Stacy

#1,652 for girls in 2025, 125 births · #5,861 for boys in 2025, 15 births
Given to girls 88.1% of the time

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Peak · girls
1971 · 9,117 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
21 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
164,011
since 1892

Stacy over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201971peak #32, 1971peak #157, 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#1,652125#5,86115
2024#1,390162#10,9386
2023#1,534139#5,92715
2022#1,419159#5,21518
2021#1,364162#6,03214
2020#1,198192#6,62012
2019#1,392161#6,77712
2018#1,313173#5,32017
2017#1,348172#3,88927
2016#1,210204#4,19924
2015#1,213205#3,88227
2014#1,193205#4,39222
2013#1,082228#3,66128
2012#1,005252#4,00325
2011#988258#3,88526
2010#899294#3,89426
2009#827341#3,27434
2008#730408#3,05738
2007#691421#3,79327
2006#673423#2,65944
2005#650426#2,56743
2004#633431#2,23851
2003#664400#2,54540
2002#654386#1,85161
2001#602417#1,93556
2000#596425#1,79960
1999#553455#1,58069
1998#516490#1,81155
1997#472532#1,29488
1996#419605#1,26587
1995#387683#1,123104
1994#320850#1,009121
1993#287956#953127
1992#2321,190#873146
1991#2111,409#845151
1990#1731,670#818156
1989#1521,882#801154
1988#1252,273#806138
1987#1012,746#763144
1986#873,220#766141
1985#674,109#760137
1984#674,447#715148
1983#614,678#763128
1982#724,099#750138
1981#654,479#663167
1980#535,057#565233
1979#435,708#529258
1978#445,776#428344
1977#426,154#376433
1976#386,523#306573
1975#347,169#255782
1974#386,741#241829
1973#327,338#229916
1972#337,604#234914
1971#329,117#2311,027
1970#427,771#2121,183
1969#536,486#1861,494
1968#645,384#1571,736
1967#744,597#1621,658
1966#913,779#283679
1965#1193,205#307604
1964#1233,462#340533
1963#1293,261#360471
1962#1762,227#398416
1961#2071,673#448325
1960#2221,452#464294
1959#2171,479#469290
1958#2561,157#501239
1957#347680#554195
1956#427456#592165
1955#528301#642135
1954#532278#637132
1953#666181#661115
1952#800128#688103
1951#863108#653116
1950#1,09071#677105
1949#99282#68998
1948#1,13562#83267
1947#1,25552#86165
1946#1,39439#92552
1945#1,74323#79860
1944#1,86721#85355
1943#2,15117#94350
1942#3,1949#1,08939
1941#2,27214#87652
1940#3,8636#91948
1939#3,4297#95443
1938#2,22514#1,00940
1937#2,19614#1,07436
1936#3,3767#91745
1935—#94045
1934#2,56711#1,26628
1933#3,7536#99541
1932—#1,15734
1931#2,42712#1,25330
1930#4,5505#1,19035
1929#2,73711#1,19534
1928#2,49713#1,04144
1927#3,8757#1,43627
1926#3,2699#1,33130
1925#2,61713#1,10840
1924#2,97311#1,07144
1923#2,26416#1,14039
1922#4,0117#99151
1921#1,98820#1,22635
1920#1,75123#83565
1919#2,64012#97348
1918#2,10217#1,06241
1917#2,55212#1,32227
1916#1,73920#1,02839
1915#1,62221#1,06836
1914#1,81814#98632
1913#1,88311#1,07522
1912#1,84410#1,05919
1911#1,7928#89614
1910#1,7738#1,1938
1909#1,4719#1,0838
1908#1,35710#58519
1907—#86610
1906#1,4168#1,2535
1905#1,6966—
1904#1,3648#9667
1903#1,4407#7839
1902——
1901#1,6795—
1900—#1,1626
1899#1,2787—
1898—#7449
1897——
1896#1,2138#1,1015
1895——
1894—#7878
1893#1,1757#8367
1892#1,1717#7928
1891—#7667
1890——
1889—#9745
1888——
1887—#9215
1886——
1885—#8366
1884—#9715
1883——
1882——
1881——
1880—#8096
First appearance
1892

The first year at least five girls were named Stacy! It came in at #1,171, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1894–1895, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Stacy is popular in 1971

