Lacey

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Lacey: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Lacey: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #36 in 2010, and it stood at #608 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
69times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#36highest recorded position
19groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Lacey's record

England and Wales registered 1,571 births with the name in 2010, its largest count from any one registrar. Names by yearly birth count

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#388
1997	#346
1998	#363
1999	#394
2000	#387
2001	#399
2002	#333
2003	#318
2004	#275
2005	#230
2006	#115
2007	#77
2008	#58
2009	#67
2010	#36
2011	#40
2012	#49
2013	#53
2014	#68
2015	#82
2016	#106
2017	#125
2018	#155
2019	#208
2020	#228
2021	#314
2022	#369
2023	#471
2024	#493

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #295 among girls in Scotland, #407 among girls in Northern Ireland, #493 among girls in England and Wales, #504 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #388 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #36 among girls in England and Wales, in 2010 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #608 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Lacey appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 13,380 births with the name.

Lacey across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Lacey's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#388 (1996)	#36 (2010)	#493 (2024)	29 of 29	13,380 (1996–2024)	1,571 (2010)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#635 (2006)	#143 (2013)	#608 (2025)	20 of 20	425 (2006–2025)	42 (2010)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#332 (2006)	#68 (2012)	#407 (2024)	19 of 19	291 (2006–2024)	38 (2012)

Lacey by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Lacey in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	355	4 of 10	89
2000s	3,979	10 of 10	398
2010sbusiest	8,415	10 of 10	842
2020s	631	5 of 10	126

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 842 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2009 and 2010, when recorded births rose by 638, from 933 to 1,571.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Lacey appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #36 in England and Wales in 2010.

Lacey's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#493	80	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#471	84	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#369	115	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#314	149	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#228	203	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#208	237	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#155	340	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#125	447	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#106	539	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#82	676	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#68	829	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#53	1,081	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#49	1,220	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#40	1,475	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#36	1,571	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#67	933	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#58	1,066	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#77	771	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#115	466	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#230	202	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#275	151	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#318	120	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#333	108	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#399	79	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#387	83	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#394	82	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#363	91	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#346	97	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#388	85	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#407	3	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#391	3	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#354	4	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#350	4	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#246	6	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#336	4	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#108	23	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#110	21	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#123	18	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#116	20	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#99	24	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#79	31	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#68	38	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#100	24	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#90	29	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#174	11	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#198	10	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#147	14	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#332	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#608	5	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#504	7	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#495	7	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#266	16	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#464	8	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#336	12	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#221	22	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#299	15	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#178	29	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#156	35	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#153	38	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#158	37	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#143	41	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#146	39	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#170	34	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#146	42	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#358	13	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#383	12	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#431	9	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#635	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#295	12	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #36, first reached in 2010.

It held a top-100 place in 9 years, 9 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 1,571 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2006, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Labiba · #1715, 20y
Lacey-Jo · #2432, 11y
Lacey-Mae · #401, 23y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Callan · #36, 30y
Mollie · #37, 34y
Eilidh · #38, 30y
Esme · #33, 33y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Callan · #36, 30y
Jaxon · #36, 29y
Abbey · #37, 30y
Brianna · #35, 33y

Lacey was ranked #36 in England and Wales · Girls in 2010. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Lacey and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Lacey without appearing here.

Lacey moved ahead of

Jude Compare
In 2011 they stood at #635 and #502 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2012 that had become #146 and #907.
Brittany Compare
In 2000 they stood at #387 and #275 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #399 and #871.
Sharon Compare
In 2009 they stood at #358 and #358 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2010 that had become #146 and #510.
Teresa Compare
In 2018 they stood at #299 and #280 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2019 that had become #221 and #551.

Moved ahead of Lacey

Bonnie Compare
In 2018 they stood at #108 and #151 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2019 that had become #336 and #107.
Florence Compare
In 2018 they stood at #108 and #179 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2019 that had become #336 and #107.
Matilda Compare
In 2018 they stood at #108 and #114 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2019 that had become #336 and #144.
Maeve Compare
In 2019 they stood at #208 and #218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #228 and #94.

Moved the opposite way to Lacey

Blake Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lacey went from #346 to #493 while Blake went from #3824 to #432.
Ezra Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lacey went from #346 to #493 while Ezra went from #3824 to #1302.
Finlay Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Lacey went from #388 to #155 while Finlay went from #1646 to #4684.
Helene Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Lacey went from #388 to #155 while Helene went from #1168 to #4684.

Moved the same way as Lacey

Dianne Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lacey went from #333 to #493 and Dianne from #4137 to #5891.
Bernadette Compare
Between 2007 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lacey went from #431 to #608 and Bernadette from #505 to #718.
Ida Compare
Between 2008 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lacey went from #383 to #608 and Ida from #546 to #885.
Hanna Compare
Between 2007 and 2023 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Lacey went from #147 to #391 and Hanna from #203 to #302.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #36 in England and Wales in 2010. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Lacey

Lacey at a glance

What stands out in Lacey's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Lacey across 3 official records

Lacey by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Lacey appears in

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Lacey at a glance

What stands out in Lacey's record

Lacey across 3 official records

Lacey by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Lacey appears in

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Lacey and the names beside it

Lacey moved ahead of

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