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ArchivesRe: My column on Stacy
in reply to a message by clevelandkentevans
I think you have a typo for Stacy Harris's year of death, "(1918-1873)".
I've looked into Stacy and Tracy before too and both seem to have been used as much for girls as boys in the 1850s in the US. Stacy trending for girls in the 60s when all popular examples were men is probably explained by the perception that they are surnames as first names. Surname style names are perceived as unisex, so even if they are only used by one gender as first names, they can trend for the other gender if they are more common as a surname (See Tatum). This ignores their actual origin as nicknames or archaic forms of first names.
I've looked into Stacy and Tracy before too and both seem to have been used as much for girls as boys in the 1850s in the US. Stacy trending for girls in the 60s when all popular examples were men is probably explained by the perception that they are surnames as first names. Surname style names are perceived as unisex, so even if they are only used by one gender as first names, they can trend for the other gender if they are more common as a surname (See Tatum). This ignores their actual origin as nicknames or archaic forms of first names.
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