Acelyn

#3,389 for girls in 2025, 45 births · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #12,349
Given to girls 92.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
#3,107
2018 · 52 births
Debut · girls
1999
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
676
since 1999

Acelyn over time

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#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202016peak #3,107, 2018peak #6,777, 2019girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#3,38945—
2024#4,38732#12,3495
2023#5,54922—
2022#4,29533—
2021#4,32632#10,7996
2020#4,75727#7,03411
2019#3,92337#6,77712
2018#3,10752—
2017#4,81128#9,6967
2016#5,44524#10,7446
2015#4,72529—
2014#4,10336#12,1085
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2004#8,71612—
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2002#13,5956—
2001#5,57020—
2000#8,53411—
1999#12,6886—
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First appearance
1999

The first year at least five girls were named Acelyn! It came in at #12,688, and was given to 6 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1999, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.

Where Acelyn is popular in 2016

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Acelyn, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Acelyn, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Acelyn, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Acelyn, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Acelyn, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Acelyn, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Acelyn, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Acelyn, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Acelyn, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Acelyn, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Acelyn, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Acelyn, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Acelyn, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Acelyn, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Acelyn, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Acelyn, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Acelyn, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Acelyn, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Acelyn, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Acelyn, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Acelyn, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Acelyn, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Acelyn, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Acelyn, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Acelyn, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Acelyn, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Acelyn, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Acelyn, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Acelyn, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Acelyn, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Acelyn, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Acelyn, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Acelyn, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Acelyn, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Acelyn, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Acelyn, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Acelyn, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Acelyn, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Acelyn, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