Tracy
Girl · TRAY-see · French
Tracy is a girls' name of French origin, meaning “domain of Thracius”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 2,153rd for girls in the US (86 babies).
What does Tracy mean?
French: 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.
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Is Tracy a girl's or a boy's name?
Tracy is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 86 girls and 28 boys in the US.
How popular is Tracy in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Tracy, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 39 girls.
Half of all the girls named Tracy in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1964 (#11) and 1974 (#27).
Tracy in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,652 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 12 | #2,328 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,618 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 14 | #1,957 |
| 2008 | 12 | #2,156 |
| 2007 | 20 | #1,421 |
| 2006 | 19 | #1,418 |
| 2005 | 20 | #1,280 |
| 2004 | 25 | #1,048 |
| 2003 | 13 | #1,649 |
| 2002 | 8 | #2,231 |
| 2001 | 16 | #1,325 |
| 2000 | 10 | #1,792 |
| 1999 | 12 | #1,576 |
| 1998 | 14 | #1,417 |
| 1997 | 33 | #788 |
| 1996 | 39 | #674 |
How popular is Tracy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,153among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 86about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 86 girls in the US were named Tracy, making it the 2,153rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,302nd. Its busiest year was 1970, with 18,464 girls. It first appears in the records in 1884. 28 boys were also named Tracy in 2025 (3,847th for boys).
2025 had more girls named Tracy than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Tracy in the US since 1880 were born between 1965 and 1975, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 105 girls in the US were given Tracy or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,637, up from #2,153 for this spelling alone.
In 1908, 43% of the babies named Tracy in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 75%, with more girls than boys since 1954.
Tracy in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 86 | #2,153 |
| 2024 | 74 | #2,434 |
| 2023 | 75 | #2,397 |
| 2022 | 77 | #2,388 |
| 2021 | 68 | #2,558 |
| 2020 | 77 | #2,302 |
| 2019 | 73 | #2,428 |
| 2018 | 79 | #2,302 |
| 2017 | 89 | #2,144 |
| 2016 | 93 | #2,093 |
| 2015 | 83 | #2,259 |
| 2014 | 129 | #1,652 |
| 2013 | 122 | #1,705 |
| 2012 | 120 | #1,719 |
| 2011 | 106 | #1,886 |
| 2010 | 127 | #1,668 |
| 2009 | 158 | #1,469 |
| 2008 | 184 | #1,334 |
| 2007 | 222 | #1,152 |
| 2006 | 195 | #1,234 |
| 2005 | 222 | #1,072 |
| 2004 | 254 | #948 |
| 2003 | 303 | #815 |
| 2002 | 283 | #823 |
| 2001 | 297 | #795 |
| 2000 | 330 | #706 |
| 1999 | 314 | #718 |
| 1998 | 346 | #665 |
| 1997 | 375 | #604 |
| 1996 | 457 | #516 |
| 1995 | 557 | #456 |
| 1994 | 635 | #396 |
| 1993 | 737 | #346 |
| 1992 | 1,001 | #278 |
| 1991 | 995 | #280 |
| 1990 | 1,266 | #225 |
| 1989 | 1,465 | #189 |
| 1988 | 1,631 | #173 |
| 1987 | 1,990 | #139 |
| 1986 | 2,424 | #117 |
| 1985 | 2,652 | #107 |
| 1984 | 3,051 | #91 |
| 1983 | 3,158 | #89 |
| 1982 | 3,283 | #88 |
| 1981 | 3,869 | #77 |
| 1980 | 4,969 | #56 |
| 1979 | 5,389 | #49 |
| 1978 | 5,631 | #47 |
| 1977 | 5,756 | #50 |
| 1976 | 6,822 | #37 |
| 1975 | 8,509 | #24 |
| 1974 | 9,286 | #23 |
| 1973 | 9,913 | #20 |
| 1972 | 11,436 | #19 |
| 1971 | 14,330 | #13 |
| 1970 | 18,464 | #10 |
| 1969 | 15,108 | #17 |
| 1968 | 12,743 | #25 |
| 1967 | 11,951 | #29 |
| 1966 | 12,504 | #31 |
| 1965 | 11,174 | #36 |
| 1964 | 10,161 | #40 |
| 1963 | 9,073 | #48 |
| 1962 | 8,310 | #55 |
| 1961 | 6,988 | #64 |
| 1960 | 5,768 | #84 |
| 1959 | 3,370 | #131 |
| 1958 | 2,109 | #178 |
| 1957 | 1,966 | #183 |
| 1956 | 1,386 | #219 |
| 1955 | 936 | #280 |
| 1954 | 611 | #347 |
| 1953 | 326 | #475 |
| 1952 | 288 | #493 |
| 1951 | 193 | #618 |
| 1950 | 178 | #642 |
| 1949 | 170 | #635 |
| 1948 | 117 | #795 |
| 1947 | 129 | #754 |
| 1946 | 96 | #842 |
| 1945 | 91 | #784 |
| 1944 | 73 | #893 |
| 1943 | 90 | #816 |
| 1942 | 72 | #921 |
| 1941 | 42 | #1,151 |
| 1940 | 31 | #1,347 |
| 1939 | 23 | #1,585 |
| 1938 | 19 | #1,805 |
| 1937 | 17 | #1,914 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 1935 | 21 | #1,663 |
| 1934 | 17 | #1,913 |
| 1933 | 11 | #2,539 |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,642 |
| 1931 | 16 | #2,023 |
| 1930 | 20 | #1,814 |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,051 |
| 1928 | 18 | #2,022 |
| 1927 | 16 | #2,255 |
| 1926 | 13 | #2,568 |
| 1925 | 21 | #1,890 |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,660 |
| 1923 | 14 | #2,465 |
| 1922 | 19 | #2,027 |
| 1921 | 27 | #1,625 |
| 1920 | 21 | #1,889 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,639 |
| 1918 | 18 | #2,028 |
| 1917 | 28 | #1,402 |
| 1916 | 26 | #1,445 |
| 1915 | 18 | #1,799 |
| 1914 | 12 | #2,009 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,883 |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,980 |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,545 |
| 1910 | 6 | #2,140 |
| 1909 | 11 | #1,290 |
| 1908 | 15 | #1,044 |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,060 |
| 1906 | 8 | #1,416 |
| 1905 | 8 | #1,419 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 12 | #1,027 |
| 1902 | 8 | #1,320 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,678 |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,722 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,595 |
| 1898 | 14 | #920 |
| 1897 | 10 | #1,037 |
| 1896 | 14 | #872 |
| 1895 | 9 | #1,123 |
| 1894 | 9 | #1,061 |
| 1893 | 8 | #1,091 |
| 1892 | 7 | #1,171 |
| 1891 | 8 | #1,006 |
| 1890 | 10 | #872 |
| 1889 | 11 | #802 |
| 1888 | 8 | #959 |
| 1887 | 5 | #1,147 |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,108 |
| 1885 | 12 | #629 |
| 1884 | 7 | #851 |
Nicknames for Tracy
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