Lacy

#2,583 for girls in 2025, 67 births · Last seen for boys in 2021 at #9,714
Given to girls 75.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1983 · 972 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
20,211
since 1880

Lacy over time

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201979peak #242, 1983peak #385, 1900girlsboys
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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#2,58367
2024#3,01354
2023#2,82360
2022#2,55469
2021#2,13188#9,7147
2020#2,50069
2019#2,50870
2018#1,869108#9,6707
2017#1,876108
2016#1,743119
2015#1,437160#12,0865
2014#1,479151#9,6427
2013#1,440156#12,1365
2012#1,539143
2011#1,540142#12,2875
2010#1,367170#7,08711
2009#1,246198#6,80212
2008#1,231205#7,69810
2007#1,003263#8,1739
2006#1,042246#7,42710
2005#940263
2004#890273#8,9277
2003#825297#4,81516
2002#1,121186
2001#1,014211#9,2436
2000#1,021206#5,29713
1999#914231#6,5309
1998#911231#7,5607
1997#762277#4,24615
1996#767276#4,61313
1995#651330#3,69317
1994#556432#3,75117
1993#476534#2,94323
1992#424594#2,90923
1991#371695#2,68325
1990#354753#2,25531
1989#349736#1,99336
1988#329749#2,19728
1987#290838#2,11528
1986#291853#2,29024
1985#269934#1,86631
1984#260940#1,93328
1983#242972#1,78731
1982#253988#1,99927
1981#290833#1,99627
1980#406562#1,69534
1979#475427#1,43542
1978#441453#1,79429
1977#891159#1,57135
1976#877152#1,34643
1975#707210#1,59332
1974#1,48666#1,22946
1973#1,45066#1,32939
1972#1,41469#1,19647
1971#2,03541#1,33040
1970#1,40774#1,22246
1969#1,57257#1,11049
1968#1,77644#87568
1967#2,21229#1,04349
1966#2,14730#1,07347
1965#1,91436#94261
1964#2,41226#1,01655
1963#2,09432#97160
1962#1,62748#1,09149
1961#2,47424#1,01359
1960#2,82019#97361
1959#2,67819#87576
1958#2,58120#95064
1957#2,34723#86176
1956#2,92916#84079
1955#2,63518#87471
1954#2,59218#90267
1953#2,36320#81977
1952#3,7969#71796
1951#2,47417#81375
1950#2,78114#71891
1949#2,99912#78277
1948#2,49116#71388
1947#2,76914#69699
1946#3,03411#68589
1945#2,06017#74967
1944#1,60926#65889
1943#2,07918#65096
1942#1,80422#65296
1941#2,09616#63692
1940#2,57211#67381
1939#2,03816#63686
1938#1,87318#75266
1937#1,73520#575100
1936#2,03215#62587
1935#1,91717#581100
1934#2,56711#61593
1933#1,65821#70373
1932#1,63422#581104
1931#1,94117#66780
1930#2,55212#605102
1929#2,01117#61098
1928#2,19416#62197
1927#1,93520#573116
1926#2,56913#608106
1925#1,37634#562121
1924#1,92621#568125
1923#1,42832#640100
1922#1,68225#594118
1921#1,51430#589116
1920#1,47030#609107
1919#1,44529#63891
1918#1,45129#579110
1917#1,40228#561110
1916#1,33230#542111
1915#1,47524#60989
1914#1,34422#56279
1913#1,02028#56060
1912#1,11722#49165
1911#1,30013#53331
1910#84526#48033
1909#93519#54523
1908#1,08414#43830
1907#94516#41730
1906#96515#43126
1905#96815#54918
1904#96514#45222
1903#1,2049#41123
1902#1,02412#44022
1901#69921#48716
1900#94116#38533
1899#93512#50215
1898#84016#8048
1897#1,2637#43819
1896#90313#50017
1895#77017#60912
1894#81214#38723
1893#76715#65010
1892#86112#45818
1891#89310#47614
1890#82511#43417
1889#1,2795#62810
1888#1,1366#55413
1887#1,0366#6798
1886#9936#60510
1885#8427#54712
1884#7647
1883#7207
1882#57611
1881#56310
1880#7386#6409
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Lacy was already there! It came in at #738, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1881–1884, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Lacy
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 430 spots since 2024 (#3,013#2,583)
  • 83 spots since 2020 (#2,500#2,583)
  • 1,146 spots since 2015 (#1,437#2,583)
  • Biggest jump: 779 spots in 1975 (#1,486#707)
  • Biggest drop: 455 spots in 1911 (#845#1,300)
Rise & fade · girls
103 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1983 at #242 (972 births)
  • Births halved by 1994, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 48 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 48 yrs · run 1975–1999
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,714
  • Highest: 1 in 1,714 girls born in 1982 were named Lacy (0.06%)
  • Latest: 1 in 23,989 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #242 in 1983, was only 1 in 1,719 (0.06%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 41.6% of all girls named Lacy (8,405) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1969
  • Mostly boys until 1968, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s36#738 (1880)#1,004
1890s127#767 (1893)#887
1900s151#699 (1901)#973
1910s251#845 (1910)#1,273
1920s238#1,376 (1925)#1,811
1930s169#1,634 (1932)#1,995
1940s163#1,609 (1944)#2,351
1950s174#2,347 (1957)#2,718
1960s345#1,572 (1969)#2,105
1970s1,717#441 (1978)#1,118
1980s8,405#242 (1983)#298
1990s4,353#354 (1990)#619
2000s2,348#825 (2003)#1,033
2010s1,327#1,367 (2010)#1,680
2020s407#2,131 (2021)#2,601

