How Many People Are Named Tracey?

86,354

people named Tracey are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 3,957 people in the US has this name

Based on 95,203 babies named Tracey in Social Security records from 1915 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#617

💎 Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#322

See the top 100

Peak Year

1970

6,599 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English
Pronunciation: TRAY-see
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

Variant of TRACY.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Same Sound, Other Spellings

These names are pronounced like Tracey in English. Counting Tracey and these spellings together, about 365,705 people alive in the US have the name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
91.4%
Male
8.6%

Of the babies given the name Tracey, 91.4% were girls and 8.6% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1940s: 66.7% of the babies were girls then and 63.2% in the 2020s.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Tracey alive today is about 54 years old, and 70% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 50 and 60 in 2025.

Under 30 2,180
2.5%
30 to 59 60,406
70%
60 and over 23,768
27.5%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Tracey first appears in the records in 1915 and was given most often in 1970, to 6,599 babies. In 2025, 19 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1915 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Tracey never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #55, in 1970, and it was in the top 100 for 8 years, 1965 to 1972. In 2025 it ranked #8,312.

Girls
Rank in 2025#8,312
Best rank#55 (1970)
Years in the top 1008 (1965 to 1972)
Rank in its biggest decade#98 in the 1960s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Tracey alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Tracey were born in New York than in any other state: about 7,733 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Tracey was given 1.7 times as often in Maryland, 1.6 times in New Jersey and 1.5 times in District of Columbia.

New York 7,733
Pennsylvania 6,729
California 5,400
Ohio 4,742
Michigan 4,520
Illinois 4,320
New Jersey 3,974
Texas 3,822
Massachusetts 2,624
Florida 2,603
Virginia 2,576
Georgia 2,354
North Carolina 2,341
Maryland 2,176
Indiana 2,104
Tennessee 1,877
Alabama 1,685
Missouri 1,613
Louisiana 1,517
Wisconsin 1,440
Connecticut 1,429
Kentucky 1,260
South Carolina 1,161
Mississippi 1,045
Minnesota 927
Washington 894
Oklahoma 792
Iowa 786
District of Columbia 745
Colorado 655
Oregon 599
Arkansas 555
Arizona 491
West Virginia 489
Kansas 473
Rhode Island 459
Nebraska 395
Maine 386
Delaware 291
New Hampshire 290
Hawaii 223
Utah 215
New Mexico 195
Montana 176
North Dakota 166
South Dakota 143
Vermont 138
Nevada 98
Idaho 97
Alaska 47
Wyoming 46

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