Stacy
Stacy is given to both girls and boys: 125 girls and 15 boys were given it in 2025 (#1,665 among girls’ names and #6,093 among boys’, #2,828 among all names counting both); 186,268 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026). Girls have outnumbered boys among babies named Stacy every year since 1952.
An estimated 171,000 Americans named Stacy and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (92% of everyone recorded); the median is 51 years old and half are between 44 and 57.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Stacy by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Stacy mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Stacy is “a female given name from Ancient Greek derived from the surname, popular in the 1970s.”
Also “a male given name from Ancient Greek transferred from the surname.”
/ˈsteɪ.si/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Stacy?
#1,665 among girls’ names, 2025
Stacy fell from #1,214 in 2015 to #1,665 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 0.11 to 0.08 per 1,000.
10,144 babies in 1971, the peak
Stacy peaked in 1971, when 10,144 babies were given it (9,117 girls, #32 among girls’ names). The 140 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 1% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 125 | #1,665 | 15 | #6,093 |
| 2024 | 162 | #1,394 | 6 | #12,151 |
| 2023 | 139 | #1,540 | 15 | #6,174 |
| 2022 | 159 | #1,421 | 18 | #5,401 |
| 2021 | 162 | #1,369 | 14 | #6,295 |
| 2020 | 192 | #1,200 | 12 | #6,982 |
| 2019 | 161 | #1,403 | 12 | #7,110 |
| 2018 | 173 | #1,318 | 17 | #5,504 |
| 2017 | 172 | #1,352 | 27 | #3,967 |
| 2016 | 204 | #1,213 | 24 | #4,303 |
Every recorded year (137)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 205 | #1,214 | 27 | #3,970 |
| 2014 | 205 | #1,194 | 22 | #4,510 |
| 2013 | 228 | #1,085 | 28 | #3,733 |
| 2012 | 252 | #1,008 | 25 | #4,109 |
| 2011 | 258 | #989 | 26 | #3,970 |
| 2010 | 294 | #900 | 26 | #3,974 |
| 2009 | 341 | #829 | 34 | #3,322 |
| 2008 | 408 | #731 | 38 | #3,095 |
| 2007 | 421 | #692 | 27 | #3,877 |
| 2006 | 423 | #675 | 44 | #2,691 |
| 2005 | 426 | #651 | 43 | #2,603 |
| 2004 | 431 | #634 | 51 | #2,272 |
| 2003 | 400 | #665 | 40 | #2,571 |
| 2002 | 386 | #658 | 61 | #1,861 |
| 2001 | 417 | #605 | 56 | #1,948 |
| 2000 | 425 | #597 | 60 | #1,807 |
| 1999 | 455 | #554 | 69 | #1,589 |
| 1998 | 490 | #517 | 55 | #1,827 |
| 1997 | 532 | #473 | 88 | #1,306 |
| 1996 | 605 | #420 | 87 | #1,274 |
| 1995 | 683 | #387 | 104 | #1,121 |
| 1994 | 850 | #320 | 121 | #1,007 |
| 1993 | 956 | #288 | 127 | #954 |
| 1992 | 1,190 | #232 | 146 | #872 |
| 1991 | 1,409 | #212 | 151 | #846 |
| 1990 | 1,670 | #173 | 156 | #814 |
| 1989 | 1,882 | #152 | 154 | #800 |
| 1988 | 2,273 | #125 | 138 | #807 |
| 1987 | 2,746 | #101 | 144 | #766 |
| 1986 | 3,220 | #87 | 141 | #768 |
| 1985 | 4,109 | #67 | 137 | #760 |
| 1984 | 4,447 | #67 | 148 | #718 |
| 1983 | 4,678 | #61 | 128 | #770 |
| 1982 | 4,099 | #72 | 138 | #754 |
| 1981 | 4,479 | #65 | 167 | #670 |
| 1980 | 5,057 | #53 | 233 | #566 |
| 1979 | 5,708 | #43 | 258 | #530 |
| 1978 | 5,776 | #44 | 344 | #428 |
| 1977 | 6,154 | #42 | 433 | #376 |
| 1976 | 6,523 | #38 | 573 | #306 |
| 1975 | 7,169 | #34 | 782 | #255 |
| 1974 | 6,741 | #38 | 829 | #242 |
| 1973 | 7,338 | #32 | 916 | #229 |
| 1972 | 7,604 | #33 | 914 | #234 |
| 1971 | 9,117 | #32 | 1,027 | #231 |
| 1970 | 7,771 | #42 | 1,183 | #212 |
| 1969 | 6,486 | #53 | 1,494 | #186 |
| 1968 | 5,384 | #64 | 1,736 | #157 |
| 1967 | 4,597 | #74 | 1,658 | #162 |
| 1966 | 3,779 | #91 | 679 | #283 |
| 1965 | 3,205 | #119 | 604 | #307 |
| 1964 | 3,462 | #123 | 533 | #340 |
| 1963 | 3,261 | #129 | 471 | #361 |
| 1962 | 2,227 | #176 | 416 | #398 |
| 1961 | 1,673 | #207 | 325 | #448 |
| 1960 | 1,452 | #222 | 294 | #465 |
| 1959 | 1,479 | #217 | 290 | #469 |
| 1958 | 1,157 | #256 | 239 | #500 |
| 1957 | 680 | #348 | 195 | #554 |
| 1956 | 456 | #426 | 165 | #592 |
| 1955 | 301 | #528 | 135 | #642 |
| 1954 | 278 | #533 | 132 | #640 |
| 1953 | 181 | #667 | 115 | #662 |
| 1952 | 128 | #805 | 103 | #691 |
| 1951 | 108 | #866 | 116 | #654 |
| 1950 | 71 | #1,097 | 105 | #677 |
| 1949 | 82 | #998 | 98 | #690 |
| 1948 | 62 | #1,140 | 67 | #836 |
| 1947 | 52 | #1,267 | 65 | #867 |
| 1946 | 39 | #1,414 | 52 | #932 |
| 1945 | 23 | #1,788 | 60 | #808 |
| 1944 | 21 | #1,909 | 55 | #858 |
| 1943 | 17 | #2,238 | 50 | #951 |
| 1942 | 9 | #3,407 | 39 | #1,109 |
| 1941 | 14 | #2,373 | 52 | #886 |
| 1940 | 6 | #4,287 | 48 | #928 |
| 1939 | 7 | #3,737 | 43 | #972 |
| 1938 | 14 | #2,325 | 40 | #1,025 |
| 1937 | 14 | #2,300 | 36 | #1,093 |
| 1936 | 7 | #3,666 | 45 | #922 |
| 1935 | under 5 | 45 | #953 | |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,716 | 28 | #1,290 |
| 1933 | 6 | #4,161 | 41 | #1,011 |
