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How popular is the name Tracey?
Births per year, rank history and how many Traceys are alive today.
Tracey (female), once a common girls' name, is now rarely given to new babies in England and Wales: just 3 in 2023, ranked 5688th. This spelling of the name peaked in 1964, when around 11,700 babies were given the name, the 6th most popular that year. It has declined since 1964; the 2023 figure is roughly 1% of its peak. At least 13,000 babies have been named Tracey in England and Wales since 1964. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Tracey is one spelling of a name also recorded as Tracy; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Tracey you are most likely to meet is around 62 years old. Half of all Traceys born in England and Wales are between 58 and 66, and there are at least 150,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 38% chance that at least one of them will be called Tracey.
How many babies are named Tracey each year?
Includes all spellings: Tracey, Tracy. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Tracey spelling rank?
Where does the Tracy spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Tracey most popular?
Tracey peaked in 1964, when around 11,700 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Tracey?
At least 150,000 people named Tracey in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Tracey?
Most living Traceys are between 58 and 66; the most common age is about 62.
Is Tracey becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1964 peak.