Traci
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- Origin
- French
Traci is a girls' name of French origin, meaning “domain of Thracius”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Traci mean?
French: spelling of Tracy; English surname from Tracy in Normandy
“domain of Thracius”
From a surname brought to England by Normans from Tracy in Normandy; Tracy Lord is the heroine of The Philadelphia Story.
Meaning borrowed from Tracy. More on Wiktionary.
Is Traci a girl's or a boy's name?
Traci is a girls' name.
How popular is Traci in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1970, with 3,854 girls. It first appears in the records in 1945.
Half of all the girls named Traci in the US since 1880 were born between 1967 and 1978, the years shaded on the chart below.
Traci in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 25 | #5,315 |
| 2012 | 27 | #5,112 |
| 2011 | 23 | #5,725 |
| 2010 | 25 | #5,412 |
| 2009 | 26 | #5,377 |
| 2008 | 26 | #5,431 |
| 2007 | 40 | #3,917 |
| 2006 | 44 | #3,563 |
| 2005 | 42 | #3,505 |
| 2004 | 49 | #3,123 |
| 2003 | 55 | #2,797 |
| 2002 | 85 | #2,025 |
| 2001 | 68 | #2,327 |
| 2000 | 72 | #2,186 |
| 1999 | 106 | #1,578 |
| 1998 | 109 | #1,531 |
| 1997 | 145 | #1,230 |
| 1996 | 141 | #1,236 |
| 1995 | 178 | #1,020 |
| 1994 | 245 | #823 |
| 1993 | 269 | #763 |
| 1992 | 339 | #660 |
| 1991 | 364 | #619 |
| 1990 | 517 | #474 |
| 1989 | 574 | #430 |
| 1988 | 653 | #368 |
| 1987 | 820 | #296 |
| 1986 | 868 | #282 |
| 1985 | 801 | #302 |
| 1984 | 909 | #266 |
| 1983 | 845 | #277 |
| 1982 | 921 | #268 |
| 1981 | 948 | #263 |
| 1980 | 1,131 | #226 |
| 1979 | 1,217 | #214 |
| 1978 | 1,218 | #211 |
| 1977 | 1,233 | #206 |
| 1976 | 1,421 | #181 |
| 1975 | 1,740 | #155 |
| 1974 | 2,006 | #140 |
| 1973 | 2,259 | #127 |
| 1972 | 2,609 | #121 |
| 1971 | 3,118 | #116 |
| 1970 | 3,854 | #100 |
| 1969 | 3,129 | #112 |
| 1968 | 2,557 | #127 |
| 1967 | 2,444 | #143 |
| 1966 | 2,657 | #137 |
| 1965 | 2,081 | #168 |
| 1964 | 1,832 | #199 |
| 1963 | 1,301 | #243 |
| 1962 | 1,150 | #262 |
| 1961 | 878 | #314 |
| 1960 | 674 | #371 |
| 1959 | 387 | #496 |
| 1958 | 265 | #611 |
| 1957 | 226 | #654 |
| 1956 | 101 | #1,015 |
| 1955 | 65 | #1,252 |
| 1954 | 48 | #1,443 |
| 1953 | 19 | #2,430 |
| 1952 | 11 | #3,371 |
| 1951 | 14 | #2,809 |
| 1950 | 8 | #3,960 |
| 1949 | 11 | #3,175 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 6 | #4,762 |
| 1946 | 7 | #3,993 |
| 1945 | 7 | #3,674 |
Nicknames for Traci
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Names like Traci
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Traci
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Traci: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/traci, updated 20 October 2026.