Stacy

Where Stacy comes from

The dictionaries list Stacy as a given name — a male given name from Ancient Greek transferred from the surname — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Ancient Greek
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1892
    First appearance
    #1,171 among girls, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1941
    Stacy Keach born
    American actor
  3. 1952
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  4. 1971
    Stacy Dragila born
    American pole vaulter
  5. 1971
    Peak, #32
    9,117 babies named Stacy — more than any year before or since.
  6. 1981
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #65.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Ancient Greek transferred from the surname.
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek derived from the surname, popular in the 1970s.
Namesakes
  • Stacy Keach · American actor, born 1941
  • Stacy Dragila · American pole vaulter, born 1971
  • Stacy Keibler · American professional wrestler, dancer, and model, born 1979
  • Stacy Martin · French British actress, born 1990
  • Stacy Valentine · American pornographic actress and model, born 1970

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.