Girls' name · since 1974
Dacey
Dacey has 648 recorded births since 1974 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2002 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,019 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 648
- born since 1974
- 2000s
- peak decade
Dacey sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 648 recorded since 1974.
Dacey has 648 recorded births among girls since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 2024.
- #10,019 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 648 born since 1974
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dacey ranks #10,019 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 648 born since 1974, peaking in the 2000s.
- #10,019 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 648
- born since 1974
- 2000s
- peak decade
Dacey's 648 recorded births place it above 86.13% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Dacey's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Dacey's full recorded timeline at 2001, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1978, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2002 peak of 39 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Dacey popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2024
- Peak year (2002)
- 39
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Dacey by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (269 births, 42% of the file).
2000s was Dacey's strongest decade.
269 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Dacey births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
- 1980s 53
1980s
53 births
- 1990s
1990s
173 births
- 2000s
2000s
269 births
- 2010s
2010s
113 births
- 2020s 29
2020s
29 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 269 births (42% of all-time use).
How Dacey compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Dacey's total volume
Dacey by state
Where Dacey concentrates geographically, total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 21 | 3.2% |
| #2 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.8% |
21 of 648 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Dacey's data
- Dacey's decade-level peak was the 2000s (269 total births); usage has since declined to 29 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Daceys (21 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Dacey: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~50 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1974–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Dacey draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.