Is Tracy a boy or girl name?
Tracy is used for both, more often for girls in the US. In 2024, 74 girls and 36 boys were named Tracy, so 67.3% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 80.3% of the 312,774 US babies named Tracy were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #3,313
- Girl rank, 2024
- #2,453
- Babies named Tracy since 1880
- 312,774
- Most popular year
- 1970
- 20,242 babies
Boys and girls named Tracy, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 94 | 48 | 33.8% |
| 1890s | 123 | 94 | 43.3% |
| 1900s | 100 | 78 | 43.8% |
| 1910s | 497 | 150 | 23.2% |
| 1920s | 660 | 168 | 20.3% |
| 1930s | 846 | 164 | 16.2% |
| 1940s | 1,629 | 911 | 35.9% |
| 1950s | 6,774 | 11,361 | 62.6% |
| 1960s | 29,176 | 103,777 | 78.1% |
| 1970s | 13,420 | 95,537 | 87.7% |
| 1980s | 3,535 | 28,494 | 89% |
| 1990s | 2,719 | 6,683 | 71.1% |
| 2000s | 1,097 | 2,448 | 69.1% |
| 2010s | 594 | 1,020 | 63.2% |
| 2020s | 207 | 370 | 64.1% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36 | #3,313 | 74 | #2,453 |
| 2023 | 38 | #3,218 | 75 | #2,412 |
| 2022 | 37 | #3,268 | 76 | #2,420 |
| 2021 | 44 | #2,856 | 68 | #2,581 |
| 2020 | 52 | #2,499 | 77 | #2,316 |
| 2019 | 35 | #3,337 | 73 | #2,449 |
| 2018 | 55 | #2,414 | 79 | #2,326 |
| 2017 | 51 | #2,528 | 89 | #2,158 |
| 2016 | 53 | #2,434 | 93 | #2,115 |
| 2015 | 72 | #2,015 | 83 | #2,276 |
| 2014 | 46 | #2,656 | 129 | #1,659 |
| 2013 | 60 | #2,202 | 122 | #1,712 |
| 2012 | 74 | #1,938 | 120 | #1,730 |
| 2011 | 71 | #1,965 | 106 | #1,897 |
| 2010 | 77 | #1,880 | 126 | #1,686 |
| 2009 | 71 | #1,988 | 158 | #1,476 |
| 2008 | 77 | #1,895 | 184 | #1,338 |
| 2007 | 102 | #1,549 | 222 | #1,156 |
| 2006 | 99 | #1,525 | 195 | #1,239 |
| 2005 | 87 | #1,593 | 222 | #1,073 |
| 2004 | 108 | #1,357 | 254 | #951 |
| 2003 | 145 | #1,073 | 303 | #820 |
| 2002 | 118 | #1,190 | 283 | #827 |
| 2001 | 142 | #1,041 | 297 | #796 |
| 2000 | 148 | #1,003 | 330 | #706 |
| 1999 | 189 | #808 | 314 | #721 |
| 1998 | 200 | #782 | 346 | #668 |
| 1997 | 233 | #692 | 375 | #605 |
| 1996 | 227 | #702 | 457 | #517 |
| 1995 | 273 | #623 | 557 | #456 |
| 1994 | 279 | #626 | 635 | #396 |
| 1993 | 296 | #602 | 737 | #346 |
| 1992 | 302 | #592 | 1,001 | #278 |
| 1991 | 356 | #537 | 995 | #280 |
| 1990 | 364 | #516 | 1,266 | #225 |
| 1989 | 370 | #499 | 1,465 | #189 |
| 1988 | 316 | #517 | 1,631 | #173 |
| 1987 | 317 | #502 | 1,991 | #139 |
| 1986 | 342 | #468 | 2,424 | #117 |
| 1985 | 348 | #462 | 2,653 | #107 |
| 1984 | 293 | #491 | 3,051 | #91 |
| 1983 | 326 | #463 | 3,158 | #89 |
| 1982 | 359 | #452 | 3,283 | #88 |
| 1981 | 405 | #408 | 3,869 | #77 |
| 1980 | 459 | #375 | 4,969 | #56 |
| 1979 | 450 | #379 | 5,389 | #49 |
| 1978 | 526 | #335 | 5,631 | #47 |
| 1977 | 681 | #287 | 5,756 | #50 |
| 1976 | 784 | #252 | 6,823 | #37 |
| 1975 | 1,050 | #206 | 8,510 | #24 |
| 1974 | 1,494 | #162 | 9,285 | #23 |
| 1973 | 2,043 | #126 | 9,913 | #20 |
| 1972 | 2,539 | #111 | 11,436 | #19 |
| 1971 | 2,076 | #144 | 14,329 | #13 |
| 1970 | 1,777 | #162 | 18,465 | #10 |
| 1969 | 2,170 | #141 | 15,108 | #17 |
| 1968 | 2,653 | #111 | 12,742 | #25 |
| 1967 | 3,170 | #98 | 11,952 | #29 |
| 1966 | 3,379 | #98 | 12,504 | #31 |
| 1965 | 2,931 | #110 | 11,173 | #36 |
| 1964 | 2,839 | #123 | 10,161 | #40 |
| 1963 | 2,927 | #121 | 9,073 | #48 |
