Tracy

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Tracy: Recorded since 1960, it reached #11 in 1970, and it stood at #4,843 in 2024.

4registrars recorded it
119times a registrar ranked it
65years from first to last
#11highest recorded position
27groupings it qualifies for
15names it appears alongside

What stands out in Tracy's record

Held a top-100 place for 29 years running. Names by top-100 run
Appears alongside 15 other names across 5 kinds of recorded relationship. All recorded relationships

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#686
1997	#820
1998	#1392
1999	#1675
2000	#1831
2001	#1520
2002	#2301
2003	#1552
2004	#985
2005	#1243
2006	#1325
2007	#1502
2008	#2150
2009	#2148
2010	#4012
2011	#3549
2012	#2969
2013	#4050
2014	#3160
2015	#2496
2016	#4763
2017	#2502
2019	#3151
2020	#2449
2021	#5581
2022	#3970
2023	#5687
2024	#4843

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 45 of the 47 years from 1964 to 2010.

In 2010: #758 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #4012 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1960–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1960
First recorded at #59 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1960 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Highest recorded1961–1985
Highest recorded position: #11 among girls in New Zealand, in 1970 (recorded 1961–1985).
New Zealand · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Tracy appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, with 45 ranked years and 2,539 births registered; the earliest is New South Wales, Australia · Girls, from 1960.

Tracy across 4 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.

Tracy'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	#245 (1964)	#54 (1971)	#758 (2010)	45 of 47	2,539 (1964–2010)	160 (1971)
England and Wales · Girls	#686 (1996)	#686 (1996)	#4843 (2024)	28 of 29	314 (1996–2024)	34 (1996)
New Zealand · Girls	#80 (1961)	#11 (1970)	#100 (1985)	25 of 25	3,999 (1961–1985)	328 (1971)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#59 (1960)	#21 (1970)	#99 (1981)	21 of 22	4,881 (1960–1981)	394 (1970)

Tracy 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 Tracy in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	114	6 of 10	19
1970sbusiest	1,237	10 of 10	124
1980s	913	10 of 10	91
1990s	232	10 of 10	23
2000s	39	8 of 10	5
2010s	4	1 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 124 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1969 and 1970, when recorded births rose by 91, from 43 to 134.

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

Tracy 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 4 regions, from 1960 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #11 in New Zealand in 1970.

