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Stacey

Girls' name · Late 20th-century

Living in the US
~151,500 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#3,067 among girls
Births in 2025
59 161,732 since 1880
Typical age
51 years, median

Stacey popularity over time

Stacey rank by birth year, 1915–2025Stacey ranked #4,274 in 1915 and #3,067 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #41, in 1971.#100#1,000#3,067best #41 in 1971192019401960198020002020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1915–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

The high point was 1971: 8,006 births recorded as Stacey. 1913 is the earliest year with at least five recorded births. Stacey has spent 22 years inside the national top 100.

As of 2025 the name sits at #3,067, with 59 births that year. Over ten years the count has fallen 50%. Year on year the rank dropped by 345.

Babies named Stacey per yearPeaks at 8,006 births in 1971.8,006 in 19710192019401960198020002020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Stacey?

An estimated 151,500 living Americans are called Stacey. That is out of 161,732 recorded births since 1880. The split is about 139,500 women and 12,000 men.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Stacey?

Half of living Staceys are older than 51, half younger. The 1970s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Stacey a late 20th-century name.

Your Stacey

Ages of living people named StaceyHalf of living Staceys are older than 51 and half younger.median 51020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Stacey is most common

The name is concentrated in New York, at 1.6× the national rate.

Where Stacey is used more than average1 states use the name Stacey more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: 1.6× the national rateNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Stacey is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
New York 66 1.6×

Is Stacey a boy's or a girl's name?

91% girls9% boys
Share of all recorded US births under this name, 1880 to the latest year.

The name leans girls, but 16.0% of births in the last decade were boys. Across the whole record, 91.4% of births under the name were girls. The name has changed sides: it began mostly on one sex and ends mostly on the other.

Stacey in England and Wales

ONS recorded 13 births named Stacey in 2025, ranking it #2,138. That is 35% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Stacey comes from

English Wiktionary: given name from Ancient Greek.

Notable people named Stacey

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Stacey Abrams American politician, lawyer, voting rights activist, and author 1973 42
Stacey Dash American actress 1967 29
Stacey Augmon American basketball player 1968 23
Stacey Kent American recording artist; singer 1968 20
Stacey King American basketball player and announcer 1967–2026 19
Stacey Milbern American disability rights advocate 1987–2020 18
Stacey Travis American actress 1966 16
Stacey Cook American alpine skier 1984 15
Photo credits (7)

The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 240 in 1953 to 403 in 1954 — 1.7 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

Names similar to Stacey

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

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