Lacey
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LAY-see
- Origin
- French
- UK rank, 2025
- #439 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #738 for girls
Lacey is a girls' name of French origin, meaning “from Lassy in Normandy”. In 2025 it ranked 439th for girls in the UK (101 babies) and 738th for girls in the US (370 babies).
What does Lacey mean?
French: from the Norman surname de Lacy, from Lassy in Normandy
“from Lassy in Normandy”
The de Lacy family came to England with William the Conqueror; the name is now also associated with lace.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Lacey a girl's or a boy's name?
Lacey is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 101 girls in the UK and 370 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lacey in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 439th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 101 about 1 in 2,800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 66% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 101 girls in the UK were named Lacey, making it the 439th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 221st. Its busiest year was 2010, with 1,713 girls.
Half of all the girls named Lacey in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 127 girls in the UK were given Lacey or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #376, up from #439 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 478th in England and Wales, 242nd in Scotland and 397th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 2014 (#68).
Lacey in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 101 | #439 |
| 2024 | 95 | #471 |
| 2023 | 111 | #413 |
| 2022 | 139 | #349 |
| 2021 | 175 | #302 |
| 2020 | 240 | #221 |
| 2019 | 273 | #203 |
| 2018 | 397 | #150 |
| 2017 | 542 | #112 |
| 2016 | 652 | #96 |
| 2015 | 786 | #81 |
| 2014 | 980 | #69 |
| 2013 | 1,280 | #49 |
| 2012 | 1,396 | #47 |
| 2011 | 1,616 | #42 |
| 2010 | 1,713 | #40 |
| 2009 | 999 | #74 |
| 2008 | 1,120 | #66 |
| 2007 | 821 | #83 |
| 2006 | 477 | #127 |
| 2005 | 208 | #247 |
| 2004 | 151 | #307 |
| 2003 | 124 | #336 |
| 2002 | 114 | #342 |
| 2001 | 81 | #431 |
| 2000 | 85 | #414 |
| 1999 | 82 | #427 |
| 1998 | 93 | #386 |
| 1997 | 98 | #387 |
| 1996 | 89 | #405 |
How popular is Lacey in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 738th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 370 about 1 in 4,300 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 370 girls in the US were named Lacey, making it the 738th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 712th. Its busiest year was 1984, with 2,399 girls. It first appears in the records in 1888.
Half of all the girls named Lacey in the US since 1880 were born between 1985 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 552 girls in the US were given Lacey or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #546, up from #738 for this spelling alone.
In 1921, 23% of the babies named Lacey in the US were girls. By 2021 it was 99%, with more girls than boys since 1957.
Lacey in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 370 | #738 |
| 2024 | 378 | #744 |
| 2023 | 370 | #759 |
| 2022 | 317 | #877 |
| 2021 | 346 | #806 |
| 2020 | 394 | #712 |
| 2019 | 446 | #656 |
| 2018 | 457 | #651 |
| 2017 | 502 | #601 |
| 2016 | 638 | #487 |
| 2015 | 676 | #478 |
| 2014 | 655 | #480 |
| 2013 | 658 | #466 |
| 2012 | 623 | #493 |
| 2011 | 708 | #440 |
| 2010 | 705 | #436 |
| 2009 | 740 | #432 |
| 2008 | 795 | #407 |
| 2007 | 839 | #390 |
| 2006 | 712 | #448 |
| 2005 | 696 | #438 |
| 2004 | 714 | #424 |
| 2003 | 813 | #371 |
| 2002 | 602 | #470 |
| 2001 | 693 | #415 |
| 2000 | 793 | #371 |
| 1999 | 867 | #345 |
| 1998 | 941 | #321 |
| 1997 | 989 | #290 |
| 1996 | 1,053 | #277 |
| 1995 | 1,210 | #236 |
| 1994 | 1,398 | #209 |
| 1993 | 1,522 | #192 |
| 1992 | 1,754 | #173 |
| 1991 | 2,071 | #145 |
| 1990 | 2,047 | #148 |
| 1989 | 2,076 | #143 |
| 1988 | 2,243 | #129 |
| 1987 | 2,399 | #117 |
| 1986 | 2,266 | #121 |
| 1985 | 2,359 | #124 |
| 1984 | 2,399 | #116 |
| 1983 | 2,383 | #128 |
| 1982 | 2,382 | #124 |
| 1981 | 1,369 | #194 |
| 1980 | 897 | #277 |
| 1979 | 790 | #303 |
| 1978 | 787 | #293 |
| 1977 | 304 | #573 |
| 1976 | 242 | #637 |
| 1975 | 294 | #565 |
| 1974 | 83 | #1,284 |
| 1973 | 94 | #1,160 |
| 1972 | 70 | #1,404 |
| 1971 | 70 | #1,467 |
| 1970 | 89 | #1,247 |
| 1969 | 65 | #1,453 |
| 1968 | 55 | #1,539 |
| 1967 | 31 | #2,117 |
| 1966 | 27 | #2,307 |
| 1965 | 32 | #2,064 |
| 1964 | 25 | #2,474 |
| 1963 | 34 | #2,014 |
| 1962 | 55 | #1,510 |
| 1961 | 28 | #2,249 |
| 1960 | 19 | #2,819 |
| 1959 | 18 | #2,759 |
| 1958 | 18 | #2,754 |
| 1957 | 23 | #2,346 |
| 1956 | 12 | #3,492 |
| 1955 | 16 | #2,838 |
| 1954 | 19 | #2,518 |
| 1953 | 16 | #2,698 |
| 1952 | 10 | #3,551 |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,832 |
| 1950 | 7 | #4,313 |
| 1949 | 12 | #2,998 |
| 1948 | 8 | #3,881 |
| 1947 | 13 | #2,897 |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,416 |
| 1945 | 7 | #3,674 |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,945 |
| 1943 | 6 | #4,195 |
| 1942 | 7 | #3,736 |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,418 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,861 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,780 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,179 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,751 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,548 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,849 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,663 |
| 1924 | 7 | #4,000 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 7 | #4,009 |
| 1921 | 7 | #4,021 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,342 |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,550 |
| 1915 | 8 | #3,133 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,592 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,276 |
Names like Lacey
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Darcie, Lily, Scarlett, Erin, Heidi, Aubrey, Jasmine, Molly, Mia, Riley, Lainey, Honey
Other spellings of Lacey
Names related to Lacey
More French names
Eleanor, Beau, Esme, Darcy, Genevieve, Amy, Esmae, Arleth, Elle, Russell, Monty, Mallory, Percy, Belle, Quincy, Bruce
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Lacey: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lacey, updated 20 October 2026.