Meaning not yet researched.
Stacy: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 125 in 2025. Its best rank was #32 in 1973.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #32 in 1973; #1,665 in 2025. About 89% of babies named Stacy in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,665 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1973, at #32.
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Stacy: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 125 girls in 2025. Peak: #32 in 1973 · most girls in one year: 9,117 (1971).
In 2025, 125 US girls were named Stacy, making it the 1,665th most common girls’ name of the year, down 271 places from #1,394 in 2024. That is 37 fewer than the 162 girls named Stacy in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #32, reached in 1973. The most girls given the name in a single year was 9,117, in 1971. For comparison, it was #1,214 in 2015 and #1,098 in 1950.
In 2025, 15 US boys were named Stacy, making it the 6,096th most common boys’ name of the year, up 6,060 places from #12,156 in 2024. That is 9 more than the 6 boys named Stacy in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #157, reached in 1968. That year also had the most boys given the name: 1,736. For comparison, it was #3,972 in 2015 and #678 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Stacy in 137 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 6 babies. In all, 186,268 US babies have been given the name, 88% of them girls and 12% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1970s, with 77,160 babies named Stacy.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,649 US girls were named Stacy; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 204. In 2025 that was about 1 in 12,858 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Stacy ranked highest in New Jersey in 2025, at #931 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Staci (25,539 babies since 1880), Stacey (161,732 babies since 1880), Stacie (39,317 babies since 1880) and Stacia (9,027 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Stacye and Stasi are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Staci.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Stacye (521), Stasi (46).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
Stacy is listed as a nickname for Anastasia, Eustacia, Stacey, Stacie.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 44 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | 8 | #931 | #779 |
| Pennsylvania | 7 | #1,217 | — |
| California | 19 | #1,314 | #825 |
| Virginia | 5 | #1,357 | #843 |
| New York | 9 | #1,513 | #735 |
| Texas | 16 | #1,526 | #1,140 |
| Florida | 9 | #1,535 | #1,051 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 125 | #1,665 | 15 | #6,096 |
| 2024 | 162 | #1,394 | 6 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 139 | #1,540 | 15 | #6,179 |
| 2022 | 159 | #1,421 | 18 | #5,405 |
| 2021 | 162 | #1,369 | 14 | #6,300 |
| 2020 | 192 | #1,200 | 12 | #6,987 |
| 2019 | 161 | #1,403 | 12 | #7,115 |
| 2018 | 173 | #1,318 | 17 | #5,508 |
| 2017 | 172 | #1,352 | 27 | #3,971 |
| 2016 | 204 | #1,213 | 24 | #4,304 |
| 2015 | 205 | #1,214 | 27 | #3,972 |
| 2014 | 205 | #1,194 | 22 | #4,514 |
| 2013 | 228 | #1,085 | 28 | #3,735 |
| 2012 | 252 | #1,008 | 25 | #4,112 |
| 2011 | 258 | #989 | 26 | #3,972 |
| 2010 | 294 | #900 | 26 | #3,975 |
| 2009 | 341 | #829 | 34 | #3,324 |
| 2008 | 408 | #731 | 38 | #3,097 |