Tracy'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
2024	England and Wales	female	#4843	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3970	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2449	10	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3151	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2502	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2496	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4050	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2969	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3549	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4012	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2148	11	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2150	11	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1502	17	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1325	19	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1243	19	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#985	25	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1552	13	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2301	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1520	12	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1831	9	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1675	10	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1392	13	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#820	27	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#686	34	High	Verified
1981	New South Wales, Australia	female	#99	79	Insufficient	Not yet available
1979	New South Wales, Australia	female	#98	77	Insufficient	Not yet available
1978	New South Wales, Australia	female	#68	124	Insufficient	Not yet available
1977	New South Wales, Australia	female	#63	127	Insufficient	Not yet available
1976	New South Wales, Australia	female	#51	164	Insufficient	Not yet available
1975	New South Wales, Australia	female	#29	278	Insufficient	Not yet available
1974	New South Wales, Australia	female	#40	236	Insufficient	Not yet available
1973	New South Wales, Australia	female	#37	268	Insufficient	Not yet available
1972	New South Wales, Australia	female	#38	285	Insufficient	Not yet available
1971	New South Wales, Australia	female	#33	326	Insufficient	Not yet available
1970	New South Wales, Australia	female	#21	394	Insufficient	Not yet available
1969	New South Wales, Australia	female	#29	309	Insufficient	Not yet available
1968	New South Wales, Australia	female	#27	294	Insufficient	Not yet available
1967	New South Wales, Australia	female	#24	313	Insufficient	Not yet available
1966	New South Wales, Australia	female	#29	265	Insufficient	Not yet available
1965	New South Wales, Australia	female	#33	261	Insufficient	Not yet available
1964	New South Wales, Australia	female	#41	251	Insufficient	Not yet available
1963	New South Wales, Australia	female	#39	259	Insufficient	Not yet available
1962	New South Wales, Australia	female	#48	221	Insufficient	Not yet available
1961	New South Wales, Australia	female	#52	197	Insufficient	Not yet available
1960	New South Wales, Australia	female	#59	153	Insufficient	Not yet available
1985	New Zealand	female	#100	48	High	Verified
1984	New Zealand	female	#85	59	High	Verified
1983	New Zealand	female	#66	74	High	Verified
1982	New Zealand	female	#62	80	High	Verified
1981	New Zealand	female	#61	83	High	Verified
1980	New Zealand	female	#54	87	High	Verified
1979	New Zealand	female	#44	106	High	Verified
1978	New Zealand	female	#42	108	High	Verified
1977	New Zealand	female	#35	123	High	Verified
1976	New Zealand	female	#36	138	High	Verified
1975	New Zealand	female	#28	180	High	Verified
1974	New Zealand	female	#32	174	High	Verified
1973	New Zealand	female	#30	188	High	Verified
1972	New Zealand	female	#15	260	High	Verified
1971	New Zealand	female	#12	328	High	Verified
1970	New Zealand	female	#11	317	High	Verified
1969	New Zealand	female	#30	213	High	Verified
1968	New Zealand	female	#30	200	High	Verified
1967	New Zealand	female	#27	223	High	Verified
1966	New Zealand	female	#28	216	High	Verified
1965	New Zealand	female	#33	199	High	Verified
1964	New Zealand	female	#37	184	High	Verified
1963	New Zealand	female	#43	176	High	Verified
1962	New Zealand	female	#52	140	High	Verified
1961	New Zealand	female	#80	95	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#758	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#893	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#549	6	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#587	4	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#576	4	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#362	8	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#620	3	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	4	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#352	7	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#355	6	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#380	5	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#235	18	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#259	13	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#310	9	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#164	27	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#150	32	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#156	33	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#124	43	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#120	46	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#105	67	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#90	76	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#98	73	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#85	84	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#102	71	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#89	87	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#87	92	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#79	113	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#73	118	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#69	132	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#76	120	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#72	124	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#68	131	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#104	80	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#77	110	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#74	121	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#79	111	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#57	146	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#54	160	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#63	134	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#139	43	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#160	31	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#221	12	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#214	12	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#251	8	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#245	8	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
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 4 registrars between 1960 and 2024, ranked in 64 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #11, first reached in 1970.

It held a top-100 place in 29 years, 29 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 394 births, registered in New South Wales, Australia in 1970.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1961, and 36 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.

Toyah · #498, 17y
Tracey · #7, 60y
Travis · #77, 34y
Tre · #728, 27y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 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.

Darragh · #11, 61y
Martina · #11, 66y
Bernadette · #12, 66y
Martine · #9, 60y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Cameron · #11, 59y
Connor · #11, 61y
Darragh · #11, 61y
Caoimhe · #12, 57y

Comparisons involving Tracy

Existing comparison pages where Tracy 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 Tracy in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Anita vs Tracy
Anita and Tracy changed places 12 times in Republic of Ireland · Girls between 1964 and 2009, ending at #539 and #893.
Anita · Tracy · 44 shared years, 1964–2009 · Repeatedly exchanged positions
See the 2009 Republic of Ireland ranking
Tracy vs Bernadette
Tracy and Bernadette changed places 12 times in Republic of Ireland · Girls between 1964 and 2010, ending at #758 and #758.
Tracy · Bernadette · 45 shared years, 1964–2010 · Repeatedly exchanged positions
See the 2010 Republic of Ireland ranking
Tracy vs Carmel
Tracy and Carmel changed places 12 times in Republic of Ireland · Girls between 1964 and 2010, ending at #758 and #593.
Tracy · Carmel · 43 shared years, 1964–2010 · Repeatedly exchanged positions
See the 2010 Republic of Ireland ranking

Closest long-running positions

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

Jacqueline vs Tracy
Across 21 shared years in New South Wales, Australia · Girls, Jacqueline and Tracy averaged 10.6 places apart, ending at #50 and #99.
Jacqueline · Tracy · 21 shared years, 1960–1981 · Closest over the longest run
See the 1981 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Andrea vs Tracy
Across 25 shared years in New Zealand · Girls, Andrea and Tracy averaged 10.7 places apart, ending at #61 and #100.
Andrea · Tracy · 25 shared years, 1961–1985 · Closest over the longest run
See the 1985 New Zealand ranking
Tracy vs Paula
Across 21 shared years in New Zealand · Girls, Tracy and Paula averaged 11.7 places apart, ending at #85 and #93.
Tracy · Paula · 21 shared years, 1963–1984 · Closest over the longest run
See the 1984 New Zealand ranking

