Tracy
Girl nameTracy has been given to 312,894 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1970.
Meaning & origin /ˈtɹeɪsi/
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.
Origin: surnames
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025
Total babies
312,894
Peak year
1970 (20,240 babies)
Rank in 2025
Below top 1000
First recorded
1880
10-year trend
▼ -26%
Gender split
80% girls / 20% boys
Famous people named Tracy
Woody Harrelson
American actor
Tracy Chapman
American singer-songwriter
Tracy Austin
US tennis player
Ice-T
American rapper and actor (born 1958)
Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).
Names with a similar vibe
Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Tracy.
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