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #70 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 223 girlsAKMaine: #28 for girls · 60 births · 1 in 118 girlsMEVermont: #43 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 166 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #38 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 144 girlsNHWashington: #32 for girls · 145 births · 1 in 154 girlsWAIdaho: #28 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 144 girlsIDMontana: #21 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 107 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #17 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 89 girlsNDMinnesota: #28 for girls · 217 births · 1 in 125 girlsMNIllinois: #37 for girls · 434 births · 1 in 191 girlsILWisconsin: #30 for girls · 224 births · 1 in 138 girlsWIMichigan: #35 for girls · 393 births · 1 in 176 girlsMINew York: #60 for girls · 473 births · 1 in 265 girlsNYMassachusetts: #69 for girls · 159 births · 1 in 246 girlsMARhode Island: #48 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 166 girlsRIOregon: #62 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 257 girlsORNevada: #48 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 165 girlsNVWyoming: #18 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 79 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #27 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 116 girlsSDIowa: #25 for girls · 151 births · 1 in 128 girlsIAIndiana: #24 for girls · 330 births · 1 in 125 girlsINOhio: #31 for girls · 503 births · 1 in 166 girlsOHPennsylvania: #35 for girls · 490 births · 1 in 164 girlsPANew Jersey: #50 for girls · 219 births · 1 in 212 girlsNJConnecticut: #48 for girls · 90 births · 1 in 205 girlsCTCalifornia: #36 for girls · 747 births · 1 in 199 girlsCAUtah: #26 for girls · 78 births · 1 in 138 girlsUTColorado: #30 for girls · 110 births · 1 in 150 girlsCONebraska: #23 for girls · 100 births · 1 in 106 girlsNEMissouri: #21 for girls · 318 births · 1 in 108 girlsMOKentucky: #33 for girls · 177 births · 1 in 147 girlsKYWest Virginia: #28 for girls · 93 births · 1 in 140 girlsWVVirginia: #41 for girls · 200 births · 1 in 165 girlsVAMaryland: #31 for girls · 168 births · 1 in 140 girlsMDDelaware: #25 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 105 girlsDEArizona: #35 for girls · 85 births · 1 in 178 girlsAZNew Mexico: #76 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 300 girlsNMKansas: #17 for girls · 134 births · 1 in 101 girlsKSArkansas: #17 for girls · 143 births · 1 in 97 girlsARTennessee: #31 for girls · 211 births · 1 in 147 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #57 for girls · 154 births · 1 in 261 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #34 for girls · 133 births · 1 in 156 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #57 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 214 girlsDCOklahoma: #17 for girls · 172 births · 1 in 103 girlsOKLouisiana: #16 for girls · 264 births · 1 in 110 girlsLAMississippi: #23 for girls · 149 births · 1 in 125 girlsMSAlabama: #33 for girls · 172 births · 1 in 155 girlsALGeorgia: #28 for girls · 294 births · 1 in 132 girlsGAHawaii: #41 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 182 girlsHITexas: #31 for girls · 559 births · 1 in 186 girlsTXFlorida: #34 for girls · 295 births · 1 in 162 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Louisiana#16 · 1 in 110
  2. North Dakota#17 · 1 in 89
  3. Arkansas#17 · 1 in 97
  4. Kansas#17 · 1 in 101
  5. Oklahoma#17 · 1 in 103

Best ever in a state: #13 in Minnesota, 1972.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Louisiana#162641 in 110
Arkansas#171431 in 97
Kansas#171341 in 101
North Dakota#17461 in 89
Oklahoma#171721 in 103
Wyoming#18221 in 79
Missouri#213181 in 108
Montana#21391 in 107
Mississippi#231491 in 125
Nebraska#231001 in 106
Indiana#243301 in 125
Delaware#25331 in 105
Iowa#251511 in 128
Utah#26781 in 138
South Dakota#27361 in 116
Georgia#282941 in 132
Idaho#28341 in 144
Maine#28601 in 118
Minnesota#282171 in 125
West Virginia#28931 in 140
Colorado#301101 in 150
Wisconsin#302241 in 138
Maryland#311681 in 140
Ohio#315031 in 166
Tennessee#312111 in 147
Texas#315591 in 186
Washington#321451 in 154
Alabama#331721 in 155
Kentucky#331771 in 147
Florida#342951 in 162
South Carolina#341331 in 156
Arizona#35851 in 178
Michigan#353931 in 176
Pennsylvania#354901 in 164
California#367471 in 199
Illinois#374341 in 191
New Hampshire#38341 in 144
Hawaii#41261 in 182
Virginia#412001 in 165
Vermont#43171 in 166
Connecticut#48901 in 205
Nevada#48181 in 165
Rhode Island#48361 in 166
New Jersey#502191 in 212
District of Columbia#57411 in 214
North Carolina#571541 in 261
New York#604731 in 265
Oregon#62521 in 257
Massachusetts#691591 in 246
Alaska#70111 in 223
New Mexico#76281 in 300

