Recorded 1884–2016 Girls' name Peak 1969 797 births

Tacy — girls' name

797 babies named Tacy in U.S. Social Security records since 1884, with the highest year being 1969. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1880s111890s161910s121920s151930s51940s161950s1131960s1641970s1491980s1351990s782000s722010s11
1960s
Peak decade

21% of everyone ever named Tacy was born in this single decade.

1969
Single peak year

28 babies were named Tacy in 1969 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Tacy

The Social Security Administration has registered 797 babies named Tacy between 1884 and 2016, spanning 133 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tacy currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1969, when 28 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tacy performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 164 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Tacy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tacy in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tacy 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 797 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.

Tacy at a glance

Last recorded 2016

Total births

797

Since 1884

133 years of records

Peak year

1969

28 births that year

Strongest decade: 1960s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2016

Active since

1884

Recorded for 133 years

Last year on file: 2016

Tacy popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1884

Last recorded 2016
Peak year (1969)
28
Annual births at peak — across 133 years of records
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Tacy by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1960s
Peak decade
1960s
164 births that decade — 21% of Tacy's all-time total
1880s111890s161910s121920s151930s51940s161950s1131960s1641970s1491980s1351990s782000s722010s11

Tacy by state

Where Tacy concentrates geographically — total births since 1884

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Tacy
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
10 1.3%
California share of Tacy's total US births 1.3%

10 of 797 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Tacy?
797 babies have been named Tacy since 1884. It was last recorded in 2016. The peak year was 1969 with 28 births.
When was Tacy most popular?
Tacy was most popular in the 1960s decade with 164 total births. The single peak year was 1969.
Where is Tacy most popular?
The top states for the name Tacy are California (10 births).
How long has the name Tacy been used?
Tacy has been recorded in Social Security data since 1884, spanning 133 years of data through 2016.
What names are similar to Tacy?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Tacara, Tacarra, Tacey, Tacora, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1884–2016 (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.