Stacey
Stacey is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Stacey
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Stacey is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Stacey
As a girl name
Stacey first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1915, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1971: 7,482 births, good for #41 nationwide. About 40% of every Stacey on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Stacey ranks #2,892 for girls with 58 births, falling sharply (-20%). All told, over 148K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Stacey first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1913, with 9 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1968: 1,073 births, good for #215 nationwide. About 41% of every Stacey on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Stacey ranks #6,472 for boys with 13 births, gradually falling (-10%). All told, over 14K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Stacey
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Stacey. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Stacey
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About the name Stacey
Stacey is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1915 and has accumulated 148K births in the dataset. Stacey's peak popularity came in 1971 when it ranked #41. Use the chart and map above to compare Stacey's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.