Stacy — #1392 US unisex name
163,889 babies named Stacy in U.S. Social Security records since 1892, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 92% of names given to girls today.
43% of everyone ever named Stacy was born in this single decade.
9,116 babies were named Stacy in 1971 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Stacy
The Social Security Administration has registered 163,889 babies named Stacy between 1892 and 2024, spanning 133 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Stacy currently holds the #1392 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 9,116 babies received it in a single year. Stacy is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 22,241 additional births since 1880.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Stacy performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 69,901 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Stacy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 18,559 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Stacy in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Stacy 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 163,889 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.
Stacy at a glance
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Current rank
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Stacy popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1892
- Peak year (1971)
- 9,116
- Annual births at peak — across 133 years of records
Currently ranks #1392 among girls.
163,889 total births across 133 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1971 with 9,116 births in a single year.
Stacy popularity over time — boys
22,241 total births recorded since 1880 (Stacy as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Stacy accounts for 12% of total recorded use across both genders.
Stacy by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 69,901 births that decade — 43% of Stacy's all-time total
Stacy decade highlights
- Peak decade 69,901 births
- Runner-up 36,991 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Stacy's strongest decade
69,901 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
Stacy by state
Where Stacy concentrates geographically — total births since 1892
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 18,559 | 11.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 11,736 | 7.2% |
| #3 | New York | | 9,924 | 6.1% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 8,033 | 4.9% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 8,009 | 4.9% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 7,482 | 4.6% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 6,957 | 4.2% |
| #8 | Florida | | 5,112 | 3.1% |
18,559 of 163,889 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 11.3% of nationwide
- Texas 7.2% of nationwide
- New York 6.1% of nationwide
- Ohio 4.9% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 4.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 11.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Stacy appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1892–2024 (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.