Tracey

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Tracey: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Tracey: Recorded since 1958, it reached #7 in 1970, and it stood at #5,687 in 2023.

5registrars recorded it
125times a registrar ranked it
66years from first to last
#7highest recorded position
31groupings it qualifies for
22names it appears alongside

What stands out in Tracey's record

Held a top-100 place for 34 years running. Names by top-100 run
Appears alongside 22 other names across 5 kinds of recorded relationship. All recorded relationships

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2023

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#783
1997	#1450
1998	#1319
1999	#1675
2000	#1995
2001	#1238
2002	#1530
2003	#2191
2004	#1072
2005	#1500
2006	#1435
2007	#2233
2008	#2292
2009	#2535
2010	#3533
2011	#2893
2012	#4838
2013	#5742
2016	#3609
2018	#3985
2020	#4535
2023	#5687

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 43 of the 46 years from 1964 to 2009.

In 2009: #893 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2535 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1958–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1958
First recorded at #52 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1958 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Highest recorded1960–1991
Highest recorded position: #7 among girls in New Zealand, in 1970 (recorded 1960–1991).
New Zealand · Girls
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #5687 among girls in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Girls

Tracey appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, with 43 ranked years and 2,906 births registered; the earliest is New South Wales, Australia · Girls, from 1958.

Tracey across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Tracey's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#274 (1964)	#61 (1980)	#893 (2009)	43 of 46	2,906 (1964–2009)	156 (1980)
New Zealand · Girls	#94 (1960)	#7 (1970)	#98 (1991)	32 of 32	6,914 (1960–1991)	457 (1971)
England and Wales · Girls	#783 (1996)	#783 (1996)	#5687 (2023)	22 of 28	231 (1996–2023)	29 (1996)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#52 (1958)	#11 (1970)	#85 (1983)	26 of 26	8,556 (1958–1983)	537 (1970)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#314 (1997)	#314 (1997)	#351 (1998)	2 of 2	7 (1997–1998)	4 (1997)

Tracey by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Tracey in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	125	6 of 10	21
1970sbusiest	1,264	10 of 10	126
1980s	1,183	10 of 10	118
1990s	305	10 of 10	31
2000s	29	7 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 126 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1969 and 1970, when recorded births rose by 67, from 43 to 110.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Tracey appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1958 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #7 in New Zealand in 1971.

