girls:
163.7k births since 1892
#238 (96th percentile)
boys:
22.2k births since 1880
#770 (83rd percentile)
overall:
186k births since 1880
#415 (95th percentile)
The name Stacy is the #415 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 185,960 recorded births since 1880. This represents the 94.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 94.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #238 (95.9% percentile) for all time with 163,724 births since 1892. For boys, it ranks #770 (83.2% percentile) for all time with 22,236 births since 1880.
Stacy has appeared in U.S. birth records since the beginning of our dataset in 1880 (since 1880 for boys and since 1892 for girls). Birth data for Stacy is available in 135 out of the 144 years between 1880 and 2023 (132 years for boys and 123 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Stacy has been given predominantly to girls, with 88.0% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 90.2% of babies named Stacy were girls. Interestingly, until around 1953, the name was more popular for boys (66.7% boys from 1880 to 1952), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (89.0% girls from 1953 to 2023).
For girls, Stacy reached its peak popularity in 1971, achieving the 96.0% percentile (ranked #32) with 5,201 births per million. The name was most common in 1971, with 5,201 births per million (ranked 96.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 1975, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Stacy ranks #814 for girls (14.1% percentile) with 79 births per million, which is 1.5% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Stacy reached its peak popularity in 1968, achieving the 75.8% percentile (ranked #156) with 978 births per million. The name was most common in 1968, with 978 births per million (ranked 75.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Stacy ranks #901 for boys (1.1% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 0.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Stacy".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Stacy is pronounced as STAY-see, which has 2 syllables.
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