Stacey
Meaning
traditionally resurrection (diminutive of Anastasia)
The story
Stacey is a spelling variant of Stacy, a name with a much older family tree than its modern sound suggests. Stacy began as a medieval short form of Anastasia, the Greek name built from the word for resurrection, and it was used for men as well as women. The spelling Stacey eventually became especially familiar for girls, while never erasing the name's unisex history. Its American curve has a tight center: use grows in the 1950s and 1960s, reaches its high point in the 1970s, stays substantial in the 1980s, and then declines. That shape explains why Stacey can feel both casual and strongly tied to a generation. Stace shortens it again, but the final ey gives Stacey its own visual identity among Stacy, Stacie, and Staci. The name's story is not a modern invention so much as an old nickname having a very visible twentieth-century turn.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Stacey peaked in the 1970s.
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Popularity in Brazil
45 people · the #71,575 first name in Brazil · median age 14
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Stacey
Most people given the name Stacey in the United States were born between 1960 and 1989. The Stacey you meet today is most often in her 40s or 50s.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Stacey deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Stacey truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Stacey fits with your family’s names and surname.
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