Girls' name · peaked in 1983
Lacey name popularity since 1925
54,947 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Lacey (97.8% girls, 2.2% boys). Half of them were born in 1991 or earlier, so the typical Lacey is about 35 years old in 2026. Lacey peaked in 1983 as the #128 name for girls, and it ranked #738 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 54,947
- Named Lacey, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #738
- for girls in 2025 (370 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 97.8% girls
- 53,719 girls · 1,228 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 2.73× its national share
Peak year is the year Lacey made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Lacey births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1984. Measured as a share of all babies, Lacey peaked in 1983.
- Fastest rise: Between 1977 and 1982, Lacey became 7.1× more common, from 1 in 5,040 baby girls to 1 in 711.
- Steepest fall: Between 1991 and 1996, its share of baby girls fell by 46%, from 1 in 905 to 1 in 1,660.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Lacey's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Lacey.
Decade by decade
Babies named Lacey in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 13 | 84 | – |
| 1930s | 22 | 136 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 80 | 150 | #3,843 |
| 1950s | 145 | 171 | #2,897 |
| 1960s | 371 | 156 | #2,089 |
| 1970s | 2,823 | 156 | #565 |
| 1980s | 20,773 | 203 | #124 |
| 1990s | 13,852 | 113 | #236 |
| 2000s | 7,397 | 43 | #438 |
| 2010s | 6,068 | 11 | #478 |
| 2020–25 | 2,175 | 5 | #738 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
56.8% of babies named Lacey from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Lacey is most popular
The index compares Lacey's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Lacey.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 2.73× | 1,215 |
| Idaho | 2.71× | 563 |
| Montana | 2.48× | 379 |
| South Dakota | 2.37× | 394 |
| North Dakota | 2.11× | 347 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Lacey and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Lacey (this page) | 53,719 | 1983 |
| Lacy | 19,508 | 1982 |
| Lacie | 10,639 | 1984 |
| Laci | 9,623 | 2003 |
| Lacee | 2,557 | 1992 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Lacey's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Lacey.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Lacey (1983).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data