Lacy

“Variant of Lacey — Habitational name from Lassy, a place in Normandy” — Old French origin

Girl's name · #2597 in the US (2025) · 80s

Lacy reached #243 in 1983 and has faded to #2597 since. About 20,000 girls have carried it since 1880. Together with its spelling variants Lacey (#738) and Lacie (#2394), Lacy would rank around #579 with about 510 births last year — the newborns split about 72/15/13 across Lacey, Lacie, and Lacy.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 4 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Lacys

Lacy J. Dalton — American musician
Lacy Duarte — Uruguayan painter (1937–2015)
Lacy Janson — American pole vaulter
Lacy Schnoor — American freestyle skier
Lacy M. Johnson — American writer, professor and activist

In stories & tradition

Lacy Ling — Phantom of the Megaplex

What Lacys become

Among 48 notable people named Lacy:

Sports figures appear 1.86× more often than among typical names — e.g. Lacy Schnoor, American freestyle skier.

Similar names: Lacie · Jacklyn · Lane · Kaci · Hillary · Jackie

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