Lacey — #747 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Lacey

The Social Security Administration has registered 53,399 babies named Lacey between 1888 and 2024, spanning 137 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lacey currently holds the #747 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1984, when 2,399 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lacey performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 20,773 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Lacey shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 4,320 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Lacey in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lacey 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 53,399 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.