Order changes

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

Danielle vs Tracy
In New South Wales, Australia · Girls, Danielle moved into the top 50 at #24 in 1976 as Tracy fell out of it to #51, having been #29 the year before.
Danielle · Tracy · 14 shared years, 1967–1981 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 1976 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Tracy vs Alison
In New South Wales, Australia · Girls, Alison moved into the top 50 at #25 in 1976 as Tracy fell out of it to #51, having been #29 the year before.
Tracy · Alison · 21 shared years, 1960–1981 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 1976 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Megan vs Tracy
In New South Wales, Australia · Girls, Megan moved into the top 50 at #32 in 1976 as Tracy fell out of it to #51, having been #29 the year before.
Megan · Tracy · 21 shared years, 1960–1981 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 1976 New South Wales, Australia ranking

Compared inside New Zealand lists

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

Lisa vs Tracy
Both reached their highest recorded position in New Zealand · Girls within 2 years — Lisa #1 in 1968, Tracy #11 in 1970.
Lisa · Tracy · 24 shared years, 1962–1985 · Peaked in the same years
See the 1970 New Zealand ranking
Leanne vs Tracy
Across 23 shared years in New Zealand · Girls, Leanne and Tracy averaged 12.8 places apart, ending at #95 and #100.
Leanne · Tracy · 23 shared years, 1961–1985 · Closest over the longest run
See the 1985 New Zealand ranking
Kim vs Tracy
Across 25 shared years in New Zealand · Girls, Kim and Tracy averaged 13.2 places apart, ending at #78 and #100.
Kim · Tracy · 25 shared years, 1961–1985 · Closest over the longest run
See the 1985 New Zealand ranking

New Zealand overview→

Tracy was ranked #11 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.

Tracy 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 Tracy without appearing here.

Tracy moved ahead of

Lene Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1831 and #1831 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1520 and #3998.
Cheryl Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5687 and #5687 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #5891.
Donna Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5687 and #5687 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #5891.
Kirsten Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5687 and #4056 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Tracy

Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2449 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #1286.
Pamela Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2449 and #2615 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #1628.
Arlo Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2449 and #2843 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #1785.
Noah Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2449 and #2615 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #2201.

Moved the opposite way to Tracy

Aisling Compare
Between 1964 and 2010 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Tracy went from #245 to #758 while Aisling went from #154 to #41.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1964 and 2010 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Tracy went from #245 to #758 while Alexandra went from #222 to #89.
Ciara Compare
Between 1964 and 2010 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Tracy went from #245 to #758 while Ciara went from #146 to #17.
Clodagh Compare
Between 1964 and 2010 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Tracy went from #245 to #758 while Clodagh went from #149 to #39.

Moved the same way as Tracy

Alma Compare
Between 1964 and 2010 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Tracy went from #245 to #758 and Alma from #327 to #663.
Deirdre Compare
Between 1964 and 2010 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Tracy went from #245 to #758 and Deirdre from #14 to #663.
Diane Compare
Between 1964 and 2010 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Tracy went from #245 to #758 and Diane from #215 to #663.
Eileen Compare
Between 1964 and 2010 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Tracy went from #245 to #758 and Eileen from #17 to #395.

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 4 regions, from 1960 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #11 in New Zealand in 1970. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Tracy

Tracy at a glance

What stands out in Tracy's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Tracy across 4 official records

Tracy by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Tracy appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Comparisons involving Tracy

Longest shared records

Closest long-running positions

Order changes

Compared inside New Zealand lists

Names published alongside Tracy

Tracy and the names beside it

Tracy moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Tracy

Moved the opposite way to Tracy

Moved the same way as Tracy

Tracy at a glance

What stands out in Tracy's record

Tracy across 4 official records

Tracy by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Tracy appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Comparisons involving Tracy

Longest shared records

Closest long-running positions

Order changes

Compared inside New Zealand lists

Names published alongside Tracy

Tracy and the names beside it

Tracy moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Tracy

Moved the opposite way to Tracy

Moved the same way as Tracy