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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201976peak #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 1976

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #43 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 169 girlsAKMaine: #44 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 171 girlsMEVermont: #56 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 233 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #37 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 148 girlsNHWashington: #53 for girls · 81 births · 1 in 257 girlsWAIdaho: #35 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 154 girlsIDMontana: #51 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 190 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #45 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 165 girlsNDMinnesota: #66 for girls · 87 births · 1 in 276 girlsMNIllinois: #47 for girls · 266 births · 1 in 263 girlsILWisconsin: #56 for girls · 103 births · 1 in 266 girlsWIMichigan: #32 for girls · 330 births · 1 in 165 girlsMINew York: #41 for girls · 441 births · 1 in 227 girlsNYMassachusetts: #38 for girls · 158 births · 1 in 181 girlsMARhode Island: #43 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 170 girlsRIOregon: #48 for girls · 61 births · 1 in 226 girlsORNevada: #54 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 203 girlsNVWyoming: #50 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 174 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #53 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 206 girlsSDIowa: #54 for girls · 75 births · 1 in 234 girlsIAIndiana: #42 for girls · 175 births · 1 in 193 girlsINOhio: #50 for girls · 301 births · 1 in 224 girlsOHPennsylvania: #37 for girls · 377 births · 1 in 171 girlsPANew Jersey: #46 for girls · 173 births · 1 in 204 girlsNJConnecticut: #35 for girls · 88 births · 1 in 156 girlsCTCalifornia: #78 for girls · 368 births · 1 in 391 girlsCAUtah: #51 for girls · 60 births · 1 in 230 girlsUTColorado: #62 for girls · 60 births · 1 in 270 girlsCONebraska: #47 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 201 girlsNEMissouri: #42 for girls · 148 births · 1 in 199 girlsMOKentucky: #49 for girls · 110 births · 1 in 213 girlsKYWest Virginia: #56 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 246 girlsWVVirginia: #51 for girls · 113 births · 1 in 238 girlsVAMaryland: #34 for girls · 109 births · 1 in 160 girlsMDDelaware: #21 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 89 girlsDEArizona: #70 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 325 girlsAZNew Mexico: #92 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 348 girlsNMKansas: #51 for girls · 59 births · 1 in 221 girlsKSArkansas: #65 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 269 girlsARTennessee: #50 for girls · 119 births · 1 in 220 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #72 for girls · 93 births · 1 in 344 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #53 for girls · 71 births · 1 in 238 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #60 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 224 girlsDCOklahoma: #57 for girls · 60 births · 1 in 267 girlsOKLouisiana: #55 for girls · 110 births · 1 in 236 girlsLAMississippi: #59 for girls · 60 births · 1 in 253 girlsMSAlabama: #48 for girls · 100 births · 1 in 215 girlsALGeorgia: #57 for girls · 125 births · 1 in 247 girlsGAHawaii: #134 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 463 girlsHITexas: #90 for girls · 229 births · 1 in 422 girlsTXFlorida: #48 for girls · 167 births · 1 in 245 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Delaware#21 · 1 in 89
  2. Michigan#32 · 1 in 165
  3. Maryland#34 · 1 in 160
  4. Idaho#35 · 1 in 154
  5. Connecticut#35 · 1 in 156

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Delaware#21291 in 89
Michigan#323301 in 165
Maryland#341091 in 160
Connecticut#35881 in 156
Idaho#35381 in 154
New Hampshire#37291 in 148
Pennsylvania#373771 in 171
Massachusetts#381581 in 181
New York#414411 in 227
Indiana#421751 in 193
Missouri#421481 in 199
Alaska#43131 in 169
Rhode Island#43241 in 170
Maine#44331 in 171
North Dakota#45251 in 165
New Jersey#461731 in 204
Illinois#472661 in 263
Nebraska#47471 in 201
Alabama#481001 in 215
Florida#481671 in 245
Oregon#48611 in 226
Kentucky#491101 in 213
Ohio#503011 in 224
Tennessee#501191 in 220
Wyoming#50121 in 174
Kansas#51591 in 221
Montana#51221 in 190
Utah#51601 in 230
Virginia#511131 in 238
South Carolina#53711 in 238
South Dakota#53201 in 206
Washington#53811 in 257
Iowa#54751 in 234
Nevada#54141 in 203
Louisiana#551101 in 236
Vermont#5691 in 233
West Virginia#56471 in 246
Wisconsin#561031 in 266
Georgia#571251 in 247
Oklahoma#57601 in 267
Mississippi#59601 in 253
District of Columbia#60261 in 224
Colorado#62601 in 270
Arkansas#65461 in 269
Minnesota#66871 in 276
Arizona#70471 in 325
North Carolina#72931 in 344
California#783681 in 391
Texas#902291 in 422
New Mexico#92221 in 348
Hawaii#134101 in 463

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 1976

girls
#51
5,390 births · 1 in 272 girls
boys
#426
335 births · 1 in 4,684 boys

Top girls' names in 1976

  1. #1Jennifer59,473
  2. #2Amy31,339
  3. #3Melissa25,094
  4. #4Heather24,192
  5. #5Angela22,038
  6. #6Michelle19,550
  7. #7Kimberly18,962
  8. #8Jessica18,368
  9. #9Lisa17,346
  10. #10Amanda15,588
  11. #51Stacey5,390

Top boys' names in 1976

  1. #1Michael66,915
  2. #2Jason52,643
  3. #3Christopher45,190
  4. #4David39,265
  5. #5James38,294
  6. #6John33,976
  7. #7Robert33,789
  8. #8Brian30,517
  9. #9Matthew29,951
  10. #10Daniel24,702
  11. #426Stacey335
More about 1976

girls

1,465,099 girls got a published name in 1976; 1 in 272 of them was named Stacey, which outranked 99.5% of the 10,913 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Stacey
  1. #48Tina5,747
  2. #49Amber5,646
  3. #50Emily5,547
  4. #51Stacey5,390
  5. #52Jill5,283
  6. #53Melanie5,241
  7. #54Erica5,236
Biggest movers since 1975
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,548Rhiannon#4,141 → #593
  2. ↑ 3,533Mackenzie#4,370 → #837
  3. ↑ 3,060Khalilah#3,774 → #714
  4. ↑ 1,663Kenisha#2,612 → #949
  5. ↑ 1,455Latoria#2,411 → #956
Fallers
  1. ↓ 821Nyree#926 → #1,747
  2. ↓ 668Syreeta#778 → #1,446
  3. ↓ 505Cher#994 → #1,499
  4. ↓ 398Kandice#957 → #1,355
  5. ↓ 370Racquel#973 → #1,343

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

boys

1,569,007 boys got a published name in 1976; 1 in 4,684 of them was named Stacey, which outranked 93.4% of the 6,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Stacey
  1. #423Malcolm338
  2. #424Oliver337
  3. #424Rogelio337
  4. #426Stacey335
  5. #426Ty335
  6. #428Dallas327
  7. #428Harvey327
  8. #430Cary325

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1975
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,506Seneca#4,309 → #803
  2. ↑ 1,165Jameel#2,134 → #969
  3. ↑ 712Delvin#1,658 → #946
  4. ↑ 567Jerimy#1,530 → #963
  5. ↑ 510Jamaal#1,042 → #532
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,113Santino#1,000 → #2,113
  2. ↓ 511Carnell#900 → #1,411
  3. ↓ 453Nakia#337 → #790
  4. ↓ 395Charlton#938 → #1,333
  5. ↓ 376Benjiman#970 → #1,346

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

See the top 100 for 1976 →