How Many People Are Named Tracy Grissom?
There are approximately 10 people named Tracy Grissom living in the United States today. That makes this name combination rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 34,275,434 Americans.
This estimate combines SSA birth records for the first name Tracy with Census Bureau frequency data for the surname Grissom. Below you will find a breakdown of both names, including popularity trends, gender data, and Census background data where it is available.
Estimated People with This Name
10
1 in 34,275,434 Americans
Combination Rarity
Rare
First Name
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Last Name
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Tracy: Popularity Over Time
Year-by-year SSA birth registrations for the first name Tracy. The peak year was 1970 with 20,242 births. The average person named Tracy today is 55 years old.
Ancestry of the First Name Tracy
In the 2020 Census, the first name Tracy was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White (77.89%). The next largest recorded groups were Black (12.55%) and Hispanic (3.11%).
These percentages describe the people who had the first name Tracy in the 2020 Census. They do not tell you the deeper origin or meaning of the name itself.
Read this as a snapshot of who already had the name in 2020, not as a trend line. The SSA chart above is still the better way to see how Tracy rose or fell over time.
Ancestry of the Grissom Surname
The surname Grissom was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White in the 2020 Census.
This is a self-reported race and ethnicity breakdown for people who had the surname Grissom in the published Census surname tables. It gives useful context around who was recorded with the name, but it does not tell the full family history of every Boone line.
How we calculated this
The first name "Tracy" has an estimated frequency of 0.0786% among living Americans, based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024 adjusted for mortality using CDC 2023 life tables.
The surname "Grissom" appears at a rate of 3.63 per 100,000 people in the 2020 U.S. Census.
We do not use the Census first-name snapshot for the main estimate because it is only published once every 10 years. The latest public first-name Census file is from 2020, which is already 6 years old. SSA birth records plus CDC survival data give a better current estimate of how many people with the first name Tracy are likely to be alive now.
Multiplying these frequencies against the U.S. population of ~343 million gives 10 estimated people. This assumes first names and last names are statistically independent. Full methodology.
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Tracy Grissom: Questions and Answers
How many people are named Tracy Grissom?
We estimate approximately 10 people named Tracy Grissom are alive in the United States today. The first name Tracy is shared by 269,440 Americans, and the surname Grissom is shared by 12,427.
How rare is the name Tracy Grissom?
This name combination is classified as Rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 34,275,434 Americans. The first name Tracy is common and the surname Grissom is uncommon.
Is Tracy a male or female name?
Tracy is predominantly female, with 19.7% of bearers being male and 80.3% female. It peaked in popularity in 1970 and the average bearer today is 55 years old.
What does the Census say about the first name Tracy?
In the 2020 Census, the first name Tracy was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White (77.89%). The next largest recorded groups were Black (12.55%) and Hispanic (3.11%). These percentages describe the people who had the name in the 2020 Census, not the deeper origin of the name itself.
Where does this data come from?
First name data comes from the Social Security Administration (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables. When available, first-name Census background data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau first-name tables. Surname data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau. Full methodology.
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