Stacy

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Stacy: Recorded since 1977, it reached #178 in 1990, and it was last ranked in 2018.

2registrars recorded it
44times a registrar ranked it
42years from first to last
#178highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2018

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#594
1997	#629
1998	#787
1999	#1473
2000	#1475
2001	#1238
2002	#1784
2003	#1552
2004	#1383
2005	#1796
2006	#1502
2007	#3218
2008	#2150
2009	#5556
2010	#4012
2011	#2893
2012	#3681
2013	#4739
2014	#3514
2015	#3615
2016	#4763
2018	#4684

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 22 of the 23 years from 1996 to 2018.

In 1997: #346 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #629 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1977–2018 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1977
First recorded at #518 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1977 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1977–1997
Highest recorded position: #178 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1990 (recorded 1977–1997).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2018
Most recently recorded at #4684 among girls in England and Wales, in 2018.
England and Wales · Girls

Stacy appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 22 ranked years and 280 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1977.

Stacy across 2 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.

Stacy'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	#594 (1996)	#594 (1996)	#4684 (2018)	22 of 23	280 (1996–2018)	41 (1996)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#518 (1977)	#178 (1990)	#346 (1997)	21 of 21	252 (1977–1997)	27 (1990)

Stacy 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 Stacy in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	122	4 of 10	31
2000sbusiest	115	10 of 10	12
2010s	43	8 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 12 births a year.

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

Stacy 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 1977 to 2018. Highest recorded position: #178 in Republic of Ireland in 1990.

Stacy'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
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3615	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3514	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3681	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2893	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4012	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2150	11	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3218	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1502	16	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1796	12	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1383	16	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1552	13	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1784	10	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1238	16	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1475	12	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1473	12	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#787	29	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#629	40	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#594	41	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#346	8	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	4	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#417	5	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#309	9	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#254	14	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#229	17	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#207	19	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#178	27	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#203	20	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#203	20	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#262	14	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#227	17	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#283	12	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#267	14	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#313	10	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#312	11	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#335	9	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#297	12	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#469	4	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#518	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 1977 and 2018, ranked in 41 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #178, first reached in 1990.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 41 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 19 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.

Stacey · #15, 52y
Stacie · #446, 22y
Ståle · #55, 63y
Stan · #324, 29y

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.

Cecil · #181, 38y
Gerrard · #181, 37y
Herbert · #175, 42y
Iwona · #181, 36y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Lochlann · #178, 29y
Lia · #177, 43y
Livia · #177, 32y
Aonghus · #180, 30y

Stacy was ranked #178 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1990. 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.

Stacy 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 Stacy without appearing here.

Stacy moved ahead of

Kim Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4763 and #3609 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #5666.
Dianne Compare
In 1979 they stood at #523 and #523 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1980 that had become #297 and #542.
Mona Compare
In 1979 they stood at #523 and #523 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1980 that had become #297 and #542.
Amelia Compare
In 1996 they stood at #471 and #429 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1997 that had become #346 and #576.

Moved ahead of Stacy

Luca Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2150 and #2721 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #5556 and #2019.
Eabha Compare
In 2008 they stood at #1502 and #5061 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #5556 and #2326.
Meabh Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3615 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4763 and #2233.
Marilyn Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2150 and #3397 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #5556 and #3031.

Moved the opposite way to Stacy

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Stacy went from #594 to #4684 while Ada went from #2683 to #65.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Stacy went from #594 to #4684 while Alma went from #2096 to #362.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Stacy went from #594 to #4684 while Alyssa went from #783 to #229.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Stacy went from #594 to #4684 while Amalie went from #2096 to #826.

Moved the same way as Stacy

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Stacy went from #594 to #4684 and Abigail from #21 to #77.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Stacy went from #594 to #4684 and Aimee from #70 to #587.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Stacy went from #594 to #4684 and Aisling from #440 to #2340.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Stacy went from #594 to #4684 and Alex from #161 to #1586.

What's not yet available

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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 1977 to 2018. Highest recorded position: #178 in Republic of Ireland in 1990. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Stacy

Stacy at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Stacy across 2 official records

Stacy by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Stacy across 2 official records

Stacy by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Stacy moved ahead of

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