in 325 girlsWAIdaho: #48 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 196 girlsIDMontana: #81 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 333 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #46 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 178 girlsNDMinnesota: #42 for girls · 138 births · 1 in 188 girlsMNIllinois: #37 for girls · 368 births · 1 in 197 girlsILWisconsin: #27 for girls · 225 births · 1 in 129 girlsWIMichigan: #40 for girls · 266 births · 1 in 215 girlsMINew York: #46 for girls · 402 births · 1 in 253 girlsNYMassachusetts: #42 for girls · 148 births · 1 in 199 girlsMARhode Island: #44 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 158 girlsRIOregon: #62 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 283 girlsORNevada: #53 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 204 girlsNVWyoming: #52 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 198 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #35 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 139 girlsSDIowa: #40 for girls · 97 births · 1 in 195 girlsIAIndiana: #42 for girls · 178 births · 1 in 198 girlsINOhio: #41 for girls · 365 births · 1 in 192 girlsOHPennsylvania: #44 for girls · 323 births · 1 in 206 girlsPANew Jersey: #54 for girls · 146 births · 1 in 251 girlsNJConnecticut: #54 for girls · 57 births · 1 in 250 girlsCTCalifornia: #68 for girls · 405 births · 1 in 369 girlsCAUtah: #101 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 432 girlsUTColorado: #68 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 316 girlsCONebraska: #63 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 258 girlsNEMissouri: #40 for girls · 160 births · 1 in 194 girlsMOKentucky: #34 for girls · 150 births · 1 in 164 girlsKYWest Virginia: #36 for girls · 75 births · 1 in 164 girlsWVVirginia: #35 for girls · 155 births · 1 in 182 girlsVAMaryland: #58 for girls · 68 births · 1 in 271 girlsMDDelaware: #79 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 279 girlsDEArizona: #65 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 313 girlsAZNew Mexico: #116 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 474 girlsNMKansas: #67 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 294 girlsKSArkansas: #41 for girls · 71 births · 1 in 183 girlsARTennessee: #47 for girls · 124 births · 1 in 226 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #32 for girls · 188 births · 1 in 176 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #52 for girls · 78 births · 1 in 225 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #63 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 224 girlsDCOklahoma: #59 for girls · 62 births · 1 in 273 girlsOKLouisiana: #66 for girls · 95 births · 1 in 295 girlsLAMississippi: #47 for girls · 77 births · 1 in 205 girlsMSAlabama: #44 for girls · 114 births · 1 in 202 girlsALGeorgia: #61 for girls · 119 births · 1 in 276 girlsGAHawaii: #57 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 259 girlsHITexas: #70 for girls · 289 births · 1 in 348 girlsTXFlorida: #46 for girls · 175 births · 1 in 247 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Wisconsin#27 · 1 in 129
  2. North Carolina#32 · 1 in 176
  3. Kentucky#34 · 1 in 164
  4. South Dakota#35 · 1 in 139
  5. Virginia#35 · 1 in 182

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Wisconsin#272251 in 129
North Carolina#321881 in 176
Kentucky#341501 in 164
South Dakota#35311 in 139
Virginia#351551 in 182
West Virginia#36751 in 164
Illinois#373681 in 197
Iowa#40971 in 195
Michigan#402661 in 215
Missouri#401601 in 194
Alaska#41161 in 151
Arkansas#41711 in 183
Ohio#413651 in 192
Indiana#421781 in 198
Massachusetts#421481 in 199
Minnesota#421381 in 188
Alabama#441141 in 202
Pennsylvania#443231 in 206
Rhode Island#44281 in 158
Florida#461751 in 247
New York#464021 in 253
North Dakota#46251 in 178
Mississippi#47771 in 205
Tennessee#471241 in 226
Idaho#48321 in 196
South Carolina#52781 in 225
Wyoming#52121 in 198
Nevada#53151 in 204
Connecticut#54571 in 250
New Jersey#541461 in 251
Hawaii#57181 in 259
New Hampshire#57201 in 227
Maryland#58681 in 271
Oklahoma#59621 in 273
Georgia#611191 in 276
Vermont#61101 in 233
Oregon#62521 in 283
District of Columbia#63271 in 224
Nebraska#63391 in 258
Arizona#65511 in 313
Louisiana#66951 in 295
Kansas#67461 in 294
California#684051 in 369
Colorado#68541 in 316
Washington#69701 in 325
Texas#702891 in 348
Delaware#79101 in 279
Maine#79181 in 328
Montana#81131 in 333
Utah#101341 in 432
New Mexico#116171 in 474

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 1977

girls
#50
5,756 births · 1 in 266 girls
boys
#286
681 births · 1 in 2,413 boys

Top girls' names in 1977

  1. #1Jennifer58,964
  2. #2Melissa26,879
  3. #3Amy26,729
  4. #4Jessica24,846
  5. #5Heather23,773
  6. #6Angela20,998
  7. #7Michelle19,540
  8. #8Kimberly18,286
  9. #9Amanda18,278
  10. #10Kelly18,234
  11. #50Tracy5,756

Top boys' names in 1977

  1. #1Michael67,587
  2. #2Jason55,631
  3. #3Christopher46,721
  4. #4David40,515
  5. #5James40,040
  6. #6Robert34,214
  7. #7John34,195
  8. #8Brian32,492
  9. #9Matthew31,965
  10. #10Joseph26,483
  11. #286Tracy681
More about 1977

girls

1,533,146 girls got a published name in 1977; 1 in 266 of them was named Tracy, which outranked 99.6% of the 11,329 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tracy
  1. #47Patricia5,903
  2. #48Cynthia5,782
  3. #49Wendy5,764
  4. #50Tracy5,756
  5. #51Brandy5,477
  6. #52Holly5,463
  7. #53Melanie5,373
Biggest movers since 1976
Risers
  1. 1,746Shawnte#2,486#740
  2. 1,077Jacklyn#2,060#983
  3. 775Talia#1,482#707
  4. 605Haley#1,047#442
  5. 576Raven#1,154#578
Fallers
  1. 1,033Liberty#543#1,576
  2. 464Luciana#545#1,009
  3. 441Danyel#999#1,440
  4. 428Chaka#897#1,325
  5. 322Catina#861#1,183

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

boys

1,643,220 boys got a published name in 1977; 1 in 2,413 of them was named Tracy, which outranked 95.8% of the 6,861 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tracy
  1. #283Marshall686
  2. #284Cesar684
  3. #285Noah683
  4. #286Tracy681
  5. #287Alberto680
  6. #287Austin680
  7. #289Abraham677
Biggest movers since 1976
Risers
  1. 5,102Lavar#5,587#485
  2. 4,753Kinte#5,587#834
  3. 969Jedidiah#1,873#904
  4. 811Conor#1,748#937
  5. 704Amin#1,608#904
Fallers
  1. 427Jerimy#963#1,390
  2. 322Demetrios#990#1,312
  3. 246Nakia#790#1,036
  4. 244Baron#977#1,221
  5. 235Hakim#878#1,113

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

See the top 100 for 1977