Mostly girls · peaked in 1970
Tracy name popularity since 1925
311,296 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Tracy (80.6% girls, 19.4% boys). Half of them were born in 1970 or earlier, so the typical Tracy is about 56 years old in 2026. Tracy peaked in 1970 as the #10 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 311,296
- Named Tracy, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,171 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 80.6% girls
- 250,929 girls · 60,367 boys
- Most popular in
- Wyoming
- 1.32× its national share
Peak year is the year Tracy 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.
Tracy births per year, 1925–2025
1970 was the biggest year for Tracy both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1951 and 1956, Tracy became 6.4× more common, from 1 in 9,330 baby girls to 1 in 1,450.
- Steepest fall: Between 1986 and 1991, its share of baby girls fell by 62%, from 1 in 708 to 1 in 1,880.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Tracy's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Tracy.
Decade by decade
Babies named Tracy 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 | 74 | 340 | – |
| 1930s | 164 | 846 | #1,717 |
| 1940s | 911 | 1,630 | #789 |
| 1950s | 11,363 | 6,774 | #280 |
| 1960s | 103,780 | 29,177 | #36 |
| 1970s | 95,536 | 13,419 | #24 |
| 1980s | 28,492 | 3,536 | #107 |
| 1990s | 6,683 | 2,719 | #456 |
| 2000s | 2,448 | 1,097 | #1,073 |
| 2010s | 1,021 | 594 | #2,276 |
| 2020–25 | 457 | 235 | #2,171 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
61.7% of babies named Tracy from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:
Where Tracy is most popular
The index compares Tracy'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 Tracy.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Wyoming | 1.32× | 549 |
| Montana | 1.29× | 1,165 |
| Wisconsin | 1.28× | 7,790 |
| North Dakota | 1.26× | 1,219 |
| Ohio | 1.25× | 17,672 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Tracy 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tracy (this page) | 250,929 | 1970 |
| Tracey | 86,510 | 1970 |
| Traci | 52,173 | 1970 |
| Tracie | 32,566 | 1970 |
| Tracee | 3,413 | 1973 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Tracy's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Tracy.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Tracy (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