Tracie
Tracy, is an English given name and surname. As a British personal name, it was originally adopted from Norman surnames such as those of the family de Tracy or de Trasci from Tracy-Bocage in Normandy, France. Derived from the Gaulish male name Draccios, or Latin Thracius, and the well-identified Celtic suffix -āko, such Norman surnames themselves sprang from several Tracy place-names in France.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Tracie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Tracy, is an English given name and surname. As a British personal name, it was originally adopted from Norman surnames such as those of the family de Tracy or de Trasci from Tracy-Bocage in Normandy, France. Derived from the Gaulish male name Draccios, or Latin Thracius, and the well-identified Celtic suffix -āko, such Norman surnames themselves sprang from several Tracy place-names in France.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Tracie
Tracie first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1899, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1970: 2,328 births, good for #147 nationwide. The 1970s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 42% of all recorded Tracies. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2024 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 33K Tracies have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1890s through the 2020s.
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About the name Tracie
Tracie is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1899 and has accumulated 33K births in the dataset. Tracie's peak popularity came in 1970 when it ranked #147. Use the chart and map above to compare Tracie's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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