Lacy Girl
How popular is Lacy?
#2,583 girl name in 2025
67 baby girls were named Lacy in the US in 2025, making it the 2583rd most popular girl name.
Lacy popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,583 for girls (▲ 430 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 67 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-58% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,437 in 2015, #2,500 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1982 (988 girls) |
| Highest rank | #242 in 1983 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 2% boys, 98% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Lacy 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 Lacy is most popular
Babies named Lacy per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Virginia: 0.1 per 1,000 (12 girls)
- North Carolina: 0.1 per 1,000 (13 girls)
- Ohio: 0.1 per 1,000 (12 girls)
- Missouri: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (40 girls)
Lacy by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 36 | #738 |
| 1890s | 127 | #767 |
| 1900s | 151 | #699 |
| 1910s | 251 | #845 |
| 1920s | 238 | #1,376 |
| 1930s | 169 | #1,634 |
| 1940s | 163 | #1,608 |
| 1950s | 174 | #2,346 |
| 1960s | 345 | #1,572 |
| 1970s | 1,717 | #441 |
| 1980s | 8,405 | #242 |
| 1990s | 4,353 | #354 |
| 2000s | 2,348 | #825 |
| 2010s | 1,327 | #1,367 |
| 2020s | 407 | #2,131 |
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Questions
- Is Lacy a boy or girl name?
- Lacy is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 98% of babies named Lacy were girls.
- How popular is the name Lacy?
- 67 baby girls were named Lacy in the US in 2025, making it the 2583rd most popular girl name.
- When was Lacy most popular?
- Lacy peaked in 1982, when 988 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #242 in 1983.
- How many people are named Lacy?
- 26,685 babies have been named Lacy in the US since 1880. We estimate about 21,252 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 39.
- Where is Lacy most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Lacy was most common in Virginia, at 0.1 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.