Girls' name · since 1899
Tracie
Tracie has 32,594 recorded births since 1899 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1970 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #796 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,254 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 32,594
- born since 1899
- 1970s
- peak decade
32,594 babies have been named Tracie since 1899, making it today's #13254 girls' name.
Tracie has 32,594 recorded births among girls since 1899, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13254 as of the latest data, more common than 23% of girls, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1899 to 2025.
- #796 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,254 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 32,594 born since 1899
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tracie ranks #796 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,254 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 32,594 born since 1899, peaking in the 1970s.
- #796 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,254 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 32,594
- born since 1899
- 1970s
- peak decade
Tracie's 32,594 recorded births place it above 98.89% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Tracie compares
32,594 Top 5% higher than 95% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Tracie's all-time total is 87x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Tracie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 32,594 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 2,328 | 21 | 19,840 |
Tracie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tracie's full recorded timeline at 1981, 16% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 84% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1912, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1970 peak of 2,328 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tracie popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1899–2025
- Peak year (1970)
- 2,328
- Annual births at peak, across 127 years of records
Tracie popularity over time - boys
218 total births recorded since 1961 (Tracie as boys' name)
Tracie by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (13,795 births, 42% of the file).
1970s was Tracie's strongest decade.
13,795 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Tracie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 6
1890s
6 births
- 1900s 6
1900s
6 births
- 1910s 10
1910s
10 births
- 1920s 12
1920s
12 births
- 1940s 84
1940s
84 births
- 1950s 1,413
1950s
1,413 births
- 1960s
1960s
11,312 births
- 1970s
1970s
13,795 births
- 1980s 4,237
1980s
4,237 births
- 1990s 1,198
1990s
1,198 births
- 2000s 351
2000s
351 births
- 2010s 132
2010s
132 births
- 2020s 38
2020s
38 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 13,795 births (42% of all-time use).
How Tracie compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Tracie's total volume
Tracie by state
Where Tracie concentrates geographically, total births since 1899
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 2,661 | 8.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 2,473 | 7.6% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 2,059 | 6.3% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 1,621 | 5.0% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 1,378 | 4.2% |
| #6 | New York | | 1,347 | 4.1% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 1,328 | 4.1% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 1,237 | 3.8% |
2,661 of 32,594 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Tracie appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Tracie's data
- Tracie's decade-level peak was the 1970s (13,795 total births); usage has since declined to 38 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Tracies (2,661 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Tracie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1970)
Similar record span (~126 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1899–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Tracie draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.