Stacey

#3,067 for girls in 2025, 53 births · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to girls 91.4% of the time

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Peak · girls
1971 · 7,482 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
22 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
147,750
since 1915

Stacey over time

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201960peak #41, 1971peak #215, 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#3,06753#10,6956
2024#2,72263#6,19914
2023#3,32948#8,2559
2022#2,72063#5,63316
2021#2,78461#8,1669
2020#2,74860#5,98014
2019#2,35576#5,15318
2018#2,38776#7,13611
2017#2,12990#4,74620
2016#1,735120#5,12418
2015#1,972101#5,50716
2014#1,922104#4,70220
2013#1,624132#5,17117
2012#1,291184#3,71428
2011#1,363169#4,35622
2010#1,431160#3,70828
2009#1,288188#4,92219
2008#1,080242#4,54021
2007#1,064246#3,25034
2006#976267#4,00124
2005#860294#2,96035
2004#831297#2,69739
2003#755329#2,78035
2002#767314#2,50439
2001#714344#2,27744
2000#682350#2,17546
1999#648356#1,80155
1998#558439#1,74158
1997#487512#1,57165
1996#437583#1,45470
1995#375700#1,31979
1994#329818#1,16895
1993#2761,003#1,118101
1992#2301,197#983121
1991#2131,405#902136
1990#1681,735#869139
1989#1462,020#902126
1988#1192,369#869119
1987#1032,709#884112
1986#943,043#914100
1985#893,114#866109
1984#793,649#92590
1983#763,799#805118
1982#853,459#90398
1981#833,754#772127
1980#734,222#694157
1979#604,613#654171
1978#534,998#591203
1977#565,206#601199
1976#515,390#426335
1975#445,931#356472
1974#485,803#328535
1973#416,253#309567
1972#416,380#328543
1971#417,482#350524
1970#487,154#296689
1969#526,614#252829
1968#556,150#2151,073
1967#695,117#2191,020
1966#764,586#313559
1965#844,269#343495
1964#1263,360#412380
1963#1273,305#383431
1962#1782,181#403402
1961#2271,453#457311
1960#2491,228#501249
1959#2501,214#644142
1958#2751,039#691118
1957#349677#711110
1956#411486#77092
1955#467377#78686
1954#485330#85173
1953#688172#86868
1952#785131#90761
1951#902102#94954
1950#97187#92655
1949#1,05073#1,14438
1948#1,07068#1,28032
1947#1,43842#1,73319
1946#1,72327#1,44024
1945#1,74323#1,49420
1944#1,96719#2,08012
1943#2,44714#1,69918
1942#3,1949#2,26811
1941#3,5597#2,20711
1940#2,57211#2,32210
1939#3,1458#1,71216
1938#2,18511
1937#1,91314
1936#2,18411
1935#2,24611
1934#2,02213
1933#3,2686
1932#3,3616
1931#3,0957
1930#1,96415
1929#2,58910
1928#4,1956#3,6976
1927#2,52311
1926#2,72510
1925#2,58811
1924#2,82210
1923#4,9675#2,33113
1922#4,0117#3,5327
1921#2,63211
1920#4,3986#3,2088
1919#4,2516#2,66510
1918#3,2449#2,69910
1917#2,18813
1916#2,9268
1915#4,2745
1914#2,6517
1913#1,9459
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First appearance
1915

The first year at least five girls were named Stacey! It came in at #4,274, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1915–1917, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Stacey is popular in 1960

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Stacey, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Stacey, so not publishedMEVermont: #162 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 720 girlsVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Stacey, so not publishedNHWashington: #225 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,131 girlsWAIdaho: #182 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 714 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Stacey, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #206 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 946 girlsNDMinnesota: #297 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,422 girlsMNIllinois: #251 for girls · 62 births · 1 in 1,736 girlsILWisconsin: #343 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,744 girlsWIMichigan: #246 for girls · 53 births · 1 in 1,666 girlsMINew York: #172 for girls · 184 births · 1 in 911 girlsNYMassachusetts: #203 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 1,425 girlsMARhode Island: #222 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,634 girlsRIOregon: #296 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,797 girlsORNevada: #134 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 465 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Stacey, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Stacey, so not publishedSDIowa: #256 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,759 girlsIAIndiana: #242 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 1,574 girlsINOhio: #285 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 2,287 girlsOHPennsylvania: #188 for girls · 105 births · 1 in 1,064 girlsPANew Jersey: #235 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 1,562 girlsNJConnecticut: #246 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,758 girlsCTCalifornia: #183 for girls · 199 births · 1 in 868 girlsCAUtah: #118 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 485 girlsUTColorado: #262 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,396 girlsCONebraska: #265 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,808 girlsNEMissouri: #263 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 1,865 girlsMOKentucky: #242 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,524 girlsKYWest Virginia: #341 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,899 girlsWVVirginia: #377 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,317 girlsVAMaryland: #271 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,774 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Stacey, so not publishedDEArizona: #267 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,261 girlsAZNew Mexico: #398 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,471 girlsNMKansas: #212 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,168 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Stacey, so not publishedARTennessee: #437 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,551 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #438 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 4,415 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #465 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,345 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #239 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,320 girlsDCOklahoma: #272 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,747 girlsOKLouisiana: #337 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 2,043 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Stacey, so not publishedMSAlabama: #426 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,471 girlsALGeorgia: #358 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,784 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Stacey, so not publishedHITexas: #343 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 2,223 girlsTXFlorida: #340 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 2,393 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Utah#118 · 1 in 485
  2. Nevada#134 · 1 in 465
  3. Vermont#162 · 1 in 720
  4. New York#172 · 1 in 911
  5. Idaho#182 · 1 in 714

