Unisex name · since 1884
Tracy
Tracy has 251,393 recorded births since 1884 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1970 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #163 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,154 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 251,393
- born since 1884
- 1960s
- peak decade
Tracy currently ranks #2154 among unisex names in America, with 251,393 babies recorded since 1884.
Tracy has 251,393 recorded births among girls since 1884, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2154 as of the latest data, more common than 88% of girls, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1884 to 2025.
- #163 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,154 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 251,393 born since 1884
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tracy ranks #163 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,154 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 251,393 born since 1884, peaking in the 1960s.
- #163 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,154 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 251,393
- born since 1884
- 1960s
- peak decade
Tracy's 251,393 recorded births place it above 99.77% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Tracy compares
251,393 Top 1% higher than 99% 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
Tracy's all-time total is 669x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Tracy | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 251,393 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 18,464 | 21 | 19,840 |
Tracy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tracy's full recorded timeline at 1955, 99% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 1% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1886, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1970 peak of 18,464 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tracy popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1884–2025
- Peak year (1970)
- 18,464
- Annual births at peak, across 142 years of records
Tracy popularity over time - boys
61,501 total births recorded since 1880 (Tracy as boys' name)
Tracy by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (103,780 births, 41% of the file).
1960s was Tracy's strongest decade.
103,780 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Tracy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 48
1880s
48 births
- 1890s 94
1890s
94 births
- 1900s 78
1900s
78 births
- 1910s 150
1910s
150 births
- 1920s 168
1920s
168 births
- 1930s 164
1930s
164 births
- 1940s 911
1940s
911 births
- 1950s 11,363
1950s
11,363 births
- 1960s
1960s
103,780 births
- 1970s
1970s
95,536 births
- 1980s 28,492
1980s
28,492 births
- 1990s 6,683
1990s
6,683 births
- 2000s 2,448
2000s
2,448 births
- 2010s 1,021
2010s
1,021 births
- 2020s 457
2020s
457 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 103,780 births (41% of all-time use).
How Tracy 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 Tracy's total volume
Tracy by state
Where Tracy concentrates geographically, total births since 1884
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 23,785 | 9.5% |
| #2 | New York | | 17,372 | 6.9% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 14,971 | 6.0% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 13,990 | 5.6% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 13,931 | 5.5% |
| #6 | Texas | | 12,691 | 5.0% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 11,612 | 4.6% |
| #8 | Florida | | 8,194 | 3.3% |
23,785 of 251,393 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Tracy appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Tracy's data
- Tracy's decade-level peak was the 1960s (103,780 total births); usage has since declined to 457 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Tracys (23,785 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 Tracy: 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 (~141 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, 1884–2025 (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 Tracy 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.