Stacy

Stacy is a unisex given name: about 12% of people named Stacy are men and 88% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly femaleHigh

Male 12%Female 88%

Verdict: Mostly female
Male / female split: 12% male / 88% female
Confidence: High (64 or more weighted country observations)
Most common in: United States, Great Britain
US births since 1880: 22,149 male / 162,746 female
Data: nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated: 2026-09-11

How to address Stacy

To address Stacy when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Stacy," in English, "Guten Tag Stacy," in German. About 12% of people named Stacy are men and 88% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Ready-made greetings in six languages

English

Dear Stacy,

German

Guten Tag Stacy,

French

Bonjour Stacy,

Spanish

Estimado/a Stacy:

Chinese

Stacy您好：

Japanese

Stacy様

English

Hi Stacy,

German

Hi Stacy,

French

Salut Stacy,

Spanish

Hola Stacy,

Chinese

Stacy你好：

Japanese

Stacyさん

Greeting generator

This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.

Country breakdown

Gender of the name Stacy by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
Country	How common	Usually	Male share
United States	very common	woman's name	12%
Great Britain	rare	woman's name	25%

United States birth data

22,149 male · 162,746 female · 184,895 births recorded

Male 12%Female 88%

Since 1980: 6% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Stacy a male or female name?

Stacy is a unisex given name: about 12% of people named Stacy are men and 88% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Stacy in an email?

Is Stacy a unisex name?

Stacy is not a unisex name: 12% of people named Stacy are men. Stacy leans strongly female overall.

Sources

Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data, public domain. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. Data built 2026-09-11.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Stacy a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/stacy (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX

@misc{dearwho_stacy,
  title  = {Is Stacy a male or female name?},
  author = {{DearWho}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/stacy},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}