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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201966peak #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 1966

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #94 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 307 girlsAKMaine: #73 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 275 girlsMEVermont: #74 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 258 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #111 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 468 girlsNHWashington: #94 for girls · 59 births · 1 in 362 girlsWAIdaho: #81 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 272 girlsIDMontana: #75 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 252 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #78 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 257 girlsNDMinnesota: #109 for girls · 68 births · 1 in 432 girlsMNIllinois: #88 for girls · 216 births · 1 in 407 girlsILWisconsin: #115 for girls · 68 births · 1 in 523 girlsWIMichigan: #84 for girls · 203 births · 1 in 362 girlsMINew York: #76 for girls · 449 births · 1 in 325 girlsNYMassachusetts: #83 for girls · 141 births · 1 in 319 girlsMARhode Island: #102 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 465 girlsRIOregon: #80 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 295 girlsORNevada: #53 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 162 girlsNVWyoming: #108 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 343 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #94 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 338 girlsSDIowa: #121 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 527 girlsIAIndiana: #84 for girls · 118 births · 1 in 356 girlsINOhio: #92 for girls · 211 births · 1 in 404 girlsOHPennsylvania: #62 for girls · 350 births · 1 in 256 girlsPANew Jersey: #65 for girls · 187 births · 1 in 276 girlsNJConnecticut: #68 for girls · 85 births · 1 in 259 girlsCTCalifornia: #65 for girls · 529 births · 1 in 291 girlsCAUtah: #51 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 196 girlsUTColorado: #69 for girls · 59 births · 1 in 257 girlsCONebraska: #83 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 302 girlsNEMissouri: #65 for girls · 133 births · 1 in 260 girlsMOKentucky: #103 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 460 girlsKYWest Virginia: #118 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 504 girlsWVVirginia: #125 for girls · 63 births · 1 in 544 girlsVAMaryland: #62 for girls · 108 births · 1 in 253 girlsMDDelaware: #77 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 267 girlsDEArizona: #110 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 427 girlsAZNew Mexico: #138 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 512 girlsNMKansas: #58 for girls · 62 births · 1 in 231 girlsKSArkansas: #82 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 332 girlsARTennessee: #81 for girls · 85 births · 1 in 357 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #261 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,804 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #126 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 559 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #75 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 282 girlsDCOklahoma: #62 for girls · 62 births · 1 in 252 girlsOKLouisiana: #42 for girls · 172 births · 1 in 186 girlsLAMississippi: #122 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 500 girlsMSAlabama: #121 for girls · 53 births · 1 in 521 girlsALGeorgia: #91 for girls · 97 births · 1 in 399 girlsGAHawaii: #53 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 204 girlsHITexas: #81 for girls · 253 births · 1 in 363 girlsTXFlorida: #117 for girls · 86 births · 1 in 499 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Louisiana#42 · 1 in 186
  2. Utah#51 · 1 in 196
  3. Nevada#53 · 1 in 162
  4. Hawaii#53 · 1 in 204
  5. Kansas#58 · 1 in 231

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Louisiana#421721 in 186
Utah#51451 in 196
Hawaii#53241 in 204
Nevada#53181 in 162
Kansas#58621 in 231
Maryland#621081 in 253
Oklahoma#62621 in 252
Pennsylvania#623501 in 256
California#655291 in 291
Missouri#651331 in 260
New Jersey#651871 in 276
Connecticut#68851 in 259
Colorado#69591 in 257
Maine#73281 in 275
Vermont#74111 in 258
District of Columbia#75391 in 282
Montana#75181 in 252
New York#764491 in 325
Delaware#77141 in 267
North Dakota#78181 in 257
Oregon#80451 in 295
Idaho#81161 in 272
Tennessee#81851 in 357
Texas#812531 in 363
Arkansas#82421 in 332
Massachusetts#831411 in 319
Nebraska#83351 in 302
Indiana#841181 in 356
Michigan#842031 in 362
Illinois#882161 in 407
Georgia#91971 in 399
Ohio#922111 in 404
Alaska#9471 in 307
South Dakota#94141 in 338
Washington#94591 in 362
Rhode Island#102151 in 465
Kentucky#103541 in 460
Wyoming#10851 in 343
Minnesota#109681 in 432
Arizona#110301 in 427
New Hampshire#111101 in 468
Wisconsin#115681 in 523
Florida#117861 in 499
West Virginia#118251 in 504
Alabama#121531 in 521
Iowa#121401 in 527
Mississippi#122391 in 500
Virginia#125631 in 544
South Carolina#126381 in 559
New Mexico#138171 in 512
North Carolina#261221 in 1,804

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 1966

girls
#76
4,586 births · 1 in 369 girls
boys
#313
559 births · 1 in 3,190 boys

Top girls' names in 1966

  1. #1Lisa56,918
  2. #2Kimberly32,232
  3. #3Mary28,890
  4. #4Michelle27,159
  5. #5Karen25,450
  6. #6Susan23,776
  7. #7Patricia20,112
  8. #8Tammy18,621
  9. #9Angela18,532
  10. #10Jennifer18,215
  11. #76Stacey4,586

Top boys' names in 1966

  1. #1Michael79,985
  2. #2David66,408
  3. #3James65,163
  4. #4John65,016
  5. #5Robert59,317
  6. #6William38,237
  7. #7Mark34,801
  8. #8Richard34,457
  9. #9Jeffrey30,200
  10. #10Thomas29,003
  11. #313Stacey559
More about 1966

girls

1,692,177 girls got a published name in 1966; 1 in 369 of them was named Stacey, which outranked 99.0% of the 7,624 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Stacey
  1. #73Debbie4,846
  2. #74Valerie4,816
  3. #75Monica4,722
  4. #76Stacey4,586
  5. #77Carla4,508
  6. #78Katherine4,492
  7. #79Annette4,428
Biggest movers since 1965
Risers
  1. 6,121Tabatha#6,539#418
  2. 1,469Tabitha#1,993#524
  3. 1,325Joell#2,247#922
  4. 1,047Tatia#1,715#668
  5. 969Nichole#1,829#860
Fallers
  1. 398Barb#815#1,213
  2. 310Jewell#952#1,262
  3. 288Roxie#944#1,232
  4. 284Aretha#818#1,102
  5. 280Kecia#392#672

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

boys

1,783,461 boys got a published name in 1966; 1 in 3,190 of them was named Stacey, which outranked 93.1% of the 4,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Stacey
  1. #310Sammy570
  2. #311Hugh566
  3. #312Casey563
  4. #313Stacey559
  5. #314Everett558
  6. #314Garry558
  7. #316Kim548
Biggest movers since 1965
Risers
  1. 1,207Jarrod#1,720#513
  2. 893Heath#1,254#361
  3. 467Illya#1,294#827
  4. 419Jarrett#1,294#875
  5. 399Reynold#1,360#961
Fallers
  1. 464Quint#986#1,450
  2. 303Dario#934#1,237
  3. 299Darran#1,000#1,299
  4. 281Artie#897#1,178
  5. 268Daryn#716#984

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

See the top 100 for 1966