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Stacy

Girls' name · Late 20th-century

Living in the US
~173,200 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#1,652 among girls
Births in 2025
140 186,268 since 1880
Typical age
50 years, median

Stacy popularity over time

Stacy rank by birth year, 1892–2025Stacy ranked #1,171 in 1892 and #1,652 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #32, in 1971.#100#1,000#1,652best #32 in 19711920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1892–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

More children were named Stacy in 1971 than in any other year — 10,144 of them. It appears in the very first year SSA covers, 1880. It has held a top-100 place in 21 separate years.

The 2025 position is #1,652, on 140 births. The ten-year change is -40%. Year on year the rank dropped by 262.

Babies named Stacy per yearPeaks at 10,144 births in 1971.10,144 in 1971018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Stacy?

An estimated 173,200 living Americans are called Stacy. That is out of 186,268 recorded births since 1880. The split is about 154,900 women and 18,400 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 Stacy?

Median age among living Stacys: 50. The 1970s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Stacy a late 20th-century name.

Your Stacy

Ages of living people named StacyHalf of living Stacys are older than 50 and half younger.median 50020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Stacy is most common

Stacy is 2.0× as common in New Jersey as it is nationally. New York, Maryland and Florida follow.

Where Stacy is used more than average5 states use the name Stacy 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: 1.8× 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: 2.0× the national rateNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: 1.4× the national rateCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: 1.6× the national rateMDDelaware: 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: 1.5× the national rateFL
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 Stacy is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
New Jersey 81 2.0×
New York 163 1.8×
Maryland 39 1.6×
Florida 139 1.5×
California 266 1.4×

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

88% girls12% boys
Share of all recorded US births under this name, 1880 to the latest year.

The name leans girls, but 8.8% of births in the last decade were boys. Across the whole record, 88.1% of births under the name were girls. The name has changed sides: it began mostly on one sex and ends mostly on the other.

Where the name Stacy comes from

English Wiktionary: given name from Ancient Greek.

Notable people named Stacy

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Stacy Keach American actor 1941 43
Stacy Dragila American pole vaulter 1971 28
Stacy Keibler American professional wrestler, dancer, and model 1979 27
Stacy Martin French British actress 1990 27
Stacy Valentine American pornographic actress and model 1970 21
Stacy Peralta American skateboarder, screenwriter, film director 1957 19
Stacy Edwards American actress 1965 16
Stacy Schiff American author 1961 16
Photo credits (6)

The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 875 in 1957 to 1,396 in 1958 — 1.6 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 Stacy

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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