How Many People Are Named Lacy?
people named Lacy are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 16,199 people in the US has this name
Based on 26,685 babies named Lacy in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,015 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which was derived from Lassy, the name of a town in Normandy. The name of the town was Gaulish in origin, perhaps deriving from a personal name which was Latinized as Lascius.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Lacy in English. Counting Lacy and these spellings together, about 74,321 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Lacy, 88.5% were girls and 11.6% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Lacy rose from 27.1% in the 1880s to 98.3% in the 2020s. It was lowest in the 1940s, at 15.7%.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Lacy alive today is about 38 years old, and 67% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 30 and 44 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Lacy first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1982, to 1,015 babies. In 2025, 67 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Lacy has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #243, in 1983. In 2025 it ranked #2,597. Among boys, its best rank was #392, in 1894 and 1900.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,597 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #243 (1983) | #392 (1894 and 1900) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #302 in the 1980s | #598 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Lacy alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Lacy were born in Texas than in any other state: about 2,591 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Lacy was given 3.9 times as often in North Carolina, 3.5 times in West Virginia and 3 times in Oklahoma.
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