Best ever in a state: #16 in Wyoming, 1972.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#118221 in 485
Nevada#13451 in 465
Vermont#16251 in 720
New York#1721841 in 911
Idaho#18291 in 714
California#1831991 in 868
Pennsylvania#1881051 in 1,064
Massachusetts#203371 in 1,425
North Dakota#20671 in 946
Kansas#212181 in 1,168
Rhode Island#22251 in 1,634
Washington#225251 in 1,131
New Jersey#235371 in 1,562
District of Columbia#239101 in 1,320
Indiana#242321 in 1,574
Kentucky#242211 in 1,524
Connecticut#246141 in 1,758
Michigan#246531 in 1,666
Illinois#251621 in 1,736
Iowa#256161 in 1,759
Colorado#262141 in 1,396
Missouri#263241 in 1,865
Nebraska#26581 in 1,808
Arizona#267121 in 1,261
Maryland#271171 in 1,774
Oklahoma#272121 in 1,747
Ohio#285461 in 2,287
Oregon#29691 in 1,797
Minnesota#297161 in 2,422
Louisiana#337191 in 2,043
Florida#340211 in 2,393
West Virginia#34161 in 2,899
Texas#343511 in 2,223
Wisconsin#343121 in 3,744
Georgia#358161 in 2,784
Virginia#377121 in 3,317
New Mexico#39851 in 2,471
Alabama#426101 in 3,471
Tennessee#43781 in 4,551
North Carolina#438111 in 4,415
South Carolina#46561 in 4,345
Alaska
Arkansas
Delaware
Hawaii
Maine
Mississippi
Montana
New Hampshire
South Dakota
Wyoming

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 Stacey
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 345 spots since 2024 (#2,722#3,067)
  • 319 spots since 2020 (#2,748#3,067)
  • 1,095 spots since 2015 (#1,972#3,067)
  • Biggest jump: 203 spots in 1954 (#688#485)
  • Biggest drop: 116 spots in 2006 (#860#976)
Rise & fade · girls
56 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1915
  • Peaked 1971 at #41 (7,482 births)
  • Births halved by 1982, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 22 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 22 yrs · run 1965–1986
  • Top 1,000: 57 yrs · run 1950–2006
Share of babies · girls
1 in 222
  • Highest: 1 in 222 girls born in 1971 were named Stacey (0.45%)
  • Latest: 1 in 30,326 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 40.1% of all girls named Stacey (59,210) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1944
  • Mostly boys until 1943, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s20#3,244 (1918)#3,923
1920s24#4,011 (1922)#4,393
1930s8#3,145 (1939)#3,145
1940s293#1,050 (1949)#2,076
1950s4,615#250 (1959)#558
1960s38,263#52 (1969)#124
1970s59,210#41 (1971)#48
1980s32,138#73 (1980)#95
1990s8,748#168 (1990)#372
2000s2,871#682 (2000)#902
2010s1,212#1,291 (2012)#1,821
2020s348#2,720 (2022)#2,895

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.

Stacey in 1960

girls
#249
1,228 births · 1 in 1,647 girls
boys
#501
249 births · 1 in 8,564 boys

Top girls' names in 1960

  1. #1Mary51,472
  2. #2Susan39,208
  3. #3Linda37,316
  4. #4Karen36,378
  5. #5Donna34,138
  6. #6Lisa33,693
  7. #7Patricia32,113
  8. #8Debra26,732
  9. #9Cynthia26,706
  10. #10Deborah25,266
  11. #249Stacey1,228

Top boys' names in 1960

  1. #1David85,929
  2. #2Michael84,153
  3. #3James76,815
  4. #4John76,096
  5. #5Robert72,357
  6. #6Mark58,727
  7. #7William49,361
  8. #8Richard43,553
  9. #9Thomas39,278
  10. #10Steven33,878
  11. #501Stacey249
More about 1960

girls

2,021,941 girls got a published name in 1960; 1 in 1,647 of them was named Stacey, which outranked 96.6% of the 7,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Stacey
  1. #246Alison1,267
  2. #247Betsy1,252
  3. #248Nina1,235
  4. #249Stacey1,228
  5. #250Robyn1,226
  6. #251Emily1,225
  7. #252Priscilla1,215
Biggest movers since 1959
Risers
  1. 1,798Lisha#2,395#597
  2. 1,223Elana#2,108#885
  3. 667Leisha#1,537#870
  4. 513Misty#1,214#701
  5. 462Loriann#1,396#934
Fallers
  1. 421Taryn#771#1,192
  2. 335Cheryll#993#1,328
  3. 305Marilynn#724#1,029
  4. 304Drema#997#1,301
  5. 258Merrie#978#1,236

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

boys

2,132,320 boys got a published name in 1960; 1 in 8,564 of them was named Stacey, which outranked 89.1% of the 4,598 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Stacey
  1. #497Reuben251
  2. #499Blair250
  3. #499Morgan250
  4. #501Stacey249
  5. #501Cleveland249
  6. #501Wilfred249
  7. #504Ramiro248
  8. #505Abel247
  9. #505Lyndon247

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

Biggest movers since 1959
Risers
  1. 3,061Stephon#3,988#927
  2. 1,039Kennedy#1,759#720
  3. 489Darryle#1,416#927
  4. 379Garret#1,360#981
  5. 373Darryll#1,324#951
Fallers
  1. 333Grayling#987#1,320
  2. 327Lucious#946#1,273
  3. 274Brion#919#1,193
  4. 261Gail#747#1,008
  5. 254Delton#939#1,193

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

See the top 100 for 1960