Recorded 1979–2008 Girls' name Peak 2004 71 births

Dacy — girls' name

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.

1970s61980s151990s212000s29
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.

What the Data Says About Dacy

The Social Security Administration has registered 71 babies named Dacy between 1979 and 2008, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dacy currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dacy performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 29 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Dacy shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dacy 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 71 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.

Dacy at a glance

Last recorded 2008

Total births

71

Since 1979

30 years of records

Peak year

2004

10 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2008

Active since

1979

Recorded for 30 years

Last year on file: 2008

Dacy popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–1979

Last recorded 2008
Peak year (2004)
10
Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
4681012 20082006200420031999199319921988198319801979 6

Dacy by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
29 births that decade — 41% of Dacy's all-time total
1970s61980s151990s212000s29

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Dacy?
71 babies have been named Dacy since 1979. It was last recorded in 2008. The peak year was 2004 with 10 births.
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?
Dacy has been recorded in Social Security data since 1979, spanning 30 years of data through 2008.
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.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1979–2008 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.