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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201985peak #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 1985

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #143 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 569 girlsAKMaine: #62 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 303 girlsMEVermont: #96 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 388 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #57 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 237 girlsNHWashington: #139 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 727 girlsWAIdaho: #87 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 353 girlsIDMontana: #172 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 729 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #78 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 354 girlsNDMinnesota: #122 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 680 girlsMNIllinois: #87 for girls · 148 births · 1 in 493 girlsILWisconsin: #96 for girls · 61 births · 1 in 502 girlsWIMichigan: #65 for girls · 164 births · 1 in 349 girlsMINew York: #82 for girls · 248 births · 1 in 431 girlsNYMassachusetts: #78 for girls · 94 births · 1 in 372 girlsMARhode Island: #69 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 253 girlsRIOregon: #140 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 680 girlsORNevada: #75 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 320 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Stacey, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #98 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 413 girlsSDIowa: #87 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 421 girlsIAIndiana: #71 for girls · 89 births · 1 in 382 girlsINOhio: #67 for girls · 185 births · 1 in 373 girlsOHPennsylvania: #60 for girls · 209 births · 1 in 331 girlsPANew Jersey: #105 for girls · 76 births · 1 in 532 girlsNJConnecticut: #76 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 370 girlsCTCalifornia: #143 for girls · 251 births · 1 in 806 girlsCAUtah: #96 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 478 girlsUTColorado: #86 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 431 girlsCONebraska: #75 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 371 girlsNEMissouri: #79 for girls · 73 births · 1 in 441 girlsMOKentucky: #76 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 394 girlsKYWest Virginia: #79 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 364 girlsWVVirginia: #101 for girls · 65 births · 1 in 507 girlsVAMaryland: #61 for girls · 89 births · 1 in 271 girlsMDDelaware: #85 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 383 girlsDEArizona: #121 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 575 girlsAZNew Mexico: #93 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 437 girlsNMKansas: #133 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 637 girlsKSArkansas: #120 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 552 girlsARTennessee: #81 for girls · 65 births · 1 in 427 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #90 for girls · 77 births · 1 in 462 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #103 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 510 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #115 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 474 girlsDCOklahoma: #110 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 544 girlsOKLouisiana: #99 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 519 girlsLAMississippi: #116 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 508 girlsMSAlabama: #100 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 474 girlsALGeorgia: #103 for girls · 70 births · 1 in 530 girlsGAHawaii: #127 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 490 girlsHITexas: #143 for girls · 170 births · 1 in 784 girlsTXFlorida: #100 for girls · 114 births · 1 in 572 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Hampshire#57 · 1 in 237
  2. Pennsylvania#60 · 1 in 331
  3. Maryland#61 · 1 in 271
  4. Maine#62 · 1 in 303
  5. Michigan#65 · 1 in 349

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Hampshire#57251 in 237
Pennsylvania#602091 in 331
Maryland#61891 in 271
Maine#62211 in 303
Michigan#651641 in 349
Ohio#671851 in 373
Rhode Island#69191 in 253
Indiana#71891 in 382
Nebraska#75271 in 371
Nevada#75151 in 320
Connecticut#76461 in 370
Kentucky#76541 in 394
Massachusetts#78941 in 372
North Dakota#78131 in 354
Missouri#79731 in 441
West Virginia#79271 in 364
Tennessee#81651 in 427
New York#822481 in 431
Delaware#8581 in 383
Colorado#86511 in 431
Idaho#87171 in 353
Illinois#871481 in 493
Iowa#87411 in 421
North Carolina#90771 in 462
New Mexico#93221 in 437
Utah#96301 in 478
Vermont#9671 in 388
Wisconsin#96611 in 502
South Dakota#98101 in 413
Louisiana#99581 in 519
Alabama#100461 in 474
Florida#1001141 in 572
Virginia#101651 in 507
Georgia#103701 in 530
South Carolina#103351 in 510
New Jersey#105761 in 532
Oklahoma#110371 in 544
District of Columbia#115121 in 474
Mississippi#116291 in 508
Arkansas#120231 in 552
Arizona#121401 in 575
Minnesota#122421 in 680
Hawaii#127101 in 490
Kansas#133231 in 637
Washington#139381 in 727
Oregon#140231 in 680
Alaska#14371 in 569
California#1432511 in 806
Texas#1431701 in 784
Montana#17261 in 729
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 1985

girls
#89
3,114 births · 1 in 553 girls
boys
#866
109 births · 1 in 16,956 boys

Top girls' names in 1985

  1. #1Jessica48,345
  2. #2Ashley47,010
  3. #3Jennifer42,661
  4. #4Amanda39,055
  5. #5Sarah24,879
  6. #6Stephanie23,243
  7. #7Nicole22,966
  8. #8Heather21,151
  9. #9Elizabeth20,545
  10. #10Megan20,013
  11. #89Stacey3,114

Top boys' names in 1985

  1. #1Michael64,934
  2. #2Christopher59,609
  3. #3Matthew47,075
  4. #4Joshua42,194
  5. #5Daniel38,559
  6. #6David38,522
  7. #7James35,862
  8. #8Robert32,094
  9. #9John31,502
  10. #10Joseph30,222
  11. #866Stacey109
More about 1985

girls

1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 553 of them was named Stacey, which outranked 99.3% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Stacey
  1. #86Candice3,195
  2. #87Karen3,138
  3. #88Melanie3,132
  4. #89Stacey3,114
  5. #90Margaret3,072
  6. #91Sheena3,062
  7. #92Alexandra3,017
Biggest movers since 1984
Risers
  1. ↑ 7,360Kayleigh#8,153 → #793
  2. ↑ 1,675Madison#2,299 → #624
  3. ↑ 1,167Cierra#1,633 → #466
  4. ↑ 1,002Ciera#1,703 → #701
  5. ↑ 787Krystina#1,332 → #545
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,164Grisel#784 → #1,948
  2. ↓ 893Ciji#963 → #1,856
  3. ↓ 419Falon#914 → #1,333
  4. ↓ 364Alesia#969 → #1,333
  5. ↓ 362Echo#845 → #1,207

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

boys

1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 16,956 of them was named Stacey, which outranked 88.6% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Stacey
  1. #857Jeremey110
  2. #857Leif110
  3. #857Lynn110
  4. #866Stacey109
  5. #866Bernardo109
  6. #866Chaim109
  7. #866Cliff109
  8. #875Francesco108
  9. #875Schuyler108
  10. #877Darwin107

Tied with 8 names at #866; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1984
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,425Jaymes#3,270 → #845
  2. ↑ 977Trace#1,933 → #956
  3. ↑ 933Durrell#1,656 → #723
  4. ↑ 793Durell#1,399 → #606
  5. ↑ 562Brandyn#1,444 → #882
Fallers
  1. ↓ 420Anwar#951 → #1,371
  2. ↓ 345Zebulon#976 → #1,321
  3. ↓ 303Tavares#925 → #1,228
  4. ↓ 250Alonso#931 → #1,181
  5. ↓ 228Abdul#1,000 → #1,228

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

See the top 100 for 1985 →