NameTides

Lacey

Lacey was the #738 girls' name in the US in 2025 (370 babies), and #478 in England & Wales and #636 in Canada.

Lacey as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Lacey as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandNorthern IrelandEngland & WalesCanadaIrelandUS
Lacey as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#738 (370)#478 (83)#242 (15)#397 (3)#608 (5)#636 (47)
2024#744 (378)#493 (80)#295 (12)#407 (3)#504 (7)#917 (30)
2023#759 (370)#471 (84)#173 (24)#391 (3)#495 (7)#928 (28)
2022#877 (317)#369 (115)#208 (20)#354 (4)#266 (16)#927 (28)
2021#806 (346)#314 (149)#191 (22)#350 (4)#464 (8)#859 (33)
2020#712 (394)#228 (203)#139 (31)#246 (6)#336 (12)#665 (43)
2019#656 (446)#208 (237)#144 (32)#336 (4)#221 (22)#704 (42)
2018#651 (457)#155 (340)#140 (34)#108 (23)#299 (15)#557 (56)
2017#601 (502)#125 (447)#61 (74)#110 (21)#178 (29)#568 (55)
2016#487 (638)#106 (539)#55 (92)#123 (18)#156 (35)#433 (78)
2015#478 (676)#82 (676)#52 (90)#116 (20)#153 (38)#503 (63)
2014#480 (655)#68 (829)#37 (124)#99 (24)#158 (37)#471 (70)
2013#466 (658)#53 (1,081)#29 (168)#79 (31)#143 (41)#462 (69)
2012#493 (623)#49 (1,220)#41 (138)#68 (38)#146 (39)#416 (76)
2011#440 (708)#40 (1,475)#53 (113)#100 (24)#170 (34)#448 (71)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1983 at #128.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1888.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,300 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 4,300uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 4,200uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 3,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Lacey is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,100 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 3,600 to 1 in 4,700.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Lacey by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #364WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #811WAIdaho: #351IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #540MNIllinois: #709ILMichigan: #589MINew York: #758NYMassachusetts: #564MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #916INOhio: #622OHPennsylvania: #386PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: #540CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,111CAUtah: #490UTColorado: #907CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #640MOKentucky: #405KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #573VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #1,040AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #555ARTennessee: #707TNNorth Carolina: #601NCSouth Carolina: #773SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #574ALGeorgia: #915GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,117TXFlorida: #735FL
Lacey (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,2848

Lacey (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LaceyCanadaGirls#63647
LaceyEngland & WalesGirls#47883
Lacey-England & WalesGirls—too few
LaceyIrelandGirls#6085
LaceyNorthern IrelandGirls#3973
LaceyScotlandGirls#24215
LaceyUSGirls#738370
LaceyUSBoys—too few