# Tracey (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/tracey/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈtɹeɪsi/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Trace |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 95,203 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 8,688 / 86,515 (91% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 235, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 24 | 5,714 |
| 2012 | 31 | 4,700 |
| 2013 | 27 | 5,136 |
| 2014 | 39 | 3,917 |
| 2015 | 23 | 5,816 |
| 2016 | 32 | 4,524 |
| 2017 | 26 | 5,179 |
| 2018 | 15 | 7,735 |
| 2019 | 26 | 5,151 |
| 2020 | 9 | 11,016 |
| 2021 | 13 | 8,423 |
| 2022 | 14 | 8,000 |
| 2023 | 15 | 7,603 |
| 2024 | 15 | 7,568 |
| 2025 | 13 | 8,314 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 15 | 5,919 |
| 2012 | 11 | 7,504 |
| 2013 | 12 | 6,982 |
| 2014 | 8 | 9,550 |
| 2015 | 14 | 6,290 |
| 2016 | 14 | 6,318 |
| 2017 | 9 | 8,770 |
| 2018 | 5 | 13,915 |
| 2019 | 12 | 7,132 |
| 2020 | 8 | 9,484 |
| 2021 | 8 | 9,611 |
| 2022 | 7 | 10,747 |
| 2023 | 6 | 12,112 |
| 2024 | 11 | 7,713 |
| 2025 | 6 | 11,859 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 22 | 1,072 |
| 2005 | 15 | 1,500 |
| 2006 | 17 | 1,435 |
| 2007 | 10 | 2,233 |
| 2008 | 10 | 2,292 |
| 2009 | 9 | 2,535 |
| 2010 | 6 | 3,533 |
| 2011 | 8 | 2,893 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4,838 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,609 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,985 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4,535 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,867 |

## People named Tracey

- Tracey Ullman, British actress (born 1959)
- Tracey Emin, English sculptor, painter, and installation artist (born 1963)
- Tracey Adams, American pornographic film actress
- Tracey Walter, American actor
- Tracey Gold, American actress
- Tracey Thorn, British singer (born 1962)
- Tracey E. Bregman, American actress
- Tracey Moffatt, Australian photographer, artist and filmmaker (born 1960)
- Tracey Belbin, field hockey player
- Tracey Hannah, Australian bicycle racer
- Tracey Needham, American actress
- Tracey Mann, American businessman and politician

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.