Dacey — #15686 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Dacey

The Social Security Administration has registered 648 babies named Dacey between 1974 and 2024, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dacey currently holds the #15686 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 39 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dacey performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 269 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Dacey shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 21 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Dacey in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dacey in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 648 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.