US Name Trends

Stacey

A short form of Anastasia, Greek for “resurrection,” and of the man’s name Eustace.

1971peak year
No. 41best rank (1971)
161,732babies since 1880
outside top 1000 in 2025

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Stacey per year — peak 7,482▬ girls ▬ boys18801900192019401960198020002020

Stacey first shows up in the national records in 1913. It has ranked among the top 100 names for American girls in every year from 1965 to 1986. Its biggest year was 1971, when 7,482 newborn girls received the name, ranking it No. 41 nationally. The name has also seen real use for boys: 13,982 of the 161,732 Americans given the name since 1880.

Related names

Other spellings on record: Stacy (186,268), Stacie (39,317), Staci (25,539), Stacee (1,634), Stacye (521) (total births since 1880)

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By the decade

DecadeBirthsBest rank
1910s20No. 3244
1920s24No. 4011
1930s8No. 3145
1940s293No. 1050
1950s4,615No. 250
1960s38,263No. 52
1970s59,210No. 41
1980s32,138No. 73
1990s8,748No. 168
2000s2,871No. 682
2010s1,212No. 1291
2020s348No. 2720

Births and rank shown for girls, the sex more often given the name. The Social Security Administration omits name–year combinations with fewer than five births.

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Data: U.S. Social Security Administration national baby-name file, 1880–2025.