| 1932 | under 5 | 34 | #1,172 | |
| 1931 | 12 | #2,565 | 30 | #1,278 |
| 1930 | 5 | #5,162 | 35 | #1,213 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,900 | 34 | #1,211 |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,608 | 44 | #1,054 |
| 1927 | 7 | #4,226 | 27 | #1,460 |
| 1926 | 9 | #3,519 | 30 | #1,351 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,755 | 40 | #1,118 |
| 1924 | 11 | #3,123 | 44 | #1,089 |
| 1923 | 16 | #2,356 | 39 | #1,154 |
| 1922 | 7 | #4,382 | 51 | #997 |
| 1921 | 20 | #2,042 | 35 | #1,249 |
| 1920 | 23 | #1,806 | 65 | #842 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,789 | 48 | #986 |
| 1918 | 17 | #2,195 | 41 | #1,076 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,676 | 27 | #1,359 |
| 1916 | 20 | #1,794 | 39 | #1,040 |
| 1915 | 21 | #1,666 | 36 | #1,080 |
| 1914 | 14 | #1,890 | 32 | #998 |
| 1913 | 11 | #2,010 | 22 | #1,104 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,965 | 19 | #1,092 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,936 | 14 | #920 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,911 | 8 | #1,295 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,587 | 8 | #1,144 |
| 1908 | 10 | #1,426 | 19 | #610 |
| 1907 | under 5 | 10 | #926 | |
| 1906 | 8 | #1,542 | 5 | #1,395 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,898 | under 5 | |
| 1904 | 8 | #1,464 | 7 | #1,051 |
| 1903 | 7 | #1,571 | 9 | #838 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,912 | under 5 | |
| 1900 | under 5 | 6 | #1,286 | |
| 1899 | 7 | #1,380 | under 5 | |
| 1898 | under 5 | 9 | #795 | |
| 1896 | 8 | #1,286 | 5 | #1,251 |
| 1894 | under 5 | 8 | #846 | |
| 1893 | 7 | #1,270 | 7 | #896 |
| 1892 | 7 | #1,259 | 8 | #855 |
| 1891 | under 5 | 7 | #832 | |
| 1889 | under 5 | 5 | #1,095 | |
| 1887 | under 5 | 5 | #1,050 | |
| 1885 | under 5 | 6 | #924 | |
| 1884 | under 5 | 5 | #1,105 | |
| 1880 | under 5 | 6 | #897 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Stacy a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 186,268 Americans recorded as Stacy, 88% are girls and 12% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Stacy: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Stacy, and how old are they?
171,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 92% of the 186,268 Americans ever recorded as Stacy. The median Stacy alive today is 51 years old; half are between 44 and 57.
The 2020 Census counted 162,109 people named Stacy (146,488 women and girls, 15,621 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 173,714 born in the U.S. The Census count is 7% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 229 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 17,300 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 103,000 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 40,100 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 7,020 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 2,510 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Stacy born?
The states with the most babies named Stacy are California, Texas and New York, with 25% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 19,827 | #1,314 | 1.0× |
| Texas | 13,760 | #1,526 | 1.0× |
| New York | 10,388 | #1,513 | 0.7× |
| Ohio | 8,575 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Pennsylvania | 8,351 | #1,217 | 0.9× |
| Illinois | 8,099 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Michigan | 7,445 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Florida | 5,808 | #1,535 | 0.9× |
| Indiana | 5,276 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Georgia | 5,255 | not ranked | 1.1× |
Where Stacy is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Stacy is most over-represented in Oklahoma: since 1910 it was given 1.3 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Stacy with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 424,210 babies since 1880, Stacy is the most given (44% of them). In 2025 it was given to 140 of their 216 babies (65%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Stacy
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1880-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Shanon | 6,549 |
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Stacy and names like it
- Compare Stacy and StaceyBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sStacy peaked in 1971.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Stacy since 1910.
- Ancient Greek namesWiktionary’s origin for Stacy: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1971The year the most babies were named Stacy.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Stacy alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with SMost given first.