Lacie
Feminine · “from Lassy”
Lacie is overwhelmingly a girls’ name — 10,789 girls against 42 boys since 1880.
Lacie respells Lacey, a Norman surname from Lassy in Normandy — and the de Lacy family held vast lands in medieval Ireland.
How old is the name Lacie?
Lacie first appears in US birth records in 1898 — 127 years ago. The typical Lacie alive today was born around 1993, making them about 32 years old. About 10,500 people named Lacie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Lacie most popular?
Lacie peaked in 1984, reaching #518 nationally. Today it ranks #2387, 1,869 places below that high. See the whole 1984 chart.
Where it comes from
From Lassy to Lacie
The story of Lacie
The de Lacys came with the Conquest and became among the greatest landholders in England, Wales and Ireland; Hugh de Lacy was granted Meath. The surname's place of origin is in Normandy. Lacie is a modern American girls' spelling and is in current use.
Meaning
from Lassy
Through Lacey, from the Norman de Lacy, from Lassy in Calvados, a place name of Gaulish origin. The de Lacys were major Anglo-Norman landholders. The word 'lace' is a separate coincidence. The surname's route is documented.
How the name formed
- Lassy
- de Lacy
- Lacey
- Lacie
Related forms: Lacey · Laci
Pronouncing Lacie
LAY-see
Two syllables, stress on the first. All the spellings of the sound are said identically.
Nicknames for Lacie
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1898
- Most girls named
- 1989380 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #518reached in 1984
- Change vs 2023
- +56.3%75 in 2025, from 48
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Lacie in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Lacey in English — spelling variant
- Laci in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Florida, North Carolina.
Lacies among us
people named Lacie are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 21,430 born in 2025 was named Lacie
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Nedra test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Lacie's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Nedra climbed just as high around 1941, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Nedra's path sketches the road Lacie is walking now.
Lacie sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Lacie is headed
Lacie is easing off slowly — about 19% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Lacie beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Lacie in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That the de Lacys held Meath and vast English lands is a first-rate history.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
- The Norman origin is documented and specific.
- Lacey is the commoner spelling.
- The English word 'lace' is a coincidence rather than the source.
- At least three spellings of the sound are in circulation.
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Frequently asked
- How many Lacies are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 10,500 people named Lacie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Lacie in 2025?
- Lacie ranks #2387 among US girl names in 2025, with 75 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Lacie?
- About 1 in every 21,430 US girls born in 2025 was named Lacie — 75 in all.
- Will my child share the name Lacie with classmates?
- Lacie will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Lacie
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