# Tracy (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/tracy/  
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 | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈtɹeɪsi/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Trace, Tray |
| Variant spellings | Tracey, Traci, Tracie, Traceigh |
| US babies named this | 312,894 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 61,501 / 251,393 (80% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 317, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A Norman baronial surname from places in France, derived from the Gallo-Roman given name Thracius which referred to Thrace + the Celtic suffix *-āko (place, property). As a female given name, it is also known as a diminutive of Theresa.

## 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 | 106 | 1,897 |
| 2012 | 120 | 1,730 |
| 2013 | 122 | 1,712 |
| 2014 | 129 | 1,659 |
| 2015 | 83 | 2,276 |
| 2016 | 93 | 2,115 |
| 2017 | 89 | 2,158 |
| 2018 | 79 | 2,326 |
| 2019 | 73 | 2,450 |
| 2020 | 77 | 2,316 |
| 2021 | 68 | 2,584 |
| 2022 | 77 | 2,401 |
| 2023 | 75 | 2,414 |
| 2024 | 74 | 2,459 |
| 2025 | 86 | 2,171 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 71 | 1,965 |
| 2012 | 74 | 1,938 |
| 2013 | 60 | 2,202 |
| 2014 | 46 | 2,656 |
| 2015 | 72 | 2,015 |
| 2016 | 53 | 2,434 |
| 2017 | 51 | 2,528 |
| 2018 | 55 | 2,414 |
| 2019 | 35 | 3,339 |
| 2020 | 52 | 2,500 |
| 2021 | 44 | 2,856 |
| 2022 | 37 | 3,271 |
| 2023 | 38 | 3,220 |
| 2024 | 36 | 3,326 |
| 2025 | 28 | 3,937 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5 | 4,012 |
| 2011 | 6 | 3,549 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,969 |
| 2013 | 5 | 4,050 |
| 2014 | 7 | 3,160 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,496 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2,502 |
| 2019 | 7 | 3,151 |
| 2020 | 10 | 2,449 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,970 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,843 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

## People named Tracy

- Tracy Chapman, American singer-songwriter (born 1964)
- Tracy Caldwell Dyson, American chemist and NASA astronaut
- Tracy Morgan, American actor and comedian
- Tracy Chevalier, American writer
- Tracy Letts, American actor and screenwriter
- Tracy Pollan, American actress
- Tracy Scoggins, American actress
- Tracy Caulkins, American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, former world record-holder, Order
- Tracy Middendorf, American actress
- Tracy Hickman, American writer and game designer
- Tracy Nelson, American actress
- Tracy Wilson, Canadian ice dancer, figure skating coach

## 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.