How Many People Are Named Tracy?
people named Tracy are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,223 people in the US has this name
Based on 312,894 babies named Tracy in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
20,240 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an English surname which was taken from a Norman French place name meaning "domain belonging to THRACIUS". Charles Dickens used it for a male character in his novel 'The Pickwick Papers' (1837). It was later popularized as a feminine name by the main character Tracy Lord in the movie 'The Philadelphia Story' (1940). This name is also sometimes used as a diminutive of THERESA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Tracy in English. Counting Tracy and these spellings together, about 365,705 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Tracy, 82.3% were girls and 17.7% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Tracy rose from 33.8% in the 1880s to 66% in the 2020s. It was highest in the 1980s, at 89%.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Tracy alive today is about 54 years old, and 70% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 49 and 60 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Tracy first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1970, to 20,240 babies. In 2025, 114 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Tracy reached #10 among girls' names in 1970, and was in the top 10 in 1970. In 2025 it ranked #2,171. Among boys, its best rank was #98, in 1966.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,171 | #3,936 |
| Best rank | #10 (1970) | #98 (1966) |
| Years in the top 10 | 1 | None |
| Years in the top 100 | 25 (1960 to 1984) | 2 (1966 to 1967) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #39 in the 1960s | #118 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Tracy alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Tracy were born in California than in any other state: about 25,171 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Tracy was given about 1.3 times as often in Arkansas, Montana and North Dakota.
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