Tracy
Tracy is given to both girls and boys: 86 girls and 28 boys were given it in 2025 (#2,171 among girls’ names and #3,936 among boys’, #3,248 among all names counting both); 312,894 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026). Girls have outnumbered boys among babies named Tracy every year since 1954.
An estimated 278,000 Americans named Tracy and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (89% of everyone recorded); the median is 56 years old and half are between 50 and 61.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Tracy by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Tracy mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Tracy is “a female given name transferred from the surname, popular in the 1960s and 1970s.”
Also “a male given name transferred from the surname, of occasional 19th century and later usage.”
A Norman baronial surname from places in France, derived from the Gallo-Roman given name Thracius which referred to Thrace + the Celtic suffix *-āko (place, property). As a female given name, it is also known as a diminutive of Theresa.
/ˈtɹeɪsi/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Tracy?
#2,171 among girls’ names, 2025
Tracy rose from #2,276 in 2015 to #2,171 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 46.5 to 53.5 per million.
20,240 babies in 1970, the peak
Tracy peaked in 1970, when 20,240 babies were given it (18,464 girls, #10 among girls’ names). The 114 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are under 1% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 86 | #2,171 | 28 | #3,936 |
| 2024 | 74 | #2,459 | 36 | #3,324 |
| 2023 | 75 | #2,414 | 38 | #3,218 |
| 2022 | 77 | #2,401 | 37 | #3,269 |
| 2021 | 68 | #2,584 | 44 | #2,855 |
| 2020 | 77 | #2,316 | 52 | #2,499 |
| 2019 | 73 | #2,450 | 35 | #3,336 |
| 2018 | 79 | #2,326 | 55 | #2,413 |
| 2017 | 89 | #2,158 | 51 | #2,527 |
| 2016 | 93 | #2,115 | 53 | #2,434 |
Every recorded year (145)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 83 | #2,276 | 72 | #2,015 |
| 2014 | 129 | #1,659 | 46 | #2,654 |
| 2013 | 122 | #1,712 | 60 | #2,201 |
| 2012 | 120 | #1,730 | 74 | #1,937 |
| 2011 | 106 | #1,897 | 71 | #1,964 |
| 2010 | 127 | #1,676 | 77 | #1,879 |
| 2009 | 158 | #1,477 | 71 | #1,987 |
| 2008 | 184 | #1,338 | 77 | #1,895 |
| 2007 | 222 | #1,156 | 102 | #1,549 |
| 2006 | 195 | #1,239 | 99 | #1,525 |
| 2005 | 222 | #1,073 | 87 | #1,591 |
| 2004 | 254 | #951 | 108 | #1,355 |
| 2003 | 303 | #820 | 145 | #1,072 |
| 2002 | 283 | #827 | 118 | #1,188 |
| 2001 | 297 | #796 | 142 | #1,040 |
| 2000 | 330 | #706 | 148 | #1,001 |
| 1999 | 314 | #720 | 189 | #806 |
| 1998 | 346 | #668 | 200 | #781 |
| 1997 | 375 | #605 | 233 | #691 |
| 1996 | 457 | #517 | 227 | #701 |
| 1995 | 557 | #456 | 273 | #622 |
| 1994 | 635 | #396 | 279 | #625 |
| 1993 | 737 | #346 | 296 | #601 |
| 1992 | 1,001 | #278 | 302 | #590 |
| 1991 | 995 | #280 | 356 | #537 |
| 1990 | 1,266 | #225 | 364 | #515 |
| 1989 | 1,465 | #189 | 370 | #498 |
| 1988 | 1,631 | #173 | 316 | #517 |
| 1987 | 1,990 | #139 | 318 | #501 |
| 1986 | 2,424 | #117 | 342 | #468 |
| 1985 | 2,652 | #107 | 348 | #462 |
| 1984 | 3,051 | #91 | 293 | #491 |
| 1983 | 3,158 | #89 | 325 | #464 |
| 1982 | 3,283 | #88 | 360 | #452 |
| 1981 | 3,869 | #77 | 405 | #408 |
| 1980 | 4,969 | #56 | 459 | #375 |
| 1979 | 5,389 | #49 | 450 | #379 |
| 1978 | 5,631 | #47 | 526 | #335 |
| 1977 | 5,756 | #50 | 681 | #286 |
| 1976 | 6,822 | #37 | 784 | #252 |
| 1975 | 8,509 | #24 | 1,050 | #206 |
| 1974 | 9,286 | #23 | 1,494 | #162 |
| 1973 | 9,913 | #20 | 2,043 | #126 |
| 1972 | 11,436 | #19 | 2,540 | #111 |
| 1971 | 14,330 | #13 | 2,075 | #144 |
| 1970 | 18,464 | #10 | 1,776 | #162 |
| 1969 | 15,108 | #17 | 2,170 | #141 |
| 1968 | 12,743 | #25 | 2,653 | #111 |
| 1967 | 11,951 | #29 | 3,168 | #99 |
| 1966 | 12,504 | #31 | 3,380 | #98 |
| 1965 | 11,174 | #36 | 2,932 | #110 |
| 1964 | 10,161 | #40 | 2,840 | #123 |
| 1963 | 9,073 | #48 | 2,929 | #121 |
| 1962 | 8,310 | #55 | 3,337 | #111 |
| 1961 | 6,988 | #64 | 3,187 | #119 |
| 1960 | 5,768 | #84 | 2,581 | #137 |
| 1959 | 3,370 | #131 | 1,451 | #199 |
| 1958 | 2,109 | #178 | 1,249 | #212 |
| 1957 | 1,966 | #183 | 1,156 | #223 |
| 1956 | 1,386 | #219 | 774 | #261 |
| 1955 | 936 | #280 | 526 | #323 |
| 1954 | 611 | #347 | 445 | #337 |
| 1953 | 326 | #476 | 327 | #386 |
| 1952 | 288 | #494 | 331 | #374 |
| 1951 | 193 | #621 | 290 | #398 |
| 1950 | 178 | #644 | 225 | #443 |
| 1949 | 170 | #638 | 247 | #430 |
| 1948 | 117 | #799 | 199 | #475 |
| 1947 | 129 | #757 | 184 | #498 |
| 1946 | 96 | #847 | 157 | #512 |
| 1945 | 91 | #789 | 150 | #492 |
| 1944 | 73 | #899 | 138 | #518 |
| 1943 | 90 | #823 | 148 | #511 |
| 1942 | 72 | #926 | 142 | #517 |
| 1941 | 42 | #1,162 | 136 | #504 |
| 1940 | 31 | #1,372 | 129 | #509 |
| 1939 | 23 | #1,634 | 110 | #550 |
| 1938 | 19 | #1,868 | 100 | #589 |
| 1937 | 17 | #1,992 | 87 | #630 |
| 1936 | 9 | #3,084 | 94 | #600 |
| 1935 | 21 | #1,717 | 84 | #651 |
