US Name Trends

Stacy

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

1971peak year
No. 32best rank (1971)
186,268babies since 1880
outside top 1000 in 2025

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Stacy per year — peak 9,117▬ girls ▬ boys18801900192019401960198020002020

Stacy appears in the national records from the very first year, 1880. It has ranked among the top 100 names for American girls in every year from 1966 to 1986. Its biggest year was 1971, when 9,117 newborn girls received the name, ranking it No. 32 nationally. The name has also seen real use for boys: 22,257 of the 186,268 Americans given the name since 1880.

Related names

Other spellings on record: Stacey (161,732), Stacie (39,317), Staci (25,539), Stacee (1,634), Stacye (521) (total births since 1880)

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By the decade

DecadeBirthsBest rank
1890s29No. 1171
1900s53No. 1357
1910s133No. 1622
1920s130No. 1751
1930s76No. 2196
1940s325No. 992
1950s4,839No. 217
1960s35,526No. 53
1970s69,901No. 32
1980s36,990No. 53
1990s8,840No. 173
2000s4,078No. 596
2010s2,152No. 899
2020s939No. 1198

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.