Meaning not yet researched.
Tracy: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 86 in 2025. Its best rank was #10 in 1970.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #10 in 1970; #2,171 in 2025. About 75% of babies named Tracy in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,171 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1970, at #10.
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Tracy: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 86 girls in 2025. Peak: #10 in 1970 · most girls in one year: 18,464 (1970).
In 2025, 86 US girls were named Tracy, making it the 2,171st most common girls’ name of the year, up 288 places from #2,459 in 2024. That is 12 more than the 74 girls named Tracy in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #10, reached in 1970. That year also had the most girls given the name: 18,464. For comparison, it was #2,276 in 2015 and #645 in 1950.
In 2025, 28 US boys were named Tracy, making it the 3,937th most common boys’ name of the year, down 611 places from #3,326 in 2024. That is 8 fewer than the 36 boys named Tracy in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #98, reached in 1966. That year also had the most boys given the name: 3,380. For comparison, it was #2,015 in 2015 and #444 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Tracy in 145 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 6 babies. In all, 312,894 US babies have been given the name, 80% of them girls and 20% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1960s, with 132,957 babies named Tracy.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 791 US girls were named Tracy; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 93. In 2025 that was about 1 in 18,689 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Tracy ranked highest in California in 2025, at #1,405 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Tracey (95,203 babies since 1880), Traci (52,406 babies since 1880), Tracie (32,812 babies since 1880) and Tracee (3,423 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Tracia, Trasi and Trayci are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Tracia (414), Trasi (6), Trayci (6), Tracei (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Tracy in the open dataset we use.
Tracy is listed as a nickname for Theresa, Tracey.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 48 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 17 | #1,405 | #2,702 |
| Florida | 10 | #1,428 | #1,463 |
| Texas | 7 | #2,897 | #1,918 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 86 | #2,171 | 28 | #3,937 |
| 2024 | 74 | #2,459 | 36 | #3,326 |
| 2023 | 75 | #2,414 | 38 | #3,220 |
| 2022 | 77 | #2,401 | 37 | #3,271 |
| 2021 | 68 | #2,584 | 44 | #2,856 |
| 2020 | 77 | #2,316 | 52 | #2,500 |
| 2019 | 73 | #2,450 | 35 | #3,339 |
| 2018 | 79 | #2,326 | 55 | #2,414 |
| 2017 | 89 | #2,158 | 51 | #2,528 |
| 2016 | 93 | #2,115 | 53 | #2,434 |
| 2015 | 83 | #2,276 | 72 | #2,015 |
| 2014 | 129 | #1,659 | 46 | #2,656 |
| 2013 | 122 | #1,712 | 60 | #2,202 |
| 2012 | 120 | #1,730 | 74 | #1,938 |
| 2011 | 106 | #1,897 | 71 | #1,965 |
| 2010 | 127 | #1,676 | 77 | #1,880 |
| 2009 | 158 | #1,477 | 71 | #1,988 |
| 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 | #1,593 |
| 2004 | 254 | #951 | 108 | #1,357 |
| 2003 | 303 | #820 | 145 | #1,073 |
| 2002 | 283 | #827 | 118 | #1,190 |
| 2001 | 297 | #796 | 142 | #1,041 |
| 2000 | 330 | #706 | 148 | #1,003 |
| 1999 | 314 | #721 | 189 | #808 |
| 1998 | 346 | #668 | 200 | #782 |
| 1997 | 375 | #605 | 233 | #692 |
| 1996 | 457 | #517 | 227 | #702 |
| 1995 | 557 | #456 | 273 | #623 |
| 1994 | 635 | #396 | 279 | #626 |
| 1993 | 737 | #346 | 296 | #602 |
| 1992 | 1,001 | #278 | 302 | #592 |
| 1991 | 995 | #280 | 356 | #537 |
| 1990 | 1,266 | #225 | 364 | #516 |
| 1989 | 1,465 | #189 | 370 | #499 |
| 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 | #348 | 445 | #338 |
| 1953 | 326 | #477 | 327 | #387 |
| 1952 | 288 | #495 | 331 | #375 |
| 1951 | 193 | #622 | 290 | #399 |
| 1950 | 178 | #645 | 225 | #444 |
| 1949 | 170 | #639 | 247 | #431 |
| 1948 | 117 | #800 | 199 | #475 |
| 1947 | 129 | #758 | 184 | #498 |
| 1946 | 96 | #848 | 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 | #3,086 | 94 | #600 |
| 1935 | 21 | #1,717 | 84 | #651 |
| 1934 | 17 | #1,995 | 101 | #589 |
| 1933 | 11 | #2,673 | 64 | #768 |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,815 | 80 | #689 |
| 1931 | 16 | #2,097 | 65 | #784 |
| 1930 | 20 | #1,865 | 61 | #840 |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,518 | 55 | #913 |
| 1928 | 18 | #2,086 | 57 | #889 |
| 1927 | 16 | #2,330 | 80 | #731 |
| 1926 | 13 | #2,698 | 78 | #725 |
| 1925 | 21 | #1,939 | 70 | #792 |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,800 | 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 | #2,798 | 65 | #817 |
| 1918 | 18 | #2,095 | 75 | #747 |
| 1917 | 28 | #1,427 | 83 | #659 |
| 1916 | 26 | #1,481 | 72 | #707 |
| 1915 | 18 | #1,878 | 49 | #891 |
| 1914 | 12 | #2,118 | 43 | #816 |
| 1913 | 11 | #2,019 | 44 | #693 |
| 1912 | 9 | #2,129 | 34 | #752 |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,646 | 17 | #820 |
| 1910 | 6 | #2,380 | 15 | #819 |
| 1909 | 11 | #1,363 | 5 | #1,665 |
| 1908 | 15 | #1,079 | 20 | #580 |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,366 | 13 | #772 |
| 1906 | 8 | #1,547 | 16 | #612 |
| 1905 | 8 | #1,524 | — | — |
| 1904 | — | — | 7 | #1,055 |
| 1903 | 12 | #1,071 | 9 | #840 |
| 1902 | 8 | #1,424 | 6 | #1,133 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,921 | 11 | #678 |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,911 | 13 | #732 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,819 | 12 | #607 |
| 1898 | 14 | #957 | 9 | #801 |
| 1897 | 10 | #1,087 | 8 | #846 |
| 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 | — | — | 6 | #880 |
| 1882 | — | — | 9 | #687 |
| 1880 | — | — | 6 | #902 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).