Lacey Girl
How popular is Lacey?
#738 girl name in 2025
370 baby girls were named Lacey in the US in 2025, making it the 738th most popular girl name.
Lacey popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #738 for girls (▲ 6 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 370 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-45% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #478 in 2015, #712 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1984 (2,399 girls) |
| Highest rank | #116 in 1984 |
| First recorded | 1888 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Lacey counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Lacey family of names ranked #530 for girls in 2025 (#536 the year before), with 552 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Lacey is most popular
Babies named Lacey per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Kentucky: 0.6 per 1,000 (54 girls)
- Utah: 0.6 per 1,000 (48 girls)
- Wisconsin: 0.5 per 1,000 (53 girls)
- Idaho: 0.5 per 1,000 (17 girls)
- Connecticut: 0.5 per 1,000 (27 girls)
Lacey by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #1,276 |
| 1900s | 6 | #1,592 |
| 1910s | 23 | #3,133 |
| 1920s | 34 | #3,663 |
| 1930s | 22 | #3,751 |
| 1940s | 80 | #2,897 |
| 1950s | 145 | #2,346 |
| 1960s | 371 | #1,453 |
| 1970s | 2,823 | #293 |
| 1980s | 20,773 | #116 |
| 1990s | 13,852 | #145 |
| 2000s | 7,397 | #371 |
| 2010s | 6,068 | #436 |
| 2020s | 2,175 | #712 |
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Questions
- Is Lacey a boy or girl name?
- Lacey is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Lacey were girls.
- How popular is the name Lacey?
- 370 baby girls were named Lacey in the US in 2025, making it the 738th most popular girl name.
- When was Lacey most popular?
- Lacey peaked in 1984, when 2,399 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #116 in 1984.
- How many people are named Lacey?
- 55,233 babies have been named Lacey in the US since 1880. We estimate about 53,389 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 35.
- Where is Lacey most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Lacey was most common in Kentucky, at 0.6 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.