How common is the surname Stacey?

9,520 people in the United States had the surname Stacey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,431 Americans. It ranked 3,720th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Stacey getting more or less common?

More common. 8,862 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,520 in 2010, up 7.4%.

Is Stacey also a first name?

Yes. Stacey is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Stacey

A patronymic surname, carried by 9,520 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S320 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stacey is more common than 97.7% of them.

Origin

An English surname transferred from the given name derived from a medieval diminutive of Eustace.

Stacey is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,520 people named Stacey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 32,431 Americans. That is up 7.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,862.

#3,720

rank among US surnames

9,520

people in 2010

3.2

per 100,000 Americans

+7.4%

change since 2000 (was #3,677)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,711	Koehn	9,559	32,299
#3,712	Truitt	9,557	32,306
#3,713	Echeverria	9,552	32,323
#3,715	McCune	9,549	32,333
#3,716	Cable	9,545	32,346
#3,717	Freed	9,541	32,360
#3,718	Loveless	9,533	32,387

Who is named Stacey

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

89% of people named Stacey identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Stacy
Staci
Stacie

Surnames that sound like Stacey

Stacey has the Soundex code S320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S320.

Questions

How common is the surname Stacey?: 9,520 people in the United States had the surname Stacey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,431 Americans. It ranked 3,720th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Stacey?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Stacey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Stacey?: Stacey is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Stacey getting more or less common?: More common. 8,862 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,520 in 2010, up 7.4%.
What are other spellings of Stacey?: Stacy, Staci and Stacie.
Is Stacey also a first name?: Yes. Stacey is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.