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It's very cute. I like it for a girl but don't think it's "funny" on a guy. I would like to see it become truly unisex - popular for any child, again.

I think I prefer it as a girl name, but in my mind I just want to stay it as a boy's name. I think Traci or Theresa are better for a girl.

Dickens used it as a male fn in, I think, The Pickwick Papers. It would have been a lnfn in his time; nothing to do with Theresa or Terence or whatever. I find it flimsy but cheerful, and strictly female. And also dated: most Tracy people where I live are or could be grandmothers by now.

I've known a lot of gals Tracy and one guy. I like it pretty well, I guess. Not my favorite sounds, but it's nice. It's "dated" but I don't have a negative feeling about it because of that. It's about like Shannon that way, imv.
I prefer it on a gal, I guess mainly because I expect one.
I think it's kinda neat as a "cowboy" style name for a guy. But I think Trace seems a little cooler and would be more widely liked.

Tracy is ok. No strong feelings on it, personally. However, it sort of gives me a 1970's vibe.

On a boy it feels very hillbilly for some reason.
On a girl I think it's cute and lively and even though it's dated now, still has a very youthful vibe to it, not like someone's grandma, even though the biggest wave of Tracys are grandma age now.

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My mother's youngest sisster was Tracey Marie. (I think it was spelled that way.) She died when she was five months old, accidentally suffocated in my grandparents' bed, so I never knew her.

I used to really love this name on a boy. When I was little, I didn't know anyone named Tracy. When I got older, I had a female boss named Tracy. She made me hate the name, and she made me see it as more feminine. Now I prefer Trace.