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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201995peak #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 1995

girls
#236
1,210 births · 1 in 1,453 girls
boys
#6,992
7 births · 1 in 271,957 boys

Top girls' names in 1995

  1. #1Jessica27,941
  2. #2Ashley26,606
  3. #3Emily24,382
  4. #4Samantha21,644
  5. #5Sarah21,395
  6. #6Taylor20,426
  7. #7Hannah17,018
  8. #8Brittany16,477
  9. #9Amanda16,354
  10. #10Elizabeth16,192
  11. #236Lacey1,210

Top boys' names in 1995

  1. #1Michael41,409
  2. #2Matthew32,882
  3. #3Christopher32,679
  4. #4Jacob31,134
  5. #5Joshua30,720
  6. #6Tyler29,161
  7. #7Nicholas29,160
  8. #8Brandon26,904
  9. #9Daniel26,728
  10. #10Austin25,908
  11. #6,992Lacey7
More about 1995

girls

1,758,548 girls got a published name in 1995; 1 in 1,453 of them was named Lacey, which outranked 98.5% of the 15,753 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lacey
  1. #233Ashlyn1,214
  2. #234Alexus1,213
  3. #235Brenna1,212
  4. #236Lacey1,210
  5. #237Amelia1,207
  6. #238Alondra1,205
  7. #239Clarissa1,201
Biggest movers since 1994
Risers
  1. 6,718Iridian#7,604#886
  2. 2,689Daija#3,615#926
  3. 2,119Lyric#2,752#633
  4. 1,910Daja#2,877#967
  5. 1,602Shania#2,047#445
Fallers
  1. 1,205Nohely#896#2,101
  2. 1,048Zana#802#1,850
  3. 869Kadijah#512#1,381
  4. 609Clarisa#664#1,273
  5. 514Dayana#751#1,265

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

boys

1,903,701 boys got a published name in 1995; 1 in 271,957 of them was named Lacey, which outranked 32.3% of the 10,330 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lacey
  1. #6,407Zebedee8
  2. #6,407Zedekiah8
  3. #6,407Zedrick8
  4. #6,992Lacey7
  5. #6,992Abayomi7
  6. #6,992Abdullahi7
  7. #6,992Abu7
  8. #7,792Aadam6
  9. #7,792Aaran6
  10. #7,792Aaronmichael6

Tied with 799 names at #6,992; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1994
Risers
  1. 1,703Tristin#2,307#604
  2. 1,494Raekwon#2,082#588
  3. 1,357Tristian#2,219#862
  4. 1,269Triston#1,795#526
  5. 1,186Rashaan#2,123#937
Fallers
  1. 469Shyheim#817#1,286
  2. 335Ryne#897#1,232
  3. 251Daulton#792#1,043
  4. 247Demetri#886#1,133
  5. 242Jerrell#917#1,159

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

See the top 100 for 1995