Girls' name · peaked in 1970
Tracey name popularity since 1925
95,153 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Tracey (90.9% girls, 9.1% boys). Half of them were born in 1969 or earlier, so the typical Tracey is about 57 years old in 2026. Tracey peaked in 1970 as the #55 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 95,153
- Named Tracey, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #8,314 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 90.9% girls
- 86,510 girls · 8,643 boys
- Most popular in
- District of Columbia
- 1.97× its national share
Peak year is the year Tracey made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Tracey births per year, 1925–2025
1970 was the biggest year for Tracey both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1952 and 1957, Tracey became 6.9× more common, from 1 in 14,400 baby girls to 1 in 2,080.
- Steepest fall: Between 1993 and 1998, its share of baby girls fell by 65%, from 1 in 5,340 to 1 in 15,100.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Tracey's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Tracey.
Decade by decade
Babies named Tracey in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 12 | – |
| 1930s | 17 | 31 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 244 | 122 | #1,822 |
| 1950s | 5,159 | 517 | #421 |
| 1960s | 40,287 | 3,609 | #85 |
| 1970s | 28,746 | 2,662 | #117 |
| 1980s | 8,368 | 643 | #339 |
| 1990s | 2,650 | 636 | #952 |
| 2000s | 683 | 248 | #2,965 |
| 2010s | 277 | 117 | #5,816 |
| 2020–25 | 79 | 46 | #8,314 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
62.4% of babies named Tracey from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:
Where Tracey is most popular
The index compares Tracey's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Tracey.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | 1.97× | 828 |
| New Jersey | 1.75× | 4,381 |
| Maryland | 1.71× | 2,380 |
| Delaware | 1.70× | 321 |
| Pennsylvania | 1.61× | 7,431 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Tracey and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Tracey (this page) | 86,510 | 1970 |
| Tracy | 250,929 | 1970 |
| Traci | 52,173 | 1970 |
| Tracie | 32,566 | 1970 |
| Tracee | 3,413 | 1973 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Tracey's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Tracey.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Tracey (1970).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data