How rare is the name Stacey?

141,480 people in the United States have the first name Stacey, about 1 in 2,135. It ranks #399 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

STACEY

#399

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
141,480
About
1 in 2,135
This common or more
54.2%
Who bears it

Of the 141,480 people named Stacey, 78.5% reported their origin as White, 11.4% as Black and 4.9% as Hispanic or Latino. 93% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Stacey peaked in 1971, when 8,006 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19132025
Peak year
1971
Births that year
8,006
In 2025*
59 ▼99%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 161,732 babies have been given the name since 1913. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Stacey by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #99. The largest share of babies named Stacey, 60.9%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1910s#4,76977
1920s#4,768121
1930s#4,283118
1940s#2,073488
1950s#6905,474
1960s#17644,012
1970s#9963,448
1980s#18033,294
1990s#5919,667
2000s#1,4633,207
2010s#2,8011,410
2020s#4,498416
Greatest Generation 1901–270.1%
Silent Generation 1928–450.2%
Baby boom 1946–6411.8%
Generation X 1965–8060.9%
Millennials 1981–9622.9%
Generation Z 1997–123.3%
2013 and later0.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Stacey is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Stacey has been most common in Maryland (1.5×), Vermont (1.4×), and Delaware (1.4×), and least common in New Mexico (0.64×).

155,932 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Stacey

#397 Brett · 142,080#398 Cassandra · 141,760#400 Theodore · 141,175#401 Jenna · 140,773

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Stacey, most common first.

#345 Stacy · 162,109#9,108 Stacee · 1,552#23,149 Stace · 425

Also a last name

As a last name, Stacey ranks #3,726 of 156,621, with 9,266 people. See Stacey as a last name

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