Tracey's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3985	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3609	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4838	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2893	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2535	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2292	10	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2233	10	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1435	17	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1500	15	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1072	22	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2191	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1530	12	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1238	16	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1995	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1675	10	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1319	14	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1450	12	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#783	29	High	Verified
1983	New South Wales, Australia	female	#85	89	Insufficient	Not yet available
1982	New South Wales, Australia	female	#82	96	Insufficient	Not yet available
1981	New South Wales, Australia	female	#57	147	Insufficient	Not yet available
1980	New South Wales, Australia	female	#53	146	Insufficient	Not yet available
1979	New South Wales, Australia	female	#48	167	Insufficient	Not yet available
1978	New South Wales, Australia	female	#42	176	Insufficient	Not yet available
1977	New South Wales, Australia	female	#48	163	Insufficient	Not yet available
1976	New South Wales, Australia	female	#35	229	Insufficient	Not yet available
1975	New South Wales, Australia	female	#33	252	Insufficient	Not yet available
1974	New South Wales, Australia	female	#28	307	Insufficient	Not yet available
1973	New South Wales, Australia	female	#29	319	Insufficient	Not yet available
1972	New South Wales, Australia	female	#17	416	Insufficient	Not yet available
1971	New South Wales, Australia	female	#12	522	Insufficient	Not yet available
1970	New South Wales, Australia	female	#11	537	Insufficient	Not yet available
1969	New South Wales, Australia	female	#15	468	Insufficient	Not yet available
1968	New South Wales, Australia	female	#14	453	Insufficient	Not yet available
1967	New South Wales, Australia	female	#13	467	Insufficient	Not yet available
1966	New South Wales, Australia	female	#17	425	Insufficient	Not yet available
1965	New South Wales, Australia	female	#13	509	Insufficient	Not yet available
1964	New South Wales, Australia	female	#17	486	Insufficient	Not yet available
1963	New South Wales, Australia	female	#17	528	Insufficient	Not yet available
1962	New South Wales, Australia	female	#19	471	Insufficient	Not yet available
1961	New South Wales, Australia	female	#24	433	Insufficient	Not yet available
1960	New South Wales, Australia	female	#30	362	Insufficient	Not yet available
1959	New South Wales, Australia	female	#46	206	Insufficient	Not yet available
1958	New South Wales, Australia	female	#52	182	Insufficient	Not yet available
1991	New Zealand	female	#98	50	High	Verified
1990	New Zealand	female	#88	56	High	Verified
1989	New Zealand	female	#75	70	High	Verified
1988	New Zealand	female	#57	90	High	Verified
1987	New Zealand	female	#51	95	High	Verified
1986	New Zealand	female	#47	100	High	Verified
1985	New Zealand	female	#41	112	High	Verified
1984	New Zealand	female	#28	134	High	Verified
1983	New Zealand	female	#29	132	High	Verified
1982	New Zealand	female	#25	148	High	Verified
1981	New Zealand	female	#25	144	High	Verified
1980	New Zealand	female	#25	132	High	Verified
1979	New Zealand	female	#24	147	High	Verified
1978	New Zealand	female	#23	167	High	Verified
1977	New Zealand	female	#22	167	High	Verified
1976	New Zealand	female	#13	247	High	Verified
1975	New Zealand	female	#24	192	High	Verified
1974	New Zealand	female	#10	303	High	Verified
1973	New Zealand	female	#8	354	High	Verified
1972	New Zealand	female	#8	440	High	Verified
1971	New Zealand	female	#7	457	High	Verified
1970	New Zealand	female	#7	423	High	Verified
1969	New Zealand	female	#9	372	High	Verified
1968	New Zealand	female	#10	393	High	Verified
1967	New Zealand	female	#8	405	High	Verified
1966	New Zealand	female	#10	375	High	Verified
1965	New Zealand	female	#13	320	High	Verified
1964	New Zealand	female	#24	257	High	Verified
1963	New Zealand	female	#27	238	High	Verified
1962	New Zealand	female	#42	178	High	Verified
1961	New Zealand	female	#54	141	High	Verified
1960	New Zealand	female	#94	75	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#351	3	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#314	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#893	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#665	5	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#842	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#576	4	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#490	5	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#443	5	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#465	4	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#392	5	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#425	4	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#213	21	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#216	18	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#181	24	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#158	28	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#155	30	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#108	53	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#103	61	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#104	61	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#66	105	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#82	88	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#81	90	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#66	124	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#80	93	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#63	139	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#69	123	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#70	130	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#67	135	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#61	156	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#67	139	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#70	126	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#68	131	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#75	112	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#74	117	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#68	134	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#62	144	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#72	124	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#71	127	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#73	110	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#139	43	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#152	35	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#205	14	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#189	17	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#227	10	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#274	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1958 and 2023, ranked in 60 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #7, first reached in 1970.

It held a top-100 place in 34 years, 34 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 537 births, registered in New South Wales, Australia in 1970.

1 registrar ranked it inside their own top 10.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1960, and 39 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Tove · #6, 74y
Toyah · #498, 17y
Tracy · #11, 64y
Travis · #77, 34y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Bridget · #7, 62y
Belinda · #6, 65y
Jude · #6, 56y
Tania · #4, 62y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Gregory · #7, 74y
Alex · #8, 66y
Belinda · #6, 65y
Ben · #6, 72y

Comparisons involving Tracey

Existing comparison pages where Tracey and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Tracey in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Tracey vs Jane
Tracey and Jane changed places 12 times in Republic of Ireland · Girls between 1964 and 2009, ending at #893 and #106.
Tracey · Jane · 43 shared years, 1964–2009 · Repeatedly exchanged positions
See the 2009 Republic of Ireland ranking
Julie vs Tracey
Julie and Tracey changed places 12 times in Republic of Ireland · Girls between 1964 and 2009, ending at #161 and #893.
Julie · Tracey · 43 shared years, 1964–2009 · Repeatedly exchanged positions
See the 2009 Republic of Ireland ranking
Rachel vs Tracey
In 1970, Rachel moved ahead of Tracey in New Zealand · Girls — #22 and #9 the year before became #4 and #7.
Rachel · Tracey · 27 shared years, 1965–1991 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1970 New Zealand ranking

Closest long-running positions

Names that stayed close to Tracey within one registrar's list over many years. A gap measured inside that list, never across registrars.

