Stacey

#3,067 for girls in 2025, 53 births · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to girls 91.4% of the time

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Peak · girls
1971 · 7,482 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
22 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
147,750
since 1915

Stacey over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201950peak #41, 1971peak #215, 1968girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#3,06753#10,6956
2024#2,72263#6,19914
2023#3,32948#8,2559
2022#2,72063#5,63316
2021#2,78461#8,1669
2020#2,74860#5,98014
2019#2,35576#5,15318
2018#2,38776#7,13611
2017#2,12990#4,74620
2016#1,735120#5,12418
2015#1,972101#5,50716
2014#1,922104#4,70220
2013#1,624132#5,17117
2012#1,291184#3,71428
2011#1,363169#4,35622
2010#1,431160#3,70828
2009#1,288188#4,92219
2008#1,080242#4,54021
2007#1,064246#3,25034
2006#976267#4,00124
2005#860294#2,96035
2004#831297#2,69739
2003#755329#2,78035
2002#767314#2,50439
2001#714344#2,27744
2000#682350#2,17546
1999#648356#1,80155
1998#558439#1,74158
1997#487512#1,57165
1996#437583#1,45470
1995#375700#1,31979
1994#329818#1,16895
1993#2761,003#1,118101
1992#2301,197#983121
1991#2131,405#902136
1990#1681,735#869139
1989#1462,020#902126
1988#1192,369#869119
1987#1032,709#884112
1986#943,043#914100
1985#893,114#866109
1984#793,649#92590
1983#763,799#805118
1982#853,459#90398
1981#833,754#772127
1980#734,222#694157
1979#604,613#654171
1978#534,998#591203
1977#565,206#601199
1976#515,390#426335
1975#445,931#356472
1974#485,803#328535
1973#416,253#309567
1972#416,380#328543
1971#417,482#350524
1970#487,154#296689
1969#526,614#252829
1968#556,150#2151,073
1967#695,117#2191,020
1966#764,586#313559
1965#844,269#343495
1964#1263,360#412380
1963#1273,305#383431
1962#1782,181#403402
1961#2271,453#457311
1960#2491,228#501249
1959#2501,214#644142
1958#2751,039#691118
1957#349677#711110
1956#411486#77092
1955#467377#78686
1954#485330#85173
1953#688172#86868
1952#785131#90761
1951#902102#94954
1950#97187#92655
1949#1,05073#1,14438
1948#1,07068#1,28032
1947#1,43842#1,73319
1946#1,72327#1,44024
1945#1,74323#1,49420
1944#1,96719#2,08012
1943#2,44714#1,69918
1942#3,1949#2,26811
1941#3,5597#2,20711
1940#2,57211#2,32210
1939#3,1458#1,71216
1938#2,18511
1937#1,91314
1936#2,18411
1935#2,24611
1934#2,02213
1933#3,2686
1932#3,3616
1931#3,0957
1930#1,96415
1929#2,58910
1928#4,1956#3,6976
1927#2,52311
1926#2,72510
1925#2,58811
1924#2,82210
1923#4,9675#2,33113
1922#4,0117#3,5327
1921#2,63211
1920#4,3986#3,2088
1919#4,2516#2,66510
1918#3,2449#2,69910
1917#2,18813
1916#2,9268
1915#4,2745
1914#2,6517
1913#1,9459
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First appearance
1915

The first year at least five girls were named Stacey! It came in at #4,274, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1915–1917, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Stacey is popular in 1950

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Stacey, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Stacey, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Stacey, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Stacey, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Stacey, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Stacey, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Stacey, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Stacey, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Stacey, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Stacey, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Stacey, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Stacey, so not publishedMINew York: #513 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 7,141 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Stacey, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Stacey, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Stacey, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Stacey, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Stacey, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Stacey, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Stacey, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Stacey, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Stacey, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Stacey, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Stacey, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Stacey, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #584 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 7,569 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Stacey, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Stacey, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Stacey, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Stacey, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Stacey, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Stacey, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Stacey, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Stacey, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Stacey, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Stacey, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Stacey, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Stacey, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Stacey, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Stacey, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Stacey, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Stacey, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Stacey, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Stacey, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Stacey, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Stacey, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Stacey, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Stacey, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Stacey, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Stacey, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Stacey, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New York#513 · 1 in 7,141
  2. California#584 · 1 in 7,569

