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 [ 2 syll. (s)ta-cy, st-acy ] The girl name Stacy is also used as a boy name, though it is more often a girl name. It is pronounced STEYSiy KEY. Stacy is of Old Greek origin and it is used mainly in English. Stacy is a pet form (English) of the English, German, Greek, and Russian Anastasia. Stacy is also a spelling variant of the English Stacey. Stacy is also a pet form of the English Eustacia. Stacy is an all-time favorite. Today it is still somewhat popular as a baby girl name, but to a lesser degree than it was before. The name increased in popularity from the 1950s up to the 1970s. At the peak of its usage in 1971, 0.520% of baby girls were named Stacy. It had a ranking of #32 then. The baby name has suffered a marked drop in frequency since then. In 2008, it ranked at #725 with a usage of only 0.020%. Out of the family of girl names directly related to Stacy, the English, German, Greek, and Russian Anastasia was the most regularly used. The name was twice as popular as Stacy in 2008. Although Stacy is today more frequently used for girls, there was a period from 1903 to 1951 when more boys were given the name. After 1952, increasingly the name became more popular with girls than with boys. There were 8 times more girls than boys who were named Stacy in 1993. Baby names that sound like Stacy include the English Stacey, the English Staycee, the English Stayci, the name Sadzi, the English Stacci, the English Stacee, the English Staceyann, the English Staci, the English Stacia, the English Stacie, the Czech Stasa, the English Stasha, the English Stasia, the Czech Staska, the Latvian, Lithuanian, and Russian Stasya, the English Stazie, the Russian Stesha, the Russian Steshka, the name Sutki, and the Japanese Setsuko. A famous person named Stacy is Stacy "Fergie" Ferguson, Singer, born 27 March 1975, Whittier, California. KEY: Pronunciation for Stacy: S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"   |
