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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201974peak #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 1974

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #102 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 318 girlsAKMaine: #41 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 145 girlsMEVermont: #22 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 100 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #60 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 254 girlsNHWashington: #54 for girls · 79 births · 1 in 249 girlsWAIdaho: #92 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 348 girlsIDMontana: #37 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 145 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #49 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 169 girlsNDMinnesota: #58 for girls · 92 births · 1 in 259 girlsMNIllinois: #47 for girls · 290 births · 1 in 240 girlsILWisconsin: #46 for girls · 132 births · 1 in 208 girlsWIMichigan: #42 for girls · 280 births · 1 in 204 girlsMINew York: #40 for girls · 493 births · 1 in 209 girlsNYMassachusetts: #53 for girls · 141 births · 1 in 217 girlsMARhode Island: #31 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 131 girlsRIOregon: #78 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 326 girlsORNevada: #24 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 101 girlsNVWyoming: #50 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 138 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #27 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 127 girlsSDIowa: #38 for girls · 103 births · 1 in 163 girlsIAIndiana: #45 for girls · 170 births · 1 in 205 girlsINOhio: #39 for girls · 371 births · 1 in 189 girlsOHPennsylvania: #36 for girls · 381 births · 1 in 175 girlsPANew Jersey: #44 for girls · 182 births · 1 in 207 girlsNJConnecticut: #45 for girls · 79 births · 1 in 180 girlsCTCalifornia: #71 for girls · 395 births · 1 in 346 girlsCAUtah: #57 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 244 girlsUTColorado: #45 for girls · 76 births · 1 in 206 girlsCONebraska: #38 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 162 girlsNEMissouri: #31 for girls · 179 births · 1 in 166 girlsMOKentucky: #53 for girls · 101 births · 1 in 226 girlsKYWest Virginia: #59 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 254 girlsWVVirginia: #48 for girls · 131 births · 1 in 212 girlsVAMaryland: #31 for girls · 120 births · 1 in 155 girlsMDDelaware: #27 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 105 girlsDEArizona: #62 for girls · 53 births · 1 in 290 girlsAZNew Mexico: #162 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 596 girlsNMKansas: #46 for girls · 60 births · 1 in 201 girlsKSArkansas: #57 for girls · 56 births · 1 in 229 girlsARTennessee: #52 for girls · 122 births · 1 in 225 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #81 for girls · 93 births · 1 in 364 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #43 for girls · 89 births · 1 in 197 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #68 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 244 girlsDCOklahoma: #63 for girls · 57 births · 1 in 278 girlsOKLouisiana: #27 for girls · 155 births · 1 in 160 girlsLAMississippi: #56 for girls · 67 births · 1 in 240 girlsMSAlabama: #28 for girls · 147 births · 1 in 153 girlsALGeorgia: #47 for girls · 150 births · 1 in 220 girlsGAHawaii: #58 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 236 girlsHITexas: #85 for girls · 253 births · 1 in 377 girlsTXFlorida: #47 for girls · 180 births · 1 in 243 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Vermont#22 · 1 in 100
  2. Nevada#24 · 1 in 101
  3. Delaware#27 · 1 in 105
  4. South Dakota#27 · 1 in 127
  5. Louisiana#27 · 1 in 160

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Vermont#22221 in 100
Nevada#24251 in 101
Delaware#27261 in 105
Louisiana#271551 in 160
South Dakota#27311 in 127
Alabama#281471 in 153
Maryland#311201 in 155
Missouri#311791 in 166
Rhode Island#31341 in 131
Pennsylvania#363811 in 175
Montana#37281 in 145
Iowa#381031 in 163
Nebraska#38581 in 162
Ohio#393711 in 189
New York#404931 in 209
Maine#41401 in 145
Michigan#422801 in 204
South Carolina#43891 in 197
New Jersey#441821 in 207
Colorado#45761 in 206
Connecticut#45791 in 180
Indiana#451701 in 205
Kansas#46601 in 201
Wisconsin#461321 in 208
Florida#471801 in 243
Georgia#471501 in 220
Illinois#472901 in 240
Virginia#481311 in 212
North Dakota#49231 in 169
Wyoming#50131 in 138
Tennessee#521221 in 225
Kentucky#531011 in 226
Massachusetts#531411 in 217
Washington#54791 in 249
Mississippi#56671 in 240
Arkansas#57561 in 229
Utah#57481 in 244
Hawaii#58191 in 236
Minnesota#58921 in 259
West Virginia#59441 in 254
New Hampshire#60171 in 254
Arizona#62531 in 290
Oklahoma#63571 in 278
District of Columbia#68241 in 244
California#713951 in 346
Oregon#78401 in 326
North Carolina#81931 in 364
Texas#852531 in 377
Idaho#92151 in 348
Alaska#10261 in 318
New Mexico#162131 in 596

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 1974

girls
#48
5,803 births · 1 in 253 girls
boys
#328
535 births · 1 in 2,939 boys

Top girls' names in 1974

  1. #1Jennifer63,107
  2. #2Amy29,566
  3. #3Michelle25,826
  4. #4Heather23,179
  5. #5Angela22,803
  6. #6Kimberly22,427
  7. #7Melissa22,166
  8. #8Lisa19,778
  9. #9Stephanie16,984
  10. #10Rebecca15,163
  11. #48Stacey5,803

Top boys' names in 1974

  1. #1Michael67,534
  2. #2Jason54,756
  3. #3Christopher48,585
  4. #4David41,786
  5. #5James41,334
  6. #6John37,612
  7. #7Robert37,005
  8. #8Brian34,449
  9. #9Matthew27,194
  10. #10William26,980
  11. #328Stacey535
More about 1974

girls

1,467,534 girls got a published name in 1974; 1 in 253 of them was named Stacey, which outranked 99.5% of the 10,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Stacey
  1. #45Kristen6,052
  2. #46Tanya5,997
  3. #47Erin5,868
  4. #48Stacey5,803
  5. #49Crystal5,622
  6. #50Michele5,587
  7. #51Melanie5,483
Biggest movers since 1973
Risers
  1. 6,440Nakia#6,666#226
  2. 5,329Nikia#6,080#751
  3. 1,994Luciana#2,914#920
  4. 1,556Cortney#2,349#793
  5. 1,213Nia#1,885#672
Fallers
  1. 1,251Contina#962#2,213
  2. 396Pam#990#1,386
  3. 376Tracee#536#912
  4. 364Cher#760#1,124
  5. 314Richard#904#1,218

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

boys

1,572,334 boys got a published name in 1974; 1 in 2,939 of them was named Stacey, which outranked 94.5% of the 6,004 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Stacey
  1. #325Ben541
  2. #325Jim541
  3. #327Felix537
  4. #328Stacey535
  5. #329Allan532
  6. #330Israel529
  7. #331Garrett528
Biggest movers since 1973
Risers
  1. 3,544Rashad#4,505#961
  2. 844Telly#1,312#468
  3. 398Jabari#1,312#914
  4. 356Ahmad#1,123#767
  5. 356Toma#1,238#882
Fallers
  1. 383Parrish#987#1,370
  2. 378Fredric#957#1,335
  3. 346Jory#753#1,099
  4. 301Vidal#834#1,135
  5. 277Pat#847#1,124

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

See the top 100 for 1974