Mostly girls · peaked in 1982
Lacy name popularity since 1925
24,144 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Lacy (80.8% girls, 19.2% boys). Half of them were born in 1985 or earlier, so the typical Lacy is about 41 years old in 2026. Lacy peaked in 1982 as the #253 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 24,144
- Named Lacy, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,597 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 80.8% girls
- 19,508 girls · 4,636 boys
- Most popular in
- Oklahoma
- 3.22× its national share
Peak year is the year Lacy 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.
Lacy births per year, 1925–2025
1982 was the biggest year for Lacy both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1977 and 1982, Lacy became 5.6× more common, from 1 in 9,640 baby girls to 1 in 1,710.
- Steepest fall: Between 1991 and 1996, its share of baby girls fell by 58%, from 1 in 2,700 to 1 in 6,350.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Lacy's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Lacy.
Decade by decade
Babies named Lacy 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 | 100 | 538 | – |
| 1930s | 169 | 891 | #1,961 |
| 1940s | 163 | 874 | #2,110 |
| 1950s | 174 | 772 | #2,677 |
| 1960s | 345 | 558 | #1,935 |
| 1970s | 1,717 | 399 | #709 |
| 1980s | 8,405 | 294 | #269 |
| 1990s | 4,353 | 180 | #652 |
| 2000s | 2,348 | 83 | #943 |
| 2010s | 1,327 | 40 | #1,444 |
| 2020–25 | 407 | 7 | #2,597 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
49.1% of babies named Lacy from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Lacy is most popular
The index compares Lacy'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 Lacy.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | 3.22× | 794 |
| North Carolina | 2.88× | 1,546 |
| West Virginia | 2.58× | 429 |
| Louisiana | 2.08× | 708 |
| Kansas | 1.99× | 384 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Lacy 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lacy (this page) | 19,508 | 1982 |
| Lacey | 53,719 | 1983 |
| 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 Lacy's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Lacy.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Lacy (1982).
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