Tacey

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How to Pronounce Tacey

Pronounced TAY-see /ˈteɪ.si/Medium

Meaning: Tacey has two honest stories. In the twentieth century it reads as a clipped form of Stacey or Tracey. But it is also a genuine old virtue name, from the Latin tace, 'be silent,' used chiefly by early Quaker families as a quiet moral wish. Both routes are real.Low

In 30 seconds: Tacey shortens Stacey or Tracey, and is also a rare Quaker virtue name from Latin tace, 'be silent.' Never common, it peaked around the early nineteen-seventies (said TAY-see).

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Origin LowEnglish, Latin

MeaningTacey has two honest stories. In the twentieth century it reads as a clipped form of Stacey or Tracey. But it is also a genuine old virtue name, from the Latin tace, 'be silent,' used chiefly by early Quaker families as a quiet moral wish. Both routes are real.

U.S. rank (2024)#17354 ↘ Falling

2024 U.S. births5 girls (0.00% of U.S. girls)

Peak year1970

Total births (all-time)≈ 305

Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data

U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.

SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.

History & Origin

Tacey carries a double history. Its modern American use looks like a trimming of Stacey or Tracey. Yet it is also a documented virtue name of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, drawn from the Latin tace, 'be silent,' and borne by Quaker and Puritan girls. Both threads are true, and the older one gives the name unusual depth for its size.

Tacey was never common, given to only about twenty girls a year at its faint peak around the early nineteen-seventies, and it appeared only here and there into recent years. A girl named Tacey at that peak is in her mid-fifties today.

Did you know? Long before its mid-century revival, Tacey was a real Puritan and Quaker virtue name, given as a gentle admonition to 'be silent.'

Overall data confidence 45%

References - Tacey — Short form of Stacey/Tracey; also Quaker virtue name from Latin tace, 'be silent'

Variations

StaceyTraceyTacieTacy

Nicknames

TaceTay

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Frequently Asked

What does the name Tacey mean?

It is a short form of Stacey or Tracey, and also an old Quaker virtue name from the Latin tace, meaning 'be silent.'

How do you pronounce Tacey?

It is said TAY-see, two syllables with the stress on the first.

Is Tacey a boy or girl name?

Tacey is used as a girl's name.

How popular is Tacey?

It has always been rare in the United States, given to only about twenty girls a year at its peak around the early nineteen-seventies.