Given name
Traci
“one who is warlike”·“a woman warrior”·“one who is brave”
Traci is a variant of Tracy. One interpretation is “one who is warlike.” Traci is a variant of Tracey. Interpretations include “a woman warrior” and “one who is brave”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Traci is a variant of Tracy. One interpretation is “one who is warlike.” Traci is a variant of Tracey. Interpretations include “a woman warrior” and “one who is brave”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Traci is a variant of Tracey. Tracey has been associated with Latin and English naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1945. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Traci 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
Traci through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 52,406
- 233 boys · 52,173 girls
- Most popular year
- 1970
- 3,871 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −30%
- Easing
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 9 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 3,854 in 1970. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 46,048 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Traci’s family of names
Traci has a related form in Tracy. Traci has a related form in Tracey.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Traci
- Traci BinghamAmerican actress (born 1968)
- Traci DinwiddieAmerican actressborn 1973
- Traci BraxtonAmerican singer and media personality (1971–2022)
- Traci LindAmerican actressborn 1968
- Traci WolfeAmerican actressborn 1960
- Traci BrooksCanadian professional wrestlerborn 1975
- Traci Paige JohnsonAmerican TV producerborn 1969
- Traci HardingAustralian novelist (1964-)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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