Total births
71
Girls' name · since 1979
Dacy
71 babies named Dacy in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 71
- total births
- 1979–2008
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 41%
- born in that decade
Dacy is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 71 have been recorded since 1979.
Dacy has 71 recorded births among girls since 1979, 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 1979 to 2008.
- 71 total births
- 1979–2008 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 41% born in that decade
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
71 girls have been named Dacy since 1979, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2008.
- 71
- total births
- 1979–2008
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 41%
- born in that decade
2000s
Peak decade
41% of everyone ever named Dacy was born in this single decade.
2004
Single peak year
10 babies were named Dacy in 2004 - its busiest year on record.
Dacy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Dacy's full recorded timeline at 1993, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1980, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2004 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Dacy at a glance
Last recorded 2008Peak year
2004
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
1979
Dacy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2008
- Peak year (2004)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Dacy by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Dacy's strongest decade.
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Dacy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s
1980s
15 births
- 1990s
1990s
21 births
- 2000s
2000s
29 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 29 births (41% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Dacy? ▼
Dacy has been given to 71 babies in the U.S. since 1979, according to SSA data. Its last appearance in the data was 2008. 10 babies were born in 2004, its single highest year.
When was Dacy most popular? ▼
Dacy was most popular in the 2000s decade with 29 total births. The single peak year was 2004.
How long has the name Dacy been used? ▼
The SSA has tracked Dacy since 1979 -- 30 years through the most recent 2008 data.
What names are similar to Dacy? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Dacia, Dacey, Dacota, Dacie, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.
Keep exploring Dacy
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Data Sources
Data as of June 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, 1979–2008 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Dacy: Baby Name Since 1979 - 71 Births, Peak 2004." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/dacy. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Dacy 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 June 2026.