Tania vs Tracey
Across 29 shared years in New Zealand · Girls, Tania and Tracey averaged 7.0 places apart, ending at #100 and #98.
Tania · Tracey · 29 shared years, 1962–1991 · Closest over the longest run
See the 1991 New Zealand ranking
Linda vs Tracey
Across 26 shared years in New South Wales, Australia · Girls, Linda and Tracey averaged 7.8 places apart, ending at #65 and #85.
Linda · Tracey · 26 shared years, 1958–1983 · Closest over the longest run
See the 1983 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Leanne vs Tracey
Across 26 shared years in New South Wales, Australia · Girls, Leanne and Tracey averaged 8.7 places apart, ending at #58 and #85.
Leanne · Tracey · 26 shared years, 1958–1983 · Closest over the longest run
See the 1983 New South Wales, Australia ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Tracey and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Kylie vs Tracey
In 1970, Kylie moved ahead of Tracey in New South Wales, Australia · Girls — #18 and #15 the year before became #6 and #11.
Kylie · Tracey · 19 shared years, 1965–1983 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1970 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Deborah vs Tracey
In 1970, Tracey moved ahead of Deborah in New Zealand · Girls — #8 and #9 the year before became #10 and #7.
Deborah · Tracey · 25 shared years, 1960–1985 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1970 New Zealand ranking
Lisa vs Tracey
In 1966, Lisa moved ahead of Tracey in New Zealand · Girls — #31 and #13 the year before became #7 and #10.
Lisa · Tracey · 30 shared years, 1962–1991 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1966 New Zealand ranking

Compared inside New Zealand lists

Pairs involving Tracey measured in New Zealand's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Tracey at its highest position.

Rebecca vs Tracey
In 1974, Rebecca moved ahead of Tracey in New Zealand · Girls — #9 and #8 the year before became #7 and #10.
Rebecca · Tracey · 26 shared years, 1966–1991 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1974 New Zealand ranking
Angela vs Tracey
Across 32 shared years in New Zealand · Girls, Angela and Tracey averaged 10.6 places apart, ending at #71 and #98.
Angela · Tracey · 32 shared years, 1960–1991 · Closest over the longest run
See the 1991 New Zealand ranking
Tracey vs Vanessa
Across 25 shared years in New Zealand · Girls, Tracey and Vanessa averaged 13.4 places apart, ending at #98 and #75.
Tracey · Vanessa · 25 shared years, 1967–1991 · Closest over the longest run
See the 1991 New Zealand ranking

New Zealand overview→

Tracey was ranked #7 in New Zealand · Girls in 1970. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Tracey and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Tracey without appearing here.

Tracey moved ahead of

Lene Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1995 and #1831 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1238 and #3998.
Kristy Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4838 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3985 and #5666.
Brittany Compare
In 2015 they stood at #5742 and #3536 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #3609 and #4763.
Kerry Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3609 and #3609 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3985 and #4684.

Moved ahead of Tracey

Teddy Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1530 and #4137 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #5742 and #2460.
Meabh Compare
In 2012 they stood at #4838 and #5876 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #5742 and #2887.
Maren Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4535 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #2927.
Ezra Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2893 and #3185 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #4838 and #2969.

Moved the opposite way to Tracey

Aisling Compare
Between 1964 and 2009 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Tracey went from #274 to #893 while Aisling went from #154 to #45.
Ciara Compare
Between 1964 and 2009 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Tracey went from #274 to #893 while Ciara went from #146 to #19.
Clodagh Compare
Between 1964 and 2009 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Tracey went from #274 to #893 while Clodagh went from #149 to #34.
Hanna Compare
Between 1964 and 2009 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Tracey went from #274 to #893 while Hanna went from #245 to #122.

Moved the same way as Tracey

Audrey Compare
Between 1964 and 2009 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Tracey went from #274 to #893 and Audrey from #85 to #488.
Deirdre Compare
Between 1964 and 2009 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Tracey went from #274 to #893 and Deirdre from #14 to #488.
Diane Compare
Between 1964 and 2009 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Tracey went from #274 to #893 and Diane from #215 to #742.
Eileen Compare
Between 1964 and 2009 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Tracey went from #274 to #893 and Eileen from #17 to #284.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1958 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #7 in New Zealand in 1971. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Tracey

Tracey at a glance

What stands out in Tracey's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Tracey across 5 official records

Tracey by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Tracey appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Comparisons involving Tracey

Longest shared records

Closest long-running positions

Order changes

Compared inside New Zealand lists

Names published alongside Tracey

Tracey and the names beside it

Tracey moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Tracey

Moved the opposite way to Tracey

Moved the same way as Tracey

Tracey at a glance

What stands out in Tracey's record

Tracey across 5 official records

Tracey by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Tracey appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Comparisons involving Tracey

Longest shared records

Closest long-running positions

Order changes

Compared inside New Zealand lists

Names published alongside Tracey

Tracey and the names beside it

Tracey moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Tracey

Moved the opposite way to Tracey

Moved the same way as Tracey