| 1934 | 17 | #1,994 | 101 | #589 |
| 1933 | 11 | #2,672 | 64 | #768 |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,813 | 80 | #689 |
| 1931 | 16 | #2,096 | 65 | #784 |
| 1930 | 20 | #1,864 | 61 | #840 |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,516 | 55 | #913 |
| 1928 | 18 | #2,085 | 57 | #889 |
| 1927 | 16 | #2,329 | 80 | #731 |
| 1926 | 13 | #2,697 | 78 | #725 |
| 1925 | 21 | #1,938 | 70 | #792 |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,799 | 63 | #869 |
| 1923 | 14 | #2,581 | 63 | #859 |
| 1922 | 19 | #2,095 | 71 | #800 |
| 1921 | 27 | #1,665 | 65 | #866 |
| 1920 | 21 | #1,942 | 58 | #909 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,797 | 65 | #817 |
| 1918 | 18 | #2,094 | 75 | #747 |
| 1917 | 28 | #1,427 | 83 | #659 |
| 1916 | 26 | #1,481 | 72 | #707 |
| 1915 | 18 | #1,877 | 49 | #891 |
| 1914 | 12 | #2,118 | 43 | #816 |
| 1913 | 11 | #2,019 | 44 | #693 |
| 1912 | 9 | #2,128 | 34 | #752 |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,646 | 17 | #819 |
| 1910 | 6 | #2,380 | 15 | #819 |
| 1909 | 11 | #1,363 | 5 | #1,664 |
| 1908 | 15 | #1,079 | 20 | #580 |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,365 | 13 | #772 |
| 1906 | 8 | #1,547 | 16 | #612 |
| 1905 | 8 | #1,523 | under 5 | |
| 1904 | under 5 | 7 | #1,055 | |
| 1903 | 12 | #1,071 | 9 | #840 |
| 1902 | 8 | #1,424 | 6 | #1,132 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,920 | 11 | #678 |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,910 | 13 | #731 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,818 | 12 | #607 |
| 1898 | 14 | #957 | 9 | #800 |
| 1897 | 10 | #1,087 | 8 | #845 |
| 1896 | 14 | #900 | 11 | #720 |
| 1895 | 9 | #1,197 | 11 | #678 |
| 1894 | 9 | #1,125 | 12 | #626 |
| 1893 | 8 | #1,163 | 15 | #504 |
| 1892 | 7 | #1,267 | 15 | #542 |
| 1891 | 8 | #1,087 | 14 | #494 |
| 1890 | 10 | #935 | 16 | #484 |
| 1889 | 11 | #837 | 15 | #495 |
| 1888 | 8 | #1,029 | 10 | #699 |
| 1887 | 5 | #1,294 | 11 | #579 |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,272 | 14 | #509 |
| 1885 | 12 | #654 | 12 | #575 |
| 1884 | 7 | #923 | 11 | #605 |
| 1883 | under 5 | 6 | #879 | |
| 1882 | under 5 | 9 | #687 | |
| 1880 | under 5 | 6 | #902 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Tracy a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 312,894 Americans recorded as Tracy, 80% are girls and 20% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Tracy: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Tracy, and how old are they?
278,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 89% of the 312,894 Americans ever recorded as Tracy. The median Tracy alive today is 56 years old; half are between 50 and 61.
The 2020 Census counted 268,037 people named Tracy (224,215 women and girls, 43,822 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 286,438 born in the U.S. The Census count is 6% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 671 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 60,900 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 176,000 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 33,100 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 5,700 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,720 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Tracy born?
The states with the most babies named Tracy are California, New York and Ohio, with 21% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 28,024 | #1,405 | 0.9× |
| New York | 19,554 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Ohio | 17,672 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Texas | 17,502 | #2,897 | 0.8× |
| Illinois | 16,372 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Pennsylvania | 15,519 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Michigan | 13,508 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Florida | 10,216 | #1,428 | 1.0× |
| North Carolina | 9,508 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Georgia | 9,162 | not ranked | 1.1× |
Where Tracy is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Tracy is most over-represented in North Carolina: since 1910 it was given 1.1 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Tracy with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 7 names spelled alike, given to 498,238 babies since 1880, Tracy is the most given (63% of them). In 2025 it was given to 114 of their 139 babies (82%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
More about Tracy and names like it
- Compare Tracy and TraceyBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sTracy peaked in 1970.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Tracy since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Tracy: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1970The year the most babies were named Tracy.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Tracy alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with TMost given first.