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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201988peak #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.

Where Lacy is popular in 1988

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Lacy, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Lacy, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Lacy, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Lacy, so not publishedNHWashington: #313 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,861 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Lacy, so not publishedIDMontana: #128 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 504 girlsMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Lacy, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #287 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,972 girlsMNIllinois: #356 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 2,378 girlsILWisconsin: #252 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,686 girlsWIMichigan: #419 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 3,378 girlsMINew York: #1,132 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 11,405 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Lacy, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Lacy, so not publishedRIOregon: #236 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,307 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Lacy, so not publishedNVWyoming: #94 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 308 girlsWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Lacy, so not publishedSDIowa: #209 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,203 girlsIAIndiana: #200 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 1,305 girlsINOhio: #401 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 3,268 girlsOHPennsylvania: #575 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 5,378 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Lacy, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Lacy, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #574 for girls · 57 births · 1 in 4,008 girlsCAUtah: #155 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 754 girlsUTColorado: #253 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,490 girlsCONebraska: #230 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,293 girlsNEMissouri: #185 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 1,092 girlsMOKentucky: #187 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,077 girlsKYWest Virginia: #186 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,083 girlsWVVirginia: #458 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,588 girlsVAMaryland: #325 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,164 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Lacy, so not publishedDEArizona: #458 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,798 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Lacy, so not publishedNMKansas: #157 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 795 girlsKSArkansas: #130 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 687 girlsARTennessee: #172 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 998 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #554 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,792 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #329 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,082 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Lacy, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #99 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 483 girlsOKLouisiana: #152 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 822 girlsLAMississippi: #204 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,036 girlsMSAlabama: #248 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,441 girlsALGeorgia: #258 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 1,672 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Lacy, so not publishedHITexas: #202 for girls · 112 births · 1 in 1,145 girlsTXFlorida: #427 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 3,038 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Wyoming#94 · 1 in 308
  2. Oklahoma#99 · 1 in 483
  3. Montana#128 · 1 in 504
  4. Arkansas#130 · 1 in 687
  5. Louisiana#152 · 1 in 822

Best ever in a state: #70 in Oklahoma, 1984.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Wyoming#9461 in 308
Oklahoma#99361 in 483
Montana#12871 in 504
Arkansas#130181 in 687
Louisiana#152321 in 822
Utah#155181 in 754
Kansas#157181 in 795
Tennessee#172291 in 998
Missouri#185291 in 1,092
West Virginia#18681 in 1,083
Kentucky#187191 in 1,077
Indiana#200261 in 1,305
Texas#2021121 in 1,145
Mississippi#204131 in 1,036
Iowa#209131 in 1,203
Nebraska#23071 in 1,293
Oregon#236121 in 1,307
Alabama#248151 in 1,441
Wisconsin#252171 in 1,686
Colorado#253141 in 1,490
Georgia#258241 in 1,672
Minnesota#287141 in 1,972
Washington#313151 in 1,861
Maryland#325121 in 2,164
South Carolina#32991 in 2,082
Illinois#356311 in 2,378
Ohio#401211 in 3,268
Michigan#419171 in 3,378
Florida#427241 in 3,038
Arizona#45891 in 2,798
Virginia#458101 in 3,588
North Carolina#55481 in 4,792
California#574571 in 4,008
Pennsylvania#575131 in 5,378
New York#1,132101 in 11,405
Alaska———
Connecticut———
Delaware———
District of Columbia———
Hawaii———
Idaho———
Maine———
Massachusetts———
Nevada———
New Hampshire———
New Jersey———
New Mexico———
North Dakota———
Rhode Island———
South Dakota———
Vermont———

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 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 1988

girls
#329
749 births · 1 in 2,378 girls
boys
#2,197
28 births · 1 in 68,367 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. #329Lacy749

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. #2,197Lacy28
More about 1988

girls

1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 2,378 of them was named Lacy, which outranked 97.6% 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 Lacy
  1. #326Christie761
  2. #327Katharine755
  3. #328Eva754
  4. #329Lacy749
  5. #330Antoinette745
  6. #331Kristie743
  7. #332Johanna742
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 68,367 of them was named Lacy, which outranked 74.1% 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 Lacy
  1. #2,146Tyreese29
  2. #2,146Ubaldo29
  3. #2,146Victoria29
  4. #2,197Lacy28
  5. #2,197Ammar28
  6. #2,197Andrae28
  7. #2,197Anna28
  8. #2,255Alexandros27
  9. #2,255Aren27
  10. #2,255Briant27

Tied with 57 names at #2,197; 3 shown. 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 →