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.

Lacy in 1979

girls
#475
427 births · 1 in 3,759 girls
boys
#1,435
42 births · 1 in 40,989 boys

Top girls' names in 1979

  1. #1Jennifer56,712
  2. #2Melissa34,050
  3. #3Amanda31,924
  4. #4Jessica27,780
  5. #5Amy21,609
  6. #6Sarah21,015
  7. #7Heather20,834
  8. #8Angela20,256
  9. #9Nicole19,510
  10. #10Michelle19,266
  11. #475Lacy427

Top boys' names in 1979

  1. #1Michael67,713
  2. #2Christopher50,659
  3. #3Jason50,369
  4. #4David42,053
  5. #5James39,351
  6. #6Matthew35,621
  7. #7John35,410
  8. #8Robert34,015
  9. #9Joshua31,120
  10. #10Brian28,659
  11. #1,435Lacy42
More about 1979

girls

1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 3,759 of them was named Lacy, which outranked 96.0% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lacy
  1. #469Janna428
  2. #469Shelby428
  3. #469Vicki428
  4. #475Lacy427
  5. #475Susana427
  6. #477Jeannie426
  7. #478Deana425
  8. #478Kristal425

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

Biggest movers since 1978
Risers
  1. 1,593Breanne#2,125#532
  2. 1,527Loni#2,516#989
  3. 1,287Renata#2,012#725
  4. 985Ashanti#1,862#877
  5. 896Nicolette#1,581#685
Fallers
  1. 392Christel#762#1,154
  2. 312Kenisha#557#869
  3. 297Ariane#887#1,184
  4. 285Imelda#947#1,232
  5. 252Farrah#539#791

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

boys

1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 40,989 of them was named Lacy, which outranked 79.7% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lacy
  1. #1,421Ryon43
  2. #1,421Tywan43
  3. #1,421Zack43
  4. #1,435Lacy42
  5. #1,435Anil42
  6. #1,435Artis42
  7. #1,435Benji42
  8. #1,464Adriel41
  9. #1,464Berry41
  10. #1,464Cassidy41

Tied with 28 names at #1,435; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1978
Risers
  1. 1,228Tyrel#2,134#906
  2. 471Jace#1,186#715
  3. 387Chaz#1,371#984
  4. 311Tyrell#1,051#740
  5. 308Frederic#1,203#895
Fallers
  1. 1,230Dequan#927#2,157
  2. 641Rahsaan#869#1,510
  3. 446Chip#989#1,435
  4. 308Rashaun#996#1,304
  5. 307Kenya#749#1,056

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

See the top 100 for 1979