Girl name#442 of girl names
Lacey
Pronounced L EY1 S IY0 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 1987
- 145 years in use
- 1 spelling
How popular is Lacey?
Lacey is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 73,541 children — the 442nd most common girls' name on record.
It has been slipping, down 40% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1987, when 3,237 children were given it.
Lacy is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Lacey and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Lacy
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- L EY1 S IY0
- Stress pattern:
- 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Lacey
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Lacey
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Lacey?
- Lacey ranks 442nd among girls' names in US records, with 73,541 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 5,424.
- Is Lacey a unisex name?
- No. Lacey is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Lacey most popular?
- 1987, when 3,237 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Lacey spelled?
- Lacy. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.