Best ever in a state: #16 in Wyoming, 1972.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New York#513201 in 7,141
California#584151 in 7,569
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West Virginia
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Wyoming

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Stacey
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 345 spots since 2024 (#2,722#3,067)
  • 319 spots since 2020 (#2,748#3,067)
  • 1,095 spots since 2015 (#1,972#3,067)
  • Biggest jump: 203 spots in 1954 (#688#485)
  • Biggest drop: 116 spots in 2006 (#860#976)
Rise & fade · girls
56 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1915
  • Peaked 1971 at #41 (7,482 births)
  • Births halved by 1982, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 22 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 22 yrs · run 1965–1986
  • Top 1,000: 57 yrs · run 1950–2006
Share of babies · girls
1 in 222
  • Highest: 1 in 222 girls born in 1971 were named Stacey (0.45%)
  • Latest: 1 in 30,326 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 40.1% of all girls named Stacey (59,210) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1944
  • Mostly boys until 1943, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s20#3,244 (1918)#3,923
1920s24#4,011 (1922)#4,393
1930s8#3,145 (1939)#3,145
1940s293#1,050 (1949)#2,076
1950s4,615#250 (1959)#558
1960s38,263#52 (1969)#124
1970s59,210#41 (1971)#48
1980s32,138#73 (1980)#95
1990s8,748#168 (1990)#372
2000s2,871#682 (2000)#902
2010s1,212#1,291 (2012)#1,821
2020s348#2,720 (2022)#2,895

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Stacey in 1950

girls
#971
87 births · 1 in 19,690 girls
boys
#926
55 births · 1 in 32,550 boys

Top girls' names in 1950

  1. #1Linda80,433
  2. #2Mary65,481
  3. #3Patricia47,944
  4. #4Barbara41,556
  5. #5Susan38,017
  6. #6Nancy29,617
  7. #7Deborah29,063
  8. #8Sandra28,896
  9. #9Carol26,163
  10. #10Kathleen25,706
  11. #971Stacey87

Top boys' names in 1950

  1. #1James86,228
  2. #2Robert83,553
  3. #3John79,412
  4. #4Michael65,136
  5. #5David60,729
  6. #6William60,680
  7. #7Richard51,003
  8. #8Thomas45,596
  9. #9Charles39,095
  10. #10Gary33,737
  11. #926Stacey55
More about 1950

girls

1,713,054 girls got a published name in 1950; 1 in 19,690 of them was named Stacey, which outranked 84.1% of the 6,109 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Stacey
  1. #959Norine88
  2. #959Rachael88
  3. #959Sandi88
  4. #971Stacey87
  5. #971Albertha87
  6. #971Amber87
  7. #971Elinor87
  8. #978Carmelita86
  9. #978Cheryll86
  10. #978Cordelia86

Tied with 6 names at #971; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1949
Risers
  1. 1,242Mindy#2,013#771
  2. 649Geralyn#1,627#978
  3. 636Kyle#1,512#876
  4. 416Debrah#1,109#693
  5. 405Debbra#1,353#948
Fallers
  1. 241Luana#823#1,064
  2. 231Christene#930#1,161
  3. 216Pearline#785#1,001
  4. 210Ingrid#518#728
  5. 201Dayle#982#1,183

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,790,262 boys got a published name in 1950; 1 in 32,550 of them was named Stacey, which outranked 77.9% of the 4,196 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Stacey
  1. #918Emmanuel56
  2. #918Gerold56
  3. #918Lary56
  4. #926Stacey55
  5. #926Alonza55
  6. #926Crawford55
  7. #926Curley55
  8. #934Adolphus54
  9. #934Bonnie54
  10. #934Brandon54

Tied with 7 names at #926; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1949
Risers
  1. 744Ezzard#1,616#872
  2. 510Kelvin#1,085#575
  3. 447Nancy#1,297#850
  4. 420Samual#1,380#960
  5. 376Shaun#1,275#899
Fallers
  1. 371Sharon#885#1,256
  2. 369Melvyn#770#1,139
  3. 367Les#997#1,364
  4. 351Delmas#905#1,256
  5. 315Denzil#808#1,123

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1950