How Many People Are Named Stacey?

149,821

people named Stacey are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 2,281 people in the US has this name

Based on 161,732 babies named Stacey in Social Security records from 1913 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#362

⭐ Uncommon

Rank Among Girl Names

#184

See the top 100

Peak Year

1971

8,006 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English
Pronunciation: STAY-see
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

Variant of STACY.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Same Sound, Other Spellings

These names are pronounced like Stacey in English. Counting Stacey and these spellings together, about 321,166 people alive in the US have the name.

Related & Similar Names

AnastasiaAnastasiyaAnastazijaStašaStošijaAnastázieAnastazieStaceeStaciStaciaStacieStacyAnastasieNatasaTasia

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
92.1%
Male
7.9%

Of the babies given the name Stacey, 92.1% were girls and 7.9% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Stacey rose from 19.8% in the 1920s to 83.7% in the 2020s. It was highest in the 1980s, at 96.5%.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Stacey alive today is about 49 years old, and 82% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 43 and 56 in 2025.

Under 30 7,089
4.7%
30 to 59 122,407
81.7%
60 and over 20,325
13.6%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Stacey first appears in the records in 1913 and was given most often in 1971, to 8,006 babies. In 2025, 59 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1913 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Stacey never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #41, in 1971 to 1973, and it was in the top 100 for 22 years, 1965 to 1986. In 2025 it ranked #3,096.

Girls
Rank in 2025#3,096
Best rank#41 (1971 to 1973)
Years in the top 10022 (1965 to 1986)
Rank in its biggest decade#47 in the 1970s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Stacey alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Stacey were born in California than in any other state: about 14,224 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Stacey was given about 1.4 times as often in Maryland, North Dakota and Vermont.

California 14,224
New York 12,723
Pennsylvania 8,762
Texas 8,181
Ohio 7,220
Michigan 7,217
Illinois 6,840
Florida 4,954
New Jersey 4,642
Georgia 4,110
Indiana 3,891
Missouri 3,701
Massachusetts 3,687
Louisiana 3,276
Maryland 3,235
Virginia 3,149
Tennessee 3,080
North Carolina 2,905
Alabama 2,623
Wisconsin 2,587
Kentucky 2,424
Connecticut 2,152
South Carolina 2,065
Washington 2,056
Minnesota 2,025
Iowa 1,976
Colorado 1,775
Oklahoma 1,673
Kansas 1,520
Mississippi 1,497
Arizona 1,410
Utah 1,369
Oregon 1,297
Arkansas 1,162
Nebraska 1,089
West Virginia 1,040
Maine 717
District of Columbia 666
North Dakota 603
Rhode Island 576
New Hampshire 567
Idaho 540
South Dakota 527
Montana 512
New Mexico 512
Hawaii 490
Nevada 447
Delaware 433
Vermont 364
Wyoming 244
Alaska 226

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