girls:
86.5k births since 1923
#406 (93rd percentile)
boys:
8.7k births since 1915
#1270 (72nd percentile)
overall:
95.2k births since 1915
#708 (91st percentile)
The name Tracey is the #708 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 95,158 recorded births since 1915. This represents the 90.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 90.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #406 (92.9% percentile) for all time with 86,488 births since 1923. For boys, it ranks #1,270 (72.3% percentile) for all time with 8,670 births since 1915.
Tracey first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1915 (1915 for boys and 1923 for girls). Birth data for Tracey is available in 99 out of the 109 years between 1915 and 2023 (98 years for boys and 87 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Tracey has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 90.9% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 71.4% of babies named Tracey were girls. Interestingly, until around 1942, the name was more popular for boys (77.6% boys from 1915 to 1941), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (91.0% girls from 1942 to 2023).
For girls, Tracey reached its peak popularity in 1970, achieving the 93.0% percentile (ranked #55) with 3,401 births per million. The name was most common in 1970, with 3,401 births per million (ranked 93.0% percentile). Despite a low point in 2015, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for girls. Currently, Tracey ranks #937 for girls (1.1% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 0.3% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Tracey reached its peak popularity in 1967, achieving the 52.0% percentile (ranked #305) with 310 births per million. The name was most common in 1967, with 310 births per million (ranked 52.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 1991, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Tracey ranks #910 for boys (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 1.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Tracey".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Tracey is pronounced as TRAY-see, which has 2 syllables.
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