girls:
251.2k births since 1884
#161 (97th percentile)
boys:
61.4k births since 1880
#428 (91st percentile)
overall:
312.7k births since 1880
#244 (97th percentile)
The name Tracy is the #244 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 312,659 recorded births since 1880. This represents the 96.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 96.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #161 (97.2% percentile) for all time with 251,226 births since 1884. For boys, it ranks #428 (90.7% percentile) for all time with 61,433 births since 1880.
Tracy has appeared in U.S. birth records since the beginning of our dataset in 1880 (since 1880 for boys and since 1884 for girls). Birth data for Tracy is available in 143 out of the 144 years between 1880 and 2023 (142 years for boys and 139 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 Tracy has been given predominantly to girls, with 80.4% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 66.4% of babies named Tracy were girls. Interestingly, until around 1955, the name was more popular for boys (63.4% boys from 1880 to 1954), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (81.6% girls from 1955 to 2023).
For girls, Tracy reached its peak popularity in 1970, achieving the 98.8% percentile (ranked #10) with 10,080 births per million. The name was most common in 1970, with 10,080 births per million (ranked 98.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 1972, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Tracy ranks #877 for girls (7.4% percentile) with 43 births per million, which is 0.4% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Tracy reached its peak popularity in 1966, achieving the 85.1% percentile (ranked #96) with 1,859 births per million. The name was most common in 1966, with 1,859 births per million (ranked 85.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 1989, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Tracy ranks #878 for boys (3.6% percentile) with 21 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 "Tracy".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Tracy. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Tracy is pronounced as TRAY-see, which has 2 syllables.
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