# Lacey (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lacey/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Lacy, Laci, Lacie, Laceigh |
| US babies named this | 55,233 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,459 / 53,774 (97% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 13,463, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 708 | 440 |
| 2012 | 623 | 494 |
| 2013 | 658 | 466 |
| 2014 | 655 | 480 |
| 2015 | 676 | 478 |
| 2016 | 638 | 487 |
| 2017 | 502 | 601 |
| 2018 | 457 | 651 |
| 2019 | 446 | 656 |
| 2020 | 394 | 712 |
| 2021 | 346 | 809 |
| 2022 | 317 | 879 |
| 2023 | 370 | 763 |
| 2024 | 378 | 746 |
| 2025 | 370 | 738 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 12 | 4,985 |
| 1995 | 7 | 7,453 |
| 1996 | 14 | 4,521 |
| 1997 | 7 | 7,761 |
| 1998 | 5 | 10,592 |
| 1999 | 8 | 7,555 |
| 2001 | 5 | 11,606 |
| 2002 | 8 | 8,126 |
| 2003 | 8 | 8,297 |
| 2004 | 10 | 7,316 |
| 2007 | 5 | 13,547 |
| 2009 | 7 | 10,531 |
| 2013 | 6 | 11,566 |
| 2019 | 5 | 13,295 |
| 2021 | 5 | 13,258 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,475 | 40 |
| 2012 | 1,220 | 49 |
| 2013 | 1,081 | 53 |
| 2014 | 829 | 68 |
| 2015 | 676 | 82 |
| 2016 | 539 | 106 |
| 2017 | 447 | 125 |
| 2018 | 340 | 155 |
| 2019 | 237 | 208 |
| 2020 | 203 | 228 |
| 2021 | 149 | 314 |
| 2022 | 115 | 369 |
| 2023 | 84 | 471 |
| 2024 | 80 | 493 |
| 2025 | 83 | 478 |

## People named Lacey

- Lacey Chabert, American film actress and producer (born 1982)
- Lacey Duvalle, American pornographic actress
- Lacey Sturm, American singer
- Lacey Turner, British actress
- Lacey Hearn, American Olympic runner (1881–1969)
- Lacey Nymeyer, American swimmer, Olympic silver medalist, world champion, former world record-holder
- Lacey Von Erich, American professional wrestler
- Lacey Brown, American singer
- Lassie Lou Ahern, American child actress (1920–2018)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.