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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201982peak #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 1982

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #111 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 428 girlsAKMaine: #116 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 567 girlsMEVermont: #58 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 214 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #69 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 308 girlsNHWashington: #131 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 611 girlsWAIdaho: #147 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 625 girlsIDMontana: #98 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 373 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #79 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 332 girlsNDMinnesota: #127 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 665 girlsMNIllinois: #104 for girls · 149 births · 1 in 500 girlsILWisconsin: #71 for girls · 85 births · 1 in 370 girlsWIMichigan: #53 for girls · 195 births · 1 in 295 girlsMINew York: #92 for girls · 224 births · 1 in 459 girlsNYMassachusetts: #78 for girls · 83 births · 1 in 392 girlsMARhode Island: #83 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 314 girlsRIOregon: #86 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 399 girlsORNevada: #139 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 597 girlsNVWyoming: #61 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 238 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #123 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 527 girlsSDIowa: #76 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 362 girlsIAIndiana: #85 for girls · 82 births · 1 in 429 girlsINOhio: #73 for girls · 184 births · 1 in 388 girlsOHPennsylvania: #64 for girls · 205 births · 1 in 341 girlsPANew Jersey: #83 for girls · 95 births · 1 in 403 girlsNJConnecticut: #42 for girls · 84 births · 1 in 188 girlsCTCalifornia: #126 for girls · 286 births · 1 in 649 girlsCAUtah: #108 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 512 girlsUTColorado: #115 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 551 girlsCONebraska: #71 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 336 girlsNEMissouri: #68 for girls · 91 births · 1 in 354 girlsMOKentucky: #79 for girls · 64 births · 1 in 371 girlsKYWest Virginia: #57 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 276 girlsWVVirginia: #69 for girls · 93 births · 1 in 331 girlsVAMaryland: #46 for girls · 104 births · 1 in 214 girlsMDDelaware: #59 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 229 girlsDEArizona: #98 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 458 girlsAZNew Mexico: #122 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 539 girlsNMKansas: #92 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 443 girlsKSArkansas: #99 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 491 girlsARTennessee: #85 for girls · 71 births · 1 in 395 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #69 for girls · 99 births · 1 in 345 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #95 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 398 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #127 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 479 girlsDCOklahoma: #116 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 537 girlsOKLouisiana: #90 for girls · 73 births · 1 in 434 girlsLAMississippi: #121 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 551 girlsMSAlabama: #83 for girls · 60 births · 1 in 364 girlsALGeorgia: #91 for girls · 83 births · 1 in 420 girlsGAHawaii: #173 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 642 girlsHITexas: #133 for girls · 180 births · 1 in 722 girlsTXFlorida: #83 for girls · 135 births · 1 in 420 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Connecticut#42 · 1 in 188
  2. Maryland#46 · 1 in 214
  3. Michigan#53 · 1 in 295
  4. West Virginia#57 · 1 in 276
  5. Vermont#58 · 1 in 214

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Connecticut#42841 in 188
Maryland#461041 in 214
Michigan#531951 in 295
West Virginia#57411 in 276
Vermont#58131 in 214
Delaware#59131 in 229
Wyoming#61141 in 238
Pennsylvania#642051 in 341
Missouri#68911 in 354
New Hampshire#69181 in 308
North Carolina#69991 in 345
Virginia#69931 in 331
Nebraska#71321 in 336
Wisconsin#71851 in 370
Ohio#731841 in 388
Iowa#76521 in 362
Massachusetts#78831 in 392
Kentucky#79641 in 371
North Dakota#79151 in 332
Alabama#83601 in 364
Florida#831351 in 420
New Jersey#83951 in 403
Rhode Island#83151 in 314
Indiana#85821 in 429
Tennessee#85711 in 395
Oregon#86411 in 399
Louisiana#90731 in 434
Georgia#91831 in 420
Kansas#92351 in 443
New York#922241 in 459
South Carolina#95451 in 398
Arizona#98441 in 458
Montana#98131 in 373
Arkansas#99261 in 491
Illinois#1041491 in 500
Utah#108321 in 512
Alaska#11181 in 428
Colorado#115401 in 551
Maine#116111 in 567
Oklahoma#116421 in 537
Mississippi#121291 in 551
New Mexico#122181 in 539
South Dakota#12391 in 527
California#1262861 in 649
District of Columbia#127121 in 479
Minnesota#127441 in 665
Washington#131451 in 611
Texas#1331801 in 722
Nevada#13981 in 597
Idaho#147111 in 625
Hawaii#17381 in 642

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 1982

girls
#85
3,459 births · 1 in 490 girls
boys
#903
98 births · 1 in 18,515 boys

Top girls' names in 1982

  1. #1Jennifer57,120
  2. #2Jessica45,453
  3. #3Amanda34,214
  4. #4Sarah28,483
  5. #5Melissa25,864
  6. #6Nicole21,706
  7. #7Stephanie20,861
  8. #8Elizabeth20,506
  9. #9Crystal19,099
  10. #10Amy18,799
  11. #85Stacey3,459

Top boys' names in 1982

  1. #1Michael68,216
  2. #2Christopher59,223
  3. #3Matthew46,045
  4. #4Jason40,628
  5. #5David40,453
  6. #6James38,874
  7. #7Joshua38,004
  8. #8John34,698
  9. #9Robert34,409
  10. #10Daniel32,652
  11. #903Stacey98
More about 1982

girls

1,693,325 girls got a published name in 1982; 1 in 490 of them was named Stacey, which outranked 99.3% of the 12,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Stacey
  1. #82Pamela3,546
  2. #83Krystal3,504
  3. #84Julia3,502
  4. #85Stacey3,459
  5. #86Heidi3,392
  6. #87Katrina3,322
  7. #88Tracy3,283
Biggest movers since 1981
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,715Kaleena#2,375 → #660
  2. ↑ 1,197Kala#1,958 → #761
  3. ↑ 1,094Chelsie#2,028 → #934
  4. ↑ 1,081Tenika#2,028 → #947
  5. ↑ 1,044Falon#1,958 → #914
Fallers
  1. ↓ 538Evita#779 → #1,317
  2. ↓ 517Martine#791 → #1,308
  3. ↓ 473Dusty#720 → #1,193
  4. ↓ 470Regan#991 → #1,461
  5. ↓ 401Windy#998 → #1,399

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

boys

1,814,447 boys got a published name in 1982; 1 in 18,515 of them was named Stacey, which outranked 87.7% of the 7,367 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Stacey
  1. #899Buck99
  2. #899Garland99
  3. #899Kip99
  4. #903Stacey98
  5. #903Garth98
  6. #903Greggory98
  7. #903Lenny98
  8. #907Billie97
  9. #907Britton97
  10. #907Dirk97

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

Biggest movers since 1981
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,958Colt#2,418 → #460
  2. ↑ 730Eliot#1,695 → #965
  3. ↑ 532Colton#1,334 → #802
  4. ↑ 478Kiel#1,101 → #623
  5. ↑ 416Eugenio#1,411 → #995
Fallers
  1. ↓ 309Marchello#841 → #1,150
  2. ↓ 237Carmen#851 → #1,088
  3. ↓ 234Claudio#976 → #1,210
  4. ↓ 224Irvin#826 → #1,050
  5. ↓ 222Jeramiah#971 → #1,193

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

See the top 100 for 1982 →