Lacey

Origin: Old French — Habitational name from Lassy, a place in Normandy

Girl's name · #738 in the US (2025) · 80s wave

Popularity over time

Lacey's best rank, #116, came in 1984; it has stepped well back to #738 today. Roughly 54,000 girls have been named Lacey since 1888.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 32 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#249 in Scotland (2025) · #258 in New Zealand (2025) · #467 in N. Ireland (2025) · #482 in England & Wales (2025) · #664 in Ireland (2025) · #862 in Canada (2024).

Famous Laceys

Lacey Chabert — American actress
Lacey Sturm — American singer
Lacey Turner — British actress
Lacey Nymeyer — American swimmer, Olympic silver medalist, world champion, former world record-holder
Lacey Von Erich — American professional wrestler

In stories & tradition

Lacey Davenport — Doonesbury comic strip character
Lacey Lloyd — Hollyoaks (TV series)
Lacey — Pokémon Horizons: The Series (anime series)

What Laceys become

Among 84 notable people named Lacey:

Sports figures appear 2.13× more often than among typical names — e.g. Lacey Nymeyer, American swimmer (born 1985).

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variants Lacie (#2394) and Lacy (#2597), Lacey would rank around #579 with about 510 births last year — the newborns split about 72/15/13 across Lacey, Lacie, and Lacy.

Similar names: Lacie · Jillian · Lara · Macy · Janelle · Katie

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