Staci
Feminine · “resurrection”
Staci is overwhelmingly a girls’ name — 25,480 girls against 59 boys since 1880.
Staci is the shortest spelling of a name with two unrelated classical parents. Anastasia and Eustace were both clipped to Stacy in English, and the -i ending is the mid-century American finish laid on top.
How old is the name Staci?
Staci first appears in US birth records in 1950 — 75 years ago. The typical Staci alive today was born around 1977, making them about 48 years old. About 24,500 people named Staci are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Staci most popular?
Staci peaked in 1973, reaching #225 nationally. See the whole 1973 chart.
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Where it comes from
From anastasis to Staci
The story of Staci
Anastasia was a major name in the Greek and Russian churches; Eustace arrived separately through a legend about a Roman general and a stag with a cross in its antlers. English shortened both the same way, and Stacy served as a man's name into the twentieth century before shifting decisively to girls in the 1960s. The -i spelling belongs to the wave that also gave Kelli, Traci, Brandi and Sherri, and Staci peaked in the mid-1970s.
Meaningscholars disagree
resurrection
Read as short for Anastasia, the meaning is the Greek anastasis, 'resurrection', a name given in the early church to children born near Easter. Read as short for Eustace, it is the Greek eustachys, 'fruitful' or 'rich in grain'. Both are well documented and the short form does not choose.
How the name formed
- anastasis
- Anastasia
- Stacy
- Staci
Related forms: Anastasia · Nastya · Stacy · Stacey
Pronouncing Staci
STAY-see
Two syllables, stress on the first. All four spellings are said identically.
Nicknames for Staci
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
- 1950
- Most girls named
- 19711,179 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #225reached in 1973
- Change vs 2023
- 0.0%5 in 2024, from 5
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.
Staci in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Anastasia in Greek — related form
- Nastya in Russian — related form
- Stacy in English — spelling variant
- Stacey in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas.
Stacis among us
people named Staci are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Staci has already lived its whole cycle: it rose, had its era, and has stepped off the charts. The fashion question is behind it — what lies ahead is the waiting room where revivals begin, once a name's first generation has grown distant enough for it to sound fresh again.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Two large and unrelated classical names stand behind it, which is unusual depth for a short name.
- The tidiest of the four spellings, with nothing doubled or silent.
- The sound is clean and carries well across a room.
- Four spellings were common at once, so the written form is never assumable.
- The name is closely dated to the 1970s.
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Frequently asked
- How many Stacis are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 24,500 people named Staci are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Staci in 2025?
- Staci is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
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- Staci will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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