Girl · Greek, through English
Stacey
Say it: STAY-see
Meaning
A pet form of Anastasia, from Greek anastasis 'resurrection'; as a surname also from Eustace.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Mainly a boys' name until the 1950s, it became popular for American girls in the 1960s and 1970s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1970s
In the United States
- 161,387 babies given this name since 1913
- At its height in 1971, about 1 in 222 girls
- 72 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Stacy, Staci
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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