Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Stacia isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1893. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Stacia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 9,027
- 0 boys · 9,027 girls
- Most popular year
- 1970
- 305 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #10,023 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +10%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,023 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 10.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 305 in 1970. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 7,571 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Stacia
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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