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
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1971 · 7,482 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 22 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 147,750since 1915
Stacey over time
girlsboys
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,067 | 53 | #10,695 | 6 |
| 2024 | #2,722 | 63 | #6,199 | 14 |
| 2023 | #3,329 | 48 | #8,255 | 9 |
| 2022 | #2,720 | 63 | #5,633 | 16 |
| 2021 | #2,784 | 61 | #8,166 | 9 |
| 2020 | #2,748 | 60 | #5,980 | 14 |
| 2019 | #2,355 | 76 | #5,153 | 18 |
| 2018 | #2,387 | 76 | #7,136 | 11 |
| 2017 | #2,129 | 90 | #4,746 | 20 |
| 2016 | #1,735 | 120 | #5,124 | 18 |
| 2015 | #1,972 | 101 | #5,507 | 16 |
| 2014 | #1,922 | 104 | #4,702 | 20 |
| 2013 | #1,624 | 132 | #5,171 | 17 |
| 2012 | #1,291 | 184 | #3,714 | 28 |
| 2011 | #1,363 | 169 | #4,356 | 22 |
| 2010 | #1,431 | 160 | #3,708 | 28 |
| 2009 | #1,288 | 188 | #4,922 | 19 |
| 2008 | #1,080 | 242 | #4,540 | 21 |
| 2007 | #1,064 | 246 | #3,250 | 34 |
| 2006 | #976 | 267 | #4,001 | 24 |
| 2005 | #860 | 294 | #2,960 | 35 |
| 2004 | #831 | 297 | #2,697 | 39 |
| 2003 | #755 | 329 | #2,780 | 35 |
| 2002 | #767 | 314 | #2,504 | 39 |
| 2001 | #714 | 344 | #2,277 | 44 |
| 2000 | #682 | 350 | #2,175 | 46 |
| 1999 | #648 | 356 | #1,801 | 55 |
| 1998 | #558 | 439 | #1,741 | 58 |
| 1997 | #487 | 512 | #1,571 | 65 |
| 1996 | #437 | 583 | #1,454 | 70 |
| 1995 | #375 | 700 | #1,319 | 79 |
| 1994 | #329 | 818 | #1,168 | 95 |
| 1993 | #276 | 1,003 | #1,118 | 101 |
| 1992 | #230 | 1,197 | #983 | 121 |
| 1991 | #213 | 1,405 | #902 | 136 |
| 1990 | #168 | 1,735 | #869 | 139 |
| 1989 | #146 | 2,020 | #902 | 126 |
| 1988 | #119 | 2,369 | #869 | 119 |
| 1987 | #103 | 2,709 | #884 | 112 |
| 1986 | #94 | 3,043 | #914 | 100 |
| 1985 | #89 | 3,114 | #866 | 109 |
| 1984 | #79 | 3,649 | #925 | 90 |
| 1983 | #76 | 3,799 | #805 | 118 |
| 1982 | #85 | 3,459 | #903 | 98 |
| 1981 | #83 | 3,754 | #772 | 127 |
| 1980 | #73 | 4,222 | #694 | 157 |
| 1979 | #60 | 4,613 | #654 | 171 |
| 1978 | #53 | 4,998 | #591 | 203 |
| 1977 | #56 | 5,206 | #601 | 199 |
| 1976 | #51 | 5,390 | #426 | 335 |
| 1975 | #44 | 5,931 | #356 | 472 |
| 1974 | #48 | 5,803 | #328 | 535 |
| 1973 | #41 | 6,253 | #309 | 567 |
| 1972 | #41 | 6,380 | #328 | 543 |
| 1971 | #41 | 7,482 | #350 | 524 |
| 1970 | #48 | 7,154 | #296 | 689 |
| 1969 | #52 | 6,614 | #252 | 829 |
| 1968 | #55 | 6,150 | #215 | 1,073 |
| 1967 | #69 | 5,117 | #219 | 1,020 |
| 1966 | #76 | 4,586 | #313 | 559 |
| 1965 | #84 | 4,269 | #343 | 495 |
| 1964 | #126 | 3,360 | #412 | 380 |
| 1963 | #127 | 3,305 | #383 | 431 |
| 1962 | #178 | 2,181 | #403 | 402 |
| 1961 | #227 | 1,453 | #457 | 311 |
| 1960 | #249 | 1,228 | #501 | 249 |
| 1959 | #250 | 1,214 | #644 | 142 |
| 1958 | #275 | 1,039 | #691 | 118 |
| 1957 | #349 | 677 | #711 | 110 |
| 1956 | #411 | 486 | #770 | 92 |
| 1955 | #467 | 377 | #786 | 86 |
| 1954 | #485 | 330 | #851 | 73 |
| 1953 | #688 | 172 | #868 | 68 |
| 1952 | #785 | 131 | #907 | 61 |
| 1951 | #902 | 102 | #949 | 54 |
| 1950 | #971 | 87 | #926 | 55 |
| 1949 | #1,050 | 73 | #1,144 | 38 |
| 1948 | #1,070 | 68 | #1,280 | 32 |
| 1947 | #1,438 | 42 | #1,733 | 19 |
| 1946 | #1,723 | 27 | #1,440 | 24 |
| 1945 | #1,743 | 23 | #1,494 | 20 |
| 1944 | #1,967 | 19 | #2,080 | 12 |
| 1943 | #2,447 | 14 | #1,699 | 18 |
| 1942 | #3,194 | 9 | #2,268 | 11 |
| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 | #2,207 | 11 |
| 1940 | #2,572 | 11 | #2,322 | 10 |
| 1939 | #3,145 | 8 | #1,712 | 16 |
| 1938 | — | #2,185 | 11 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,913 | 14 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,184 | 11 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,246 | 11 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,022 | 13 | |
| 1933 | — | #3,268 | 6 | |
| 1932 | — | #3,361 | 6 | |
| 1931 | — | #3,095 | 7 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,964 | 15 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,589 | 10 | |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 | #3,697 | 6 |
