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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201988peak #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 1988

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Stacy, so not publishedAKMaine: #216 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,227 girlsMEVermont: #119 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 524 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #128 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 603 girlsNHWashington: #149 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 797 girlsWAIdaho: #129 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 581 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Stacy, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #126 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 582 girlsNDMinnesota: #75 for girls · 82 births · 1 in 337 girlsMNIllinois: #142 for girls · 95 births · 1 in 776 girlsILWisconsin: #80 for girls · 72 births · 1 in 398 girlsWIMichigan: #98 for girls · 116 births · 1 in 495 girlsMINew York: #133 for girls · 153 births · 1 in 745 girlsNYMassachusetts: #163 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 931 girlsMARhode Island: #168 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 866 girlsRIOregon: #109 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 541 girlsORNevada: #191 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 943 girlsNVWyoming: #108 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 370 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #98 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 414 girlsSDIowa: #121 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 602 girlsIAIndiana: #115 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 628 girlsINOhio: #113 for girls · 106 births · 1 in 647 girlsOHPennsylvania: #135 for girls · 92 births · 1 in 760 girlsPANew Jersey: #134 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 781 girlsNJConnecticut: #163 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 938 girlsCTCalifornia: #139 for girls · 296 births · 1 in 772 girlsCAUtah: #107 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 503 girlsUTColorado: #152 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 802 girlsCONebraska: #95 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 431 girlsNEMissouri: #127 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 720 girlsMOKentucky: #110 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 568 girlsKYWest Virginia: #72 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 299 girlsWVVirginia: #140 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 834 girlsVAMaryland: #125 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 666 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Stacy, so not publishedDEArizona: #152 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 812 girlsAZNew Mexico: #111 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 490 girlsNMKansas: #180 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 955 girlsKSArkansas: #140 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 727 girlsARTennessee: #156 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 877 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #115 for girls · 59 births · 1 in 650 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #117 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 625 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Stacy, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #91 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 435 girlsOKLouisiana: #141 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 752 girlsLAMississippi: #115 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 561 girlsMSAlabama: #134 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 721 girlsALGeorgia: #173 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 1,003 girlsGAHawaii: #219 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 829 girlsHITexas: #128 for girls · 177 births · 1 in 725 girlsTXFlorida: #120 for girls · 103 births · 1 in 708 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. West Virginia#72 · 1 in 299
  2. Minnesota#75 · 1 in 337
  3. Wisconsin#80 · 1 in 398
  4. Oklahoma#91 · 1 in 435
  5. Nebraska#95 · 1 in 431

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
West Virginia#72291 in 299
Minnesota#75821 in 337
Wisconsin#80721 in 398
Oklahoma#91401 in 435
Nebraska#95211 in 431
Michigan#981161 in 495
South Dakota#9891 in 414
Utah#107271 in 503
Wyoming#10851 in 370
Oregon#109291 in 541
Kentucky#110361 in 568
New Mexico#111191 in 490
Ohio#1131061 in 647
Indiana#115541 in 628
Mississippi#115241 in 561
North Carolina#115591 in 650
South Carolina#117301 in 625
Vermont#11951 in 524
Florida#1201031 in 708
Iowa#121261 in 602
Maryland#125391 in 666
North Dakota#12671 in 582
Missouri#127441 in 720
New Hampshire#128111 in 603
Texas#1281771 in 725
Idaho#12991 in 581
New York#1331531 in 745
Alabama#134301 in 721
New Jersey#134581 in 781
Pennsylvania#135921 in 760
California#1392961 in 772
Arkansas#140171 in 727
Virginia#140431 in 834
Louisiana#141351 in 752
Illinois#142951 in 776
Washington#149351 in 797
Arizona#152311 in 812
Colorado#152261 in 802
Tennessee#156331 in 877
Connecticut#163201 in 938
Massachusetts#163401 in 931
Rhode Island#16861 in 866
Georgia#173401 in 1,003
Kansas#180151 in 955
Nevada#19161 in 943
Maine#21651 in 1,227
Hawaii#21961 in 829
Alaska———
Delaware———
District of Columbia———
Montana———

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 1988

girls
#125
2,273 births · 1 in 783 girls
boys
#806
138 births · 1 in 13,872 boys

Top girls' names in 1988

  1. #1Jessica51,556
  2. #2Ashley49,977
  3. #3Amanda39,459
  4. #4Sarah28,374
  5. #5Jennifer27,893
  6. #6Brittany26,816
  7. #7Stephanie22,843
  8. #8Samantha20,700
  9. #9Nicole20,315
  10. #10Elizabeth20,042
  11. #125Stacy2,273

Top boys' names in 1988

  1. #1Michael64,171
  2. #2Christopher53,014
  3. #3Matthew45,876
  4. #4Joshua42,653
  5. #5Andrew35,745
  6. #6David35,329
  7. #7Justin35,055
  8. #8Daniel34,718
  9. #9James32,523
  10. #10Robert30,319
  11. #806Stacy138
More about 1988

girls

1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 783 of them was named Stacy, which outranked 99.1% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Stacy
  1. #122Caroline2,326
  2. #123Brenda2,285
  3. #124Alexandria2,275
  4. #125Stacy2,273
  5. #126Alisha2,268
  6. #127Desiree2,266
  7. #128Sandra2,258
Biggest movers since 1987
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,890Jalissa#3,857 → #967
  2. ↑ 2,381Taja#3,101 → #720
  3. ↑ 1,710Whitley#2,156 → #446
  4. ↑ 1,225Jalisa#1,662 → #437
  5. ↑ 883Jaleesa#1,227 → #344
Fallers
  1. ↓ 620Channing#590 → #1,210
  2. ↓ 346Denisse#954 → #1,300
  3. ↓ 319Jeana#966 → #1,285
  4. ↓ 314Eliana#826 → #1,140
  5. ↓ 311Nakia#893 → #1,204

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

boys

1,914,283 boys got a published name in 1988; 1 in 13,872 of them was named Stacy, which outranked 90.5% of the 8,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Stacy
  1. #801Timmy140
  2. #801Vaughn140
  3. #805Benito139
  4. #806Stacy138
  5. #806Jedidiah138
  6. #806Prince138
  7. #809Chaim137
  8. #809Coleman137
  9. #809Pierce137

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

Biggest movers since 1987
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,252Nico#4,239 → #987
  2. ↑ 1,245Ridge#2,215 → #970
  3. ↑ 668Colten#1,484 → #816
  4. ↑ 600Brantley#1,587 → #987
  5. ↑ 518Long#1,337 → #819
Fallers
  1. ↓ 362Cordaro#908 → #1,270
  2. ↓ 246Ramsey#884 → #1,130
  3. ↓ 241Yaakov#974 → #1,215
  4. ↓ 233Adrain#990 → #1,223
  5. ↓ 230Kiel#846 → #1,076

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

See the top 100 for 1988 →