Mostly girls · peaked in 1971
Stacy name popularity since 1925
185,321 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Stacy (88.3% girls, 11.7% boys). Half of them were born in 1974 or earlier, so the typical Stacy is about 52 years old in 2026. Stacy peaked in 1971 as the #32 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 185,321
- Named Stacy, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,665 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 88.3% girls
- 163,719 girls · 21,602 boys
- Most popular in
- North Dakota
- 1.49× its national share
Peak year is the year Stacy 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.
Stacy births per year, 1925–2025
1971 was the biggest year for Stacy both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1953 and 1958, Stacy became 6× more common, from 1 in 10,400 baby girls to 1 in 1,740.
- Steepest fall: Between 1985 and 1990, its share of baby girls fell by 63%, from 1 in 419 to 1 in 1,140.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Stacy's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Stacy.
Decade by decade
Babies named Stacy 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 | 53 | 175 | – |
| 1930s | 76 | 377 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 325 | 586 | #1,789 |
| 1950s | 4,839 | 1,595 | #529 |
| 1960s | 35,526 | 8,210 | #119 |
| 1970s | 69,901 | 7,259 | #34 |
| 1980s | 36,990 | 1,528 | #67 |
| 1990s | 8,840 | 1,104 | #387 |
| 2000s | 4,078 | 454 | #651 |
| 2010s | 2,152 | 234 | #1,214 |
| 2020–25 | 939 | 80 | #1,665 |
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
60.5% of babies named Stacy from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:
Where Stacy is most popular
The index compares Stacy'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 Stacy.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | 1.49× | 850 |
| Minnesota | 1.48× | 4,884 |
| South Dakota | 1.47× | 847 |
| Kansas | 1.39× | 2,571 |
| Oklahoma | 1.35× | 3,198 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Stacy 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stacy (this page) | 163,719 | 1971 |
| Stacey | 147,712 | 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 Stacy's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Stacy.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Stacy (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