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 Stacy
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 262 spots since 2024 (#1,390 → #1,652)
  • 454 spots since 2020 (#1,198 → #1,652)
  • 439 spots since 2015 (#1,213 → #1,652)
  • Biggest jump: 227 spots in 1951 (#1,090 → #863)
  • Biggest drop: 98 spots in 1950 (#992 → #1,090)
Rise & fade · girls
79 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1892
  • Peaked 1971 at #32 (9,117 births)
  • Births halved by 1981, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 21 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 21 yrs · run 1966–1986
  • Top 1,000: 62 yrs · run 1951–2011
Share of babies · girls
1 in 182
  • Highest: 1 in 182 girls born in 1971 were named Stacy (0.55%)
  • Latest: 1 in 12,858 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 42.6% of all girls named Stacy (69,901) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1952
  • Mostly boys until 1951, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s29#1,171 (1892)#1,209
1900s53#1,357 (1908)#1,489
1910s133#1,622 (1915)#1,977
1920s130#1,751 (1920)#2,798
1930s76#2,196 (1937)#3,065
1940s325#992 (1949)#1,987
1950s4,839#217 (1959)#573
1960s35,526#53 (1969)#126
1970s69,901#32 (1971)#38
1980s36,990#53 (1980)#85
1990s8,840#173 (1990)#357
2000s4,078#596 (2000)#672
2010s2,152#899 (2010)#1,164
2020s939#1,198 (2020)#1,426

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.

Stacy in 1971

girls
#32
9,117 births · 1 in 182 girls
boys
#231
1,027 births · 1 in 1,722 boys

Top girls' names in 1971

  1. #1Jennifer56,771
  2. #2Michelle33,160
  3. #3Lisa32,907
  4. #4Kimberly30,708
  5. #5Amy26,237
  6. #6Angela25,901
  7. #7Melissa23,875
  8. #8Tammy17,656
  9. #9Mary16,703
  10. #10Julie15,322
  11. #32Stacy9,117

Top boys' names in 1971

  1. #1Michael77,577
  2. #2James54,597
  3. #3David53,113
  4. #4John51,512
  5. #5Robert50,634
  6. #6Christopher48,225
  7. #7William35,413
  8. #8Jason34,173
  9. #9Brian32,624
  10. #10Scott30,901
  11. #231Stacy1,027
More about 1971

girls

1,663,823 girls got a published name in 1971; 1 in 182 of them was named Stacy, which outranked 99.7% of the 9,645 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Stacy
  1. #29Wendy10,063
  2. #30Christina9,915
  3. #31Sandra9,714
  4. #32Stacy9,117
  5. #33Deborah8,675
  6. #34Teresa8,563
  7. #35Andrea8,483
Biggest movers since 1970
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,115Yesenia#2,522 → #407
  2. ↑ 1,431Shayla#2,267 → #836
  3. ↑ 853Ebony#1,681 → #828
  4. ↑ 749Consuela#1,706 → #957
  5. ↑ 510Candida#1,196 → #686
Fallers
  1. ↓ 572Sebrina#916 → #1,488
  2. ↓ 382Janene#684 → #1,066
  3. ↓ 375Treena#989 → #1,364
  4. ↓ 356Tisa#910 → #1,266
  5. ↓ 351Shaun#929 → #1,280

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

boys

1,768,447 boys got a published name in 1971; 1 in 1,722 of them was named Stacy, which outranked 95.9% of the 5,655 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Stacy
  1. #228Jaime1,032
  2. #229Toby1,031
  3. #230Alvin1,029
  4. #231Stacy1,027
  5. #232Fredrick1,022
  6. #233Jermaine1,014
  7. #233Leroy1,014
Biggest movers since 1970
Risers
  1. ↑ 754Germaine#1,582 → #828
  2. ↑ 626Jeramie#1,546 → #920
  3. ↑ 512Jeremey#1,396 → #884
  4. ↑ 473Jarod#1,337 → #864
  5. ↑ 454Jamel#1,374 → #920
Fallers
  1. ↓ 328Adolph#926 → #1,254
  2. ↓ 272Dwane#1,000 → #1,272
  3. ↓ 266Bronson#861 → #1,127
  4. ↓ 244Mitch#921 → #1,165
  5. ↓ 242Enrico#839 → #1,081

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

See the top 100 for 1971 →