Given name & surname
Tacey
“mute; silenced”
Tacey is a variant of Tacita. In Latin use, Tacita carries the interpretation “mute; silenced.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Tacey is a variant of Tacita. In Latin use, Tacita carries the interpretation “mute; silenced.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1950. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tacey through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 305
- 0 boys · 305 girls
- Most popular year
- 1970
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 17 in 1970. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 333 as a first name in 2020; 635 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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