The Stacy surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 19,010 people carried this name — #1,891 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 15,500 people counted. That is up 3% from 18,461 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Stacy surname

A surname, variant of Stacey.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Stacy» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a baptismal name, from a given name: ‘the son of Eustace’.

An early record he cites: Roger Stace, Huntingdonshire, 1273 — Hundred Rolls.

His entry covers Stace, Stacey, Stacy and Stacye.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 711 · public domain.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

73 families named Stacy, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 389 people lived in those households, 5.3 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 4 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Massachusetts 34
Vermont 11
Maine 9
North Carolina 4
Virginia 3
New Hampshire 2
Connecticut 2
New York 2
Pennsylvania 2
Maryland 2
Rhode Island 1
South Carolina 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 263 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Stacy in American newspapers,
1868–1927.

Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Stacy
The Washington Times 1927-10-13
Newspaper page from Daily Kennebec Journal carrying the name Stacy
Daily Kennebec Journal 1904-01-28
Newspaper page from Canton Weekly Register carrying the name Stacy
Canton Weekly Register 1868-01-31

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,890 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Stacy in Australian newspapers,
1830s–2000s.

20,243 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Stacy. The most, 4,815, date from the 1930s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in South Australia, at 2.2 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 10,430
South Australia 5,009
Western Australia 2,273
Queensland 1,665
Victoria 556
Tasmania 237
ACT (Canberra) 43
Northern Territory 11

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Stacy.

Who carried it

People named Stacy,
with a public archive behind them.

  • George Stacy
    George Stacy 1831– · photographer
  • Florence Isabel Stacy d. 1912
  • Anna Maria Grimes Stacy d. 1907
  • William Stacy 1734–1802 · military personnel
  • Mary Emma Chaplin 1812–1855
  • C. E. Stacy 1826– · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Stacy,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States1,115 records

1,115 records of the Stacy name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 606
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 202
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 106
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 84
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 61
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 23
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 18
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 9
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Lorin Stacy

    Born 1907 in California. Enlisted 1942 at Los Angeles; driver from Orange County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1992, buried at Riverside National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Harriett Stacy

    Arrived at New York in 1883 aboard the City of Rome from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 26; hair dresser. From England; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Michael Leigh Stacy

    Born 1946; from Washington, Illinois. U.S. Army, helicopter pilot; died in an accident 1969 in Long An, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 1,115 records for Stacy in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Australia111 records

111 records of the Stacy name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 59
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 22
  • Tasmanian Names Index 18
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 7
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 4
  • State Library of Western Australia indexes 1
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record George Stacy

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the George III, sailing from Woolwich in 1834.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Jno Stacy

    Arrived in Victoria in 1852 aboard the Prince Regent, aged 24; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Harold S. Stacy

    Doctor of medicine of New South Wales; died 1949.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 111 records for Stacy in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada22 records

22 records of the Stacy name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 12
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 4
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 3
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 2
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Jas H. Stacy

    Came to Ontario in 1874 aboard the Phoenisian, bound for Lefroy, Ontario; England.

    Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Catherine Stacy

    Buried in 1995 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 82.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record James William Stacy

    Died 1937 in East Advocate, Cumberland, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 22 records for Stacy in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Stacy name in the Netherlands Dutch population registers
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Evelijn Selina Julia Stacy

    In a population register; born 1875 in Londen.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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