| 1962 | 3,339 | #111 | 8,309 | #55 |
| 1961 | 3,186 | #119 | 6,988 | #64 |
| 1960 | 2,582 | #137 | 5,767 | #84 |
| 1959 | 1,451 | #199 | 3,368 | #131 |
| 1958 | 1,249 | #212 | 2,109 | #178 |
| 1957 | 1,156 | #223 | 1,966 | #183 |
| 1956 | 774 | #261 | 1,386 | #219 |
| 1955 | 526 | #323 | 936 | #280 |
| 1954 | 445 | #338 | 611 | #348 |
| 1953 | 327 | #387 | 326 | #477 |
| 1952 | 331 | #375 | 288 | #495 |
| 1951 | 290 | #399 | 193 | #622 |
| 1950 | 225 | #444 | 178 | #645 |
| 1949 | 246 | #431 | 170 | #639 |
| 1948 | 199 | #475 | 117 | #800 |
| 1947 | 184 | #498 | 129 | #758 |
| 1946 | 157 | #512 | 96 | #848 |
| 1945 | 150 | #492 | 91 | #789 |
| 1944 | 138 | #518 | 73 | #899 |
| 1943 | 148 | #511 | 90 | #823 |
| 1942 | 142 | #517 | 72 | #926 |
| 1941 | 136 | #504 | 42 | #1,162 |
| 1940 | 129 | #509 | 31 | #1,372 |
| 1939 | 110 | #550 | 23 | #1,634 |
| 1938 | 100 | #589 | 19 | #1,868 |
| 1937 | 87 | #629 | 17 | #1,992 |
| 1936 | 94 | #600 | 9 | #3,086 |
| 1935 | 84 | #651 | 21 | #1,716 |
| 1934 | 101 | #589 | 17 | #1,995 |
| 1933 | 64 | #768 | 11 | #2,673 |
| 1932 | 80 | #689 | 11 | #2,815 |
| 1931 | 65 | #784 | 16 | #2,097 |
| 1930 | 61 | #840 | 20 | #1,865 |
| 1929 | 55 | #913 | 6 | #4,518 |
| 1928 | 57 | #889 | 18 | #2,086 |
| 1927 | 80 | #730 | 16 | #2,330 |
| 1926 | 78 | #725 | 13 | #2,698 |
| 1925 | 70 | #792 | 21 | #1,939 |
| 1924 | 63 | #869 | 13 | #2,800 |
| 1923 | 63 | #859 | 14 | #2,581 |
| 1922 | 71 | #800 | 19 | #2,095 |
| 1921 | 65 | #866 | 27 | #1,665 |
| 1920 | 58 | #909 | 21 | #1,942 |
| 1919 | 65 | #817 | 12 | #2,798 |
| 1918 | 75 | #747 | 18 | #2,095 |
| 1917 | 83 | #659 | 28 | #1,427 |
| 1916 | 72 | #707 | 26 | #1,481 |
| 1915 | 49 | #891 | 18 | #1,878 |
| 1914 | 43 | #816 | 12 | #2,118 |
| 1913 | 44 | #693 | 11 | #2,019 |
| 1912 | 34 | #752 | 9 | #2,129 |
| 1911 | 17 | #820 | 10 | #1,646 |
| 1910 | 15 | #819 | 6 | #2,380 |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,665 | 11 | #1,363 |
| 1908 | 20 | #580 | 15 | #1,079 |
| 1907 | 13 | #772 | 5 | #2,366 |
| 1906 | 16 | #612 | 8 | #1,547 |
| 1905 | 0 | – | 8 | #1,524 |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,055 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 9 | #840 | 12 | #1,071 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,133 | 8 | #1,424 |
| 1901 | 11 | #678 | 5 | #1,921 |
| 1900 | 13 | #732 | 6 | #1,911 |
| 1899 | 12 | #607 | 5 | #1,819 |
| 1898 | 9 | #801 | 14 | #957 |
| 1897 | 8 | #846 | 10 | #1,087 |
| 1896 | 11 | #720 | 14 | #900 |
| 1895 | 11 | #678 | 9 | #1,197 |
| 1894 | 12 | #626 | 9 | #1,125 |
| 1893 | 15 | #504 | 8 | #1,163 |
| 1892 | 15 | #542 | 7 | #1,267 |
| 1891 | 14 | #494 | 8 | #1,087 |
| 1890 | 16 | #484 | 10 | #935 |
| 1889 | 15 | #495 | 11 | #837 |
| 1888 | 10 | #699 | 8 | #1,029 |
| 1887 | 11 | #579 | 5 | #1,294 |
| 1886 | 14 | #509 | 5 | #1,272 |
| 1885 | 12 | #575 | 12 | #654 |
| 1884 | 11 | #605 | 7 | #923 |
| 1883 | 6 | #880 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 9 | #687 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 6 | #902 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Tracy reached #98 in 1966. As a girl name, it reached #10 in 1970. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1970s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Tracy
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.