Stace — boys' name
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.
63% of everyone ever named Stace was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Stace in 1968 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Stace
The Social Security Administration has registered 184 babies named Stace between 1960 and 1984, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Stace currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1984. The name reached its historical peak in 1968, when 23 babies received it in a single year. Stace is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 33 additional births since 1967.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Stace performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 116 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Stace shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Stace in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Stace 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 184 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.
Stace at a glance
Last recorded 1984Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Stace popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–1960
- Peak year (1968)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1984.
184 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1968 with 23 births in a single year.
Stace popularity over time — girls
33 total births recorded since 1967 (Stace as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Stace accounts for 15% of total recorded use across both genders.
Stace by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 116 births that decade — 63% of Stace's all-time total
Stace decade highlights
- Peak decade 116 births
- Runner-up 63 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Stace's strongest decade
116 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 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.
Top 5 states
- California 3.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1960–1984 (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.