girl's name

Tacy

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 4
  • Births on record 800

Tacy is a girl's name with 2 syllables. In 2016 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1969, when 28 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1884.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Tacy over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2016, not a full ten years.

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'80 '90 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10
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Births named Tacy by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 11
1890s 16
1910s 12
1920s 15
1930s 5
1940s 16
1950s 113
1960s 164
1970s 149
1980s 135
1990s 78
2000s 72
2010s (to 2016) 11

How popular is Tacy?

In 2016, Tacy was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Tacy is used

England & Wales #6,224 3 in 2008
United States #16,475 5 in 2016

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Tacy

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Tacy also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Tacy over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Tacy

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Tacy — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Tacy

How popular is the name Tacy?

In 2016, Tacy was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Tacy a girl's or a boy's name?

Tacy is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Tacy?

Tacy has 2 syllables.

When was Tacy most popular?

Tacy peaked in 1969, when 28 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.