Lacy

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Lacy: Recorded since 1996, it reached #866 in 2007, and it stood at #4,843 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#866highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2683
1997	#1958
1998	#3142
1999	#3225
2000	#2746
2001	#1617
2002	#3409
2003	#1996
2004	#3197
2005	#1500
2006	#1031
2007	#866
2008	#1034
2009	#1055
2010	#946
2011	#989
2012	#1297
2013	#1291
2014	#1702
2015	#3252
2016	#2233
2017	#3583
2018	#2674
2019	#5591
2020	#3899
2021	#2942
2023	#5687
2024	#4843

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 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2010: #910 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #946 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2683 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: #866 among girls in England and Wales, in 2007 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Lacy 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 Lacy in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	21	4 of 10	5
2000s	171	10 of 10	17
2010sbusiest	176	10 of 10	18
2020s	20	4 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 18 births a year.

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

Lacy 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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #866 in England and Wales in 2007.

Lacy'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	#4843	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2942	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3899	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2674	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3583	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2233	12	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3252	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1702	17	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1291	26	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1297	25	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#989	35	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#946	36	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1055	30	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1034	29	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#866	36	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1031	27	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1500	15	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3197	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1996	9	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#3409	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1617	11	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2746	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1958	8	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2683	5	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#910	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #866, first reached in 2007.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 36 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2010, and 14 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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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Hamna · #868, 26y
Jaida · #868, 28y
Amia · #862, 23y
Nerys · #862, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Landon · #866, 25y
Rosalia · #865, 24y
Hamna · #868, 26y
Jaida · #868, 28y

Lacy was ranked #866 in England and Wales · Girls in 2007. 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.

Lacy 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 Lacy without appearing here.

Lacy moved ahead of

Tyler Compare
In 2020 they stood at #5591 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2942 and #5581.
Ollie Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3197 and #2802 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #1500 and #3970.
Vicki Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3197 and #3197 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #1500 and #3970.
Lene Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2746 and #1831 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1617 and #3998.

Moved ahead of Lacy

Malin Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2942 and #3961 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #2346.
Cecilie Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2942 and #3961 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #2504.
Maren Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2942 and #3519 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #2927.
Luca Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2942 and #3192 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #3598.

Moved the opposite way to Lacy

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lacy went from #2683 to #4843 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lacy went from #2683 to #4843 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lacy went from #2683 to #4843 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lacy went from #2683 to #4843 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Lacy

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lacy went from #2683 to #4843 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lacy went from #2683 to #4843 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lacy went from #2683 to #4843 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lacy went from #2683 to #4843 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #866 in England and Wales in 2007. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Lacy at a glance

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Lacy by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Lacy at a glance

Lacy by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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