Traci — #10364 US girls' name
52,172 babies named Traci in U.S. Social Security records since 1945, with the highest year being 1970. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 41% of names given to girls today.
40% of everyone ever named Traci was born in this single decade.
3,854 babies were named Traci in 1970 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Traci
The Social Security Administration has registered 52,172 babies named Traci between 1945 and 2024, spanning 80 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Traci currently holds the #10364 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 3,854 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Traci performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 20,676 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Traci shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5,085 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Traci in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Traci in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 52,172 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Traci at a glance
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Current rank
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Traci popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1945
- Peak year (1970)
- 3,854
- Annual births at peak — across 80 years of records
Currently ranks #10364 among girls.
52,172 total births across 80 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1970 with 3,854 births in a single year.
Traci popularity over time — boys
233 total births recorded since 1961 (Traci as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Traci accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Traci by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 20,676 births that decade — 40% of Traci's all-time total
Traci decade highlights
- Peak decade 20,676 births
- Runner-up 18,704 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Traci's strongest decade
20,676 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
Traci by state
Where Traci concentrates geographically — total births since 1945
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5,085 | 9.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 3,729 | 7.1% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 3,453 | 6.6% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 2,546 | 4.9% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 2,377 | 4.6% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 2,216 | 4.2% |
| #7 | New York | | 1,977 | 3.8% |
| #8 | Florida | | 1,732 | 3.3% |
5,085 of 52,172 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 9.7% of nationwide
- Texas 7.1% of nationwide
- Ohio 6.6% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.9% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 4.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 9.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Traci appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1945–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.