Lacey

#738 for girls in 2025, 370 births · Last seen for boys in 2021 at #12,146
Given to girls 97.4% of the time

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Peak · girls
1984 · 2,399 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
53,774
since 1888

Lacey over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Lacey has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201990peak #116, 1984girls
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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#738370
2024#744378
2023#759370
2022#877317
2021#806346#12,1465
2020#712394
2019#656446#12,1455
2018#651457
2017#601502
2016#487638
2015#478676
2014#480655
2013#466658#10,7286
2012#493623
2011#440708
2010#436705
2009#432740#9,8647
2008#407795
2007#390839#12,3675
2006#448712
2005#438696
2004#424714#6,97610
2003#371813#7,8318
2002#470602#7,6438
2001#415693#10,5565
2000#371793
1999#345867#7,1398
1998#321941#9,6315
1997#290989#7,2817
1996#2771,053#4,39614
1995#2361,210#6,9927
1994#2091,398#4,80312
1993#1921,522#6,2288
1992#1731,754#3,22020
1991#1452,071#3,46217
1990#1482,047#3,77915
1989#1432,076#3,09419
1988#1292,243#2,76520
1987#1172,399#2,64120
1986#1212,266#3,26814
1985#1242,359#2,50420
1984#1162,399#2,36421
1983#1282,383#2,14024
1982#1242,382#2,20723
1981#1941,369#2,13824
1980#277897#2,61718
1979#303790#3,56911
1978#293787#2,56817
1977#573304#3,38611
1976#637242#2,32919
1975#565294#2,45017
1974#1,28483#2,67414
1973#1,16094#3,01311
1972#1,40470#1,81924
1971#1,46770#2,81312
1970#1,24789#1,98920
1969#1,45365#2,21715
1968#1,53955#1,96217
1967#2,11731#1,60923
1966#2,30827#2,32712
1965#2,06432#2,61710
1964#2,47525#2,31013
1963#2,01534#2,04416
1962#1,51155#1,96217
1961#2,25028#1,99717
1960#2,82019#2,04216
1959#2,76018#2,29513
1958#2,75518#2,02616
1957#2,34723#2,49411
1956#3,49312#1,82119
1955#2,83916#1,97916
1954#2,51919#1,88717
1953#2,69916#1,70920
1952#3,55210#1,46127
1951#4,8336#2,49510
1950#4,3157#1,57222
1949#2,99912#1,40927
1948#3,8838#1,75818
1947#2,89813#2,16913
1946#4,4176#2,5349
1945#3,6767#2,13111
1944#2,94610#2,30910
1943#4,1966#2,07413
1942#3,7387#2,14512
1941#4,4205#1,44622
1940#3,8636#1,80215
1939#3,7826#1,79515
1938#2,08412
1937#2,4799
1936#4,1815#1,63917
1935#1,42223
1934#1,72517
1933#3,7536#1,49821
1932#3,3616
1931#3,7635
1930#4,5505#2,44411
1929#1,73119
1928#1,90217
1927#1,95917
1926#4,8515#1,98116
1925#3,6648#2,08915
1924#4,0027#1,96417
1923#1,75320
1922#4,0117#2,04016
1921#4,0237#1,58823
1920#2,60211
1919#1,69520
1918#2,8829
1917#3,3448#1,98615
1916#3,5527#2,04314
1915#3,1348#2,07013
1914#2,10110
1913#1,80310
1912#1,22315
1911#1,1909
1910
1909
1908
1907#1,0947
1906
1905
1904
1903#1,5926
1902#1,1375
1901#1,0585
1900#1,1626
1899
1898
1897
1896
1895
1894
1893
1892
1891
1890
1889
1888#1,2765
1887
1886#8456
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1888

The first year at least five girls were named Lacey! It came in at #1,276, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1888–1902, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 6 spots since 2024 (#744#738)
  • 26 spots since 2020 (#712#738)
  • 260 spots since 2015 (#478#738)
  • Biggest jump: 719 spots in 1975 (#1,284#565)
  • Biggest drop: 114 spots in 2017 (#487#601)
Rise & fade · girls
96 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1888
  • Peaked 1984 at #116 (2,399 births)
  • Births halved by 1996, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 51 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 51 yrs · run 1975–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 701
  • Highest: 1 in 701 girls born in 1983 were named Lacey (0.14%)
  • Latest: 1 in 4,344 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
  • Its best rank, #116 in 1984, was only 1 in 702 (0.14%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 38.6% of all girls named Lacey (20,773) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#1,276 (1888)#1,276
1890s0
1900s6#1,592 (1903)#1,592
1910s23#3,134 (1915)#3,343
1920s34#3,664 (1925)#4,110
1930s22#3,753 (1933)#4,067
1940s80#2,898 (1947)#3,704
1950s145#2,347 (1957)#3,211
1960s371#1,453 (1969)#2,055
1970s2,823#293 (1978)#893
1980s20,773#116 (1984)#147
1990s13,852#145 (1991)#234
2000s7,397#371 (2003)#417
2010s6,068#436 (2010)#519
2020s2,175#712 (2020)#773

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.

Lacey in 1990

girls
#148
2,047 births · 1 in 927 girls
boys
#3,779
15 births · 1 in 136,936 boys

Top girls' names in 1990

  1. #1Jessica46,486
  2. #2Ashley45,561
  3. #3Brittany36,536
  4. #4Amanda34,413
  5. #5Samantha25,868
  6. #6Sarah25,824
  7. #7Stephanie24,864
  8. #8Jennifer22,236
  9. #9Elizabeth20,750
  10. #10Lauren20,506
  11. #148Lacey2,047

Top boys' names in 1990

  1. #1Michael65,321
  2. #2Christopher52,362
  3. #3Matthew44,826
  4. #4Joshua43,237
  5. #5Daniel33,830
  6. #6David33,748
  7. #7Andrew33,673
  8. #8James32,359
  9. #9Justin30,649
  10. #10Joseph30,137
  11. #3,779Lacey15
More about 1990

girls

1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 927 of them was named Lacey, which outranked 99.0% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lacey
  1. #145Krista2,144
  2. #146Alexa2,131
  3. #147Candice2,117
  4. #148Lacey2,047
  5. #149Rebekah2,044
  6. #150Sydney2,028
  7. #151Nichole1,992
Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. 5,592Alannah#6,531#939
  2. 1,178Symone#1,998#820
  3. 869Shelbi#1,750#881
  4. 831Latifah#1,532#701
  5. 828Skyler#1,564#736
Fallers
  1. 2,554Elizabet#524#3,078
  2. 1,572Katherin#717#2,289
  3. 652Stephani#390#1,042
  4. 504Ashanti#893#1,397
  5. 416Audrianna#759#1,175

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

boys

2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 136,936 of them was named Lacey, which outranked 60.2% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lacey
  1. #3,607Zacary16
  2. #3,607Zaki16
  3. #3,607Zohaib16
  4. #3,779Lacey15
  5. #3,779Aakash15
  6. #3,779Addam15
  7. #3,779Adiel15
  8. #3,971Abiel14
  9. #3,971Akram14
  10. #3,971Alante14

Tied with 191 names at #3,779; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. 3,636Tevin#4,017#381
  2. 3,283Keenen#4,271#988
  3. 1,325Male#2,027#702
  4. 1,032Denzel#1,476#444
  5. 598Kevon#1,476#878
Fallers
  1. 1,130Kiara#956#2,086
  2. 916Rachel#993#1,909
  3. 855Nicole#985#1,840
  4. 746Tiffany#956#1,702
  5. 681Sarah#819#1,500

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

See the top 100 for 1990