How popular is the name Stacy?

Stacy ranks 119th among girls' names in US records, with 387,252 births since 1892. Over the past decade it accounts for 2,676.

Is Stacy a unisex name?

No. Stacy is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1971, when 19,153 children were given the name. It has been in use for 133 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Stacey, Stacie. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#119 of girl names

Pronounced S T EY1 S IY0 (ARPABET)

Stacy is a girls' name, and first appears in 1892. It has been given to 387,252 children — the 119th most common girls' name on record.

It is falling away, down 54% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1971, when 19,153 children were given it.

Two other spellings are counted in that total — Stacey and Stacie — because they are pronounced identically.

1971Girls: 19,153Boys: 1,571

These spellings sound identical to Stacy and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Stacy?: Stacy ranks 119th among girls' names in US records, with 387,252 births since 1892. Over the past decade it accounts for 2,676.
Is Stacy a unisex name?: No. Stacy is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Stacy most popular?: 1971, when 19,153 children were given the name. It has been in use for 133 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Stacy spelled?: Stacey, Stacie. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.