| 1927 | — | #2,523 | 11 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,725 | 10 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,588 | 11 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,822 | 10 | |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | #2,331 | 13 |
| 1922 | #4,011 | 7 | #3,532 | 7 |
| 1921 | — | #2,632 | 11 | |
| 1920 | #4,398 | 6 | #3,208 | 8 |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1918 | #3,244 | 9 | #2,699 | 10 |
| 1917 | — | #2,188 | 13 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,926 | 8 | |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | — | |
| 1914 | — | #2,651 | 7 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,945 | 9 | |
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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 1980
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Delaware#40 · 1 in 146
- Maryland#43 · 1 in 204
- Michigan#45 · 1 in 235
- Rhode Island#46 · 1 in 175
- North Dakota#50 · 1 in 205
Best ever in a state: #16 in Wyoming, 1972.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware | #40 | 21 | 1 in 146 |
| Maryland | #43 | 99 | 1 in 204 |
| Michigan | #45 | 256 | 1 in 235 |
| Rhode Island | #46 | 26 | 1 in 175 |
| North Dakota | #50 | 23 | 1 in 205 |
| Maine | #51 | 27 | 1 in 224 |
| Wyoming | #51 | 15 | 1 in 214 |
| Vermont | #52 | 13 | 1 in 204 |
| Connecticut | #55 | 63 | 1 in 236 |
| Pennsylvania | #55 | 261 | 1 in 264 |
| Virginia | #56 | 116 | 1 in 257 |
| Wisconsin | #58 | 112 | 1 in 281 |
| New York | #59 | 316 | 1 in 316 |
| New Hampshire | #60 | 24 | 1 in 220 |
| South Dakota | #60 | 18 | 1 in 260 |
| South Carolina | #61 | 65 | 1 in 275 |
| Indiana | #62 | 118 | 1 in 314 |
| Oklahoma | #64 | 62 | 1 in 311 |
| Iowa | #65 | 69 | 1 in 291 |
| Massachusetts | #66 | 101 | 1 in 309 |
| Idaho | #68 | 23 | 1 in 300 |
| Louisiana | #68 | 95 | 1 in 323 |
| Ohio | #68 | 221 | 1 in 332 |
| Oregon | #69 | 52 | 1 in 333 |
| Alabama | #72 | 73 | 1 in 315 |
| Illinois | #72 | 219 | 1 in 353 |
| Tennessee | #72 | 84 | 1 in 338 |
| Colorado | #73 | 57 | 1 in 346 |
| Kentucky | #74 | 71 | 1 in 350 |
| Nebraska | #75 | 32 | 1 in 336 |
| Florida | #76 | 145 | 1 in 356 |
| Missouri | #77 | 91 | 1 in 367 |
| North Carolina | #79 | 92 | 1 in 361 |
| New Jersey | #80 | 101 | 1 in 368 |
| Utah | #82 | 41 | 1 in 401 |
| West Virginia | #82 | 30 | 1 in 399 |
| Arkansas | #88 | 33 | 1 in 409 |
| Minnesota | #91 | 66 | 1 in 442 |
| Arizona | #93 | 44 | 1 in 438 |
| District of Columbia | #94 | 16 | 1 in 351 |
| Kansas | #97 | 35 | 1 in 432 |
| Hawaii | #98 | 13 | 1 in 387 |
| Texas | #100 | 233 | 1 in 515 |
| Nevada | #101 | 10 | 1 in 417 |
| Montana | #102 | 11 | 1 in 426 |
| Georgia | #103 | 75 | 1 in 470 |
| Washington | #103 | 54 | 1 in 497 |
| California | #105 | 342 | 1 in 508 |
| Mississippi | #111 | 34 | 1 in 483 |
| Alaska | #130 | 6 | 1 in 473 |
| New Mexico | #132 | 18 | 1 in 518 |
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
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 20 | #3,244 (1918) | #3,923 |
| 1920s | 24 | #4,011 (1922) | #4,393 |
| 1930s | 8 | #3,145 (1939) | #3,145 |
| 1940s | 293 | #1,050 (1949) | #2,076 |
| 1950s | 4,615 | #250 (1959) | #558 |
| 1960s | 38,263 | #52 (1969) | #124 |
| 1970s | 59,210 | #41 (1971) | #48 |
| 1980s | 32,138 | #73 (1980) | #95 |
| 1990s | 8,748 | #168 (1990) | #372 |
| 2000s | 2,871 | #682 (2000) | #902 |
| 2010s | 1,212 | #1,291 (2012) | #1,821 |
| 2020s | 348 | #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 1980
girls
#73
4,222 births · 1 in 393 girls
boys
#694
157 births · 1 in 11,363 boys
Top girls' names in 1980
Top boys' names in 1980
More about 1980
girls
1,660,307 girls got a published name in 1980; 1 in 393 of them was named Stacey, which outranked 99.4% of the 12,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,783,951 boys got a published name in 1980; 1 in 11,363 of them was named Stacey, which outranked 90.5% of the 7,293 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).