Girls' name · peaked in 1971
Stacey name popularity since 1925
161,588 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Stacey (91.4% girls, 8.6% boys). Half of them were born in 1974 or earlier, so the typical Stacey is about 52 years old in 2026. Stacey peaked in 1971 as the #41 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 161,588
- Named Stacey, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #3,096 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 91.4% girls
- 147,712 girls · 13,876 boys
- Most popular in
- Vermont
- 1.48× its national share
Peak year is the year Stacey 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.
Stacey births per year, 1925–2025
1971 was the biggest year for Stacey both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1953 and 1958, Stacey became 5.6× more common, from 1 in 10,900 baby girls to 1 in 1,940.
- Steepest fall: Between 1987 and 1992, its share of baby girls fell by 58%, from 1 in 642 to 1 in 1,540.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Stacey's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Stacey.
Decade by decade
Babies named Stacey 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 | 6 | 48 | – |
| 1930s | 8 | 110 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 293 | 195 | #1,788 |
| 1950s | 4,615 | 859 | #467 |
| 1960s | 38,263 | 5,749 | #84 |
| 1970s | 59,210 | 4,238 | #44 |
| 1980s | 32,138 | 1,156 | #89 |
| 1990s | 8,748 | 919 | #377 |
| 2000s | 2,871 | 336 | #862 |
| 2010s | 1,212 | 198 | #1,982 |
| 2020–25 | 348 | 68 | #3,096 |
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
61.0% of babies named Stacey from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:
Where Stacey is most popular
The index compares Stacey'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 Stacey.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Vermont | 1.48× | 390 |
| Maryland | 1.44× | 3,459 |
| Delaware | 1.41× | 460 |
| Connecticut | 1.35× | 2,304 |
| North Dakota | 1.31× | 650 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Stacey 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stacey (this page) | 147,712 | 1971 |
| Stacy | 163,719 | 1971 |
| Stacie | 39,026 | 1971 |
| Staci | 25,480 | 1973 |
| Stacee | 1,634 | 1973 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Stacey's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Stacey.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Stacey (1971).
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