Given name & surname · also Latin
Tracey
“a woman warrior”·“one who is brave”
Tracey is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “a woman warrior” and “one who is brave”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “a woman warrior” and “one who is brave”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with Latin and English naming traditions.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Tracey is a variant of Tracy. The history of Tracy gives this family its wider story. Tracy’s naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Tracey through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 95,203
- 8,688 boys · 86,515 girls
- Most popular year
- 1970
- 6,599 babies
- 2025
- 19
- #8,314 for girls · #11,859 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −31%
- Easing
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 33% boys.
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 13 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 8,314 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 35.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 6,230 in 1970. It also appeared in 6 birth records for boys in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 83,398 as a first name in 2020; 7,903 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Tracey’s family of names
In English usage, Tracey is a diminutive of Teresa. Tracey has a related form in Tracy. Tracey has a related form in Tracy.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 26
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Tracey
- Tracey UllmanBritish-American actress, comedian, singer, dancer, screenwriter, producer and director (born 1959)
- Tracey EminEnglish sculptor, painter, and installation artist (born 1963)
- Tracey WalterAmerican actorborn 1947
- Tracey GoldAmerican actressborn 1969
- Tracey ThornBritish singer (born 1962)
- Tracey E. BregmanAmerican actressborn 1963
- Tracey RoseSouth African artist (born 1974)
- Tracey MoffattAustralian photographer, artist and filmmaker (born 1960)
- Tracey Belbinfield hockey playerborn 1967
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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