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Lacy

Gender
Girl
Say it
LAY-see
Origin
French
UK rank, 2025
#4,935 for girls
US rank, 2025
#2,583 for girls

Lacy is a girls' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 2,583rd for girls in the US (67 babies).

What does Lacy mean?

French: from a Norman surname, from the town of Lassy

Now often linked with the word lace, but it comes from the de Lacy family's Norman home of Lassy.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Lacy a girl's or a boy's name?

Lacy is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 67 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Lacy in the UK?

Rank in 2025
4,935th among girls
Babies in 2025
4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
Five-year trend
Falling down 48% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Lacy, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 41 girls.

Half of all the girls named Lacy in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 127 girls in the UK were given Lacy or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #376, up from #4,935 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 41 in 20102025
Lacy in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20254#4,935
20244#4,907
20233#5,929
20220–
20218#3,082
20205#4,110
20195#4,214
201811#2,464
20179#2,864
201617#1,853
201513#2,186
201424#1,418
201331#1,188
201230#1,205
201137#1,024
201041#919
200932#1,062
200831#1,064
200738#893
200627#1,087
200515#1,608
20045#3,356
20039#2,109
20024#3,556
200112#1,637
20005#2,907
19994#3,374
19984#3,310
19978#2,073
19965#2,815

How popular is Lacy in the US?

Rank in 2025
2,583rd among girls
Babies in 2025
67 about 1 in 24,000 girls
Five-year trend
Falling down 27% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 67 girls in the US were named Lacy, making it the 2,583rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,500th. Its busiest year was 1982, with 988 girls.

Half of all the girls named Lacy in the US since 1880 were born between 1982 and 1996, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 552 girls in the US were given Lacy or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #546, up from #2,583 for this spelling alone.

In 1892, 40% of the babies named Lacy in the US were girls. By 2021 it was 93%, with more girls than boys since 1969.

1880Busiest: 988 in 19822025
Lacy in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202567#2,583
202454#3,013
202360#2,823
202269#2,554
202188#2,131
202069#2,500
201970#2,508
2018108#1,869
2017108#1,876
2016119#1,743
2015160#1,437
2014151#1,479
2013156#1,440
2012143#1,539
2011142#1,540
2010170#1,367
2009198#1,246
2008205#1,231
2007263#1,003
2006246#1,042
2005263#940
2004273#890
2003297#825
2002186#1,120
2001211#1,013
2000206#1,019
1999231#912
1998231#910
1997277#762
1996276#767
1995330#651
1994432#556
1993534#476
1992594#424
1991695#371
1990753#354
1989736#349
1988749#329
1987838#290
1986853#291
1985934#269
1984940#260
1983972#242
1982988#253
1981833#290
1980562#406
1979427#475
1978453#441
1977159#891
1976152#877
1975210#707
197466#1,486
197366#1,450
197269#1,414
197141#2,035
197074#1,407
196957#1,572
196844#1,776
196729#2,212
196630#2,146
196536#1,914
196426#2,411
196332#2,093
196248#1,626
196124#2,473
196019#2,819
195919#2,677
195820#2,580
195723#2,346
195616#2,928
195518#2,634
195418#2,591
195320#2,362
19529#3,795
195117#2,473
195014#2,780
194912#2,998
194816#2,490
194714#2,768
194611#3,033
194517#2,059
194426#1,608
194318#2,078
194222#1,803
194116#2,095
194011#2,571
193916#2,038
193818#1,873
193720#1,735
193615#2,032
193517#1,917
193411#2,566
193321#1,658
193222#1,634
193117#1,940
193012#2,551
192917#2,010
192816#2,193
192720#1,934
192613#2,568
192534#1,376
192421#1,925
192332#1,428
192225#1,682
192130#1,514
192030#1,470
191929#1,445
191829#1,451
191728#1,402
191630#1,332
191524#1,475
191422#1,344
191328#1,020
191222#1,117
191113#1,300
191026#845
190919#935
190814#1,084
190716#945
190615#965
190515#968
190414#965
19039#1,204
190212#1,024
190121#699
190016#941
189912#935
189816#840
18977#1,263
189613#903
189517#770
189414#812
189315#767
189212#861
189110#893
189011#825
18895#1,278
18886#1,136
18876#1,036
18866#993
18857#842
18840–
18830–
18820–
18810–
18806#738

Names like Lacy

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Lily, Emily, Molly, Daisy, Amy, Ivy, Leah, Holly, Erin, Ruby, Lucy, Jasmine

Other spellings of Lacy

Lacey, Lacie, Laci, Laycee, Lacee

Names related to Lacy

Laicey, Layce

More French names

Eleanor, Beau, Esme, Darcie, Darcy, Genevieve, Esmae, Arleth, Elle, Russell, Monty, Mallory, Percy, Belle, Quincy, Bruce

Every French name

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, “Lacy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lacy, updated 20 October 2026.