| 2007 | 421 | #692 | 27 | #3,879 |
| 2006 | 423 | #675 | 44 | #2,692 |
| 2005 | 426 | #651 | 43 | #2,607 |
| 2004 | 431 | #634 | 51 | #2,276 |
| 2003 | 400 | #665 | 40 | #2,575 |
| 2002 | 386 | #658 | 61 | #1,865 |
| 2001 | 417 | #605 | 56 | #1,952 |
| 2000 | 425 | #597 | 60 | #1,811 |
| 1999 | 455 | #554 | 69 | #1,592 |
| 1998 | 490 | #517 | 55 | #1,830 |
| 1997 | 532 | #473 | 88 | #1,309 |
| 1996 | 605 | #420 | 87 | #1,276 |
| 1995 | 683 | #387 | 104 | #1,125 |
| 1994 | 850 | #320 | 121 | #1,011 |
| 1993 | 956 | #288 | 127 | #956 |
| 1992 | 1,190 | #232 | 146 | #875 |
| 1991 | 1,409 | #212 | 151 | #850 |
| 1990 | 1,670 | #173 | 156 | #818 |
| 1989 | 1,882 | #152 | 154 | #803 |
| 1988 | 2,273 | #125 | 138 | #808 |
| 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 | #501 |
| 1957 | 680 | #348 | 195 | #555 |
| 1956 | 456 | #427 | 165 | #593 |
| 1955 | 301 | #529 | 135 | #643 |
| 1954 | 278 | #534 | 132 | #641 |
| 1953 | 181 | #668 | 115 | #663 |
| 1952 | 128 | #806 | 103 | #692 |
| 1951 | 108 | #867 | 116 | #655 |
| 1950 | 71 | #1,098 | 105 | #678 |
| 1949 | 82 | #999 | 98 | #691 |
| 1948 | 62 | #1,141 | 67 | #837 |
| 1947 | 52 | #1,268 | 65 | #868 |
| 1946 | 39 | #1,415 | 52 | #932 |
| 1945 | 23 | #1,789 | 60 | #808 |
| 1944 | 21 | #1,910 | 55 | #858 |
| 1943 | 17 | #2,239 | 50 | #951 |
| 1942 | 9 | #3,409 | 39 | #1,109 |
| 1941 | 14 | #2,374 | 52 | #886 |
| 1940 | 6 | #4,289 | 48 | #928 |
| 1939 | 7 | #3,739 | 43 | #972 |
| 1938 | 14 | #2,325 | 40 | #1,025 |
| 1937 | 14 | #2,300 | 36 | #1,093 |
| 1936 | 7 | #3,668 | 45 | #922 |
| 1935 | — | — | 45 | #953 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,717 | 28 | #1,290 |
| 1933 | 6 | #4,163 | 41 | #1,011 |
| 1932 | — | — | 34 | #1,172 |
| 1931 | 12 | #2,567 | 30 | #1,278 |
| 1930 | 5 | #5,164 | 35 | #1,213 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,901 | 34 | #1,211 |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,609 | 44 | #1,054 |
| 1927 | 7 | #4,228 | 27 | #1,460 |
| 1926 | 9 | #3,520 | 30 | #1,351 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,756 | 40 | #1,118 |
| 1924 | 11 | #3,124 | 44 | #1,089 |
| 1923 | 16 | #2,356 | 39 | #1,154 |
| 1922 | 7 | #4,384 | 51 | #997 |
| 1921 | 20 | #2,042 | 35 | #1,249 |
| 1920 | 23 | #1,806 | 65 | #842 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,790 | 48 | #986 |
| 1918 | 17 | #2,196 | 41 | #1,076 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,677 | 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 | #1,966 | 19 | #1,092 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,936 | 14 | #921 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,911 | 8 | #1,296 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,587 | 8 | #1,144 |
| 1908 | 10 | #1,426 | 19 | #610 |
| 1907 | — | — | 10 | #927 |
| 1906 | 8 | #1,542 | 5 | #1,396 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,899 | — | — |
| 1904 | 8 | #1,465 | 7 | #1,051 |
| 1903 | 7 | #1,571 | 9 | #838 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,913 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | 6 | #1,287 |
| 1899 | 7 | #1,381 | — | — |
| 1898 | — | — | 9 | #796 |
| 1896 | 8 | #1,286 | 5 | #1,252 |
| 1894 | — | — | 8 | #847 |
| 1893 | 7 | #1,270 | 7 | #896 |
| 1892 | 7 | #1,259 | 8 | #856 |
| 1891 | — | — | 7 | #833 |
| 1889 | — | — | 5 | #1,096 |
| 1887 | — | — | 5 | #1,050 |
| 1885 | — | — | 6 | #925 |
| 1884 | — | — | 5 | #1,105 |
| 1880 | — | — | 6 | #897 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).