Unisex name · since 1960
Stace
184 babies named Stace in U.S. Social Security records since 1960, with the highest year being 1968. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,485 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 184
- born since 1960
- 1960s
- peak decade
Stace is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 184 have been recorded since 1960.
Stace has 184 recorded births among boys since 1960, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1960 to 1984.
- #13,485 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 184 born since 1960
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Stace ranks #13,485 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 184 born since 1960, peaking in the 1960s.
- #13,485 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 184
- born since 1960
- 1960s
- peak decade
Stace's 184 recorded births place it above 70.34% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Stace's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Stace's SSA record in two at 1969 and the more recent half accounts for 43% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 57%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1962, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1968 peak of 23, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Stace popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1960–1984
- Peak year (1968)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Stace popularity over time - girls
33 total births recorded since 1967 (Stace as girls' name)
Stace by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (116 births, 63% of the file).
1960s was Stace's strongest decade.
116 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Stace births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
116 births
- 1970s
1970s
63 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 116 births (63% of all-time use).
Stace by state
Where Stace concentrates geographically, total births since 1960
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 3.3% |
6 of 184 births nationwide.
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- Stace's decade-level peak was the 1960s (116 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Staces (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Stace: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1968)
Similar record span (~24 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, 1960–1984 (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 Stace 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.