Girls' name · since 1958
Stayce
Stayce has 172 recorded births since 1958 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1978 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,396 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 172
- born since 1958
- 1970s
- peak decade
172 girls have been named Stayce since 1958, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Stayce has been recorded 172 times among girls since 1958, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1958 to 2009.
- #21,396 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 172 born since 1958
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Stayce ranks #21,396 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 172 born since 1958, peaking in the 1970s.
- #21,396 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 172
- born since 1958
- 1970s
- peak decade
Stayce's 172 recorded births place it above 70.41% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Stayce's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Stayce's SSA record in two at 1973 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1958, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1978 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Stayce popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1958–2009
- Peak year (1978)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Stayce by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (74 births, 43% of the file).
1970s was Stayce's strongest decade.
74 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Stayce births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s
1960s
55 births
- 1970s
1970s
74 births
- 1980s 21
1980s
21 births
- 1990s 12
1990s
12 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 74 births (43% of all-time use).
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- Stayce's decade-level peak was the 1970s (74 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Stayce: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1978)
Similar record span (~51 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, 1958–2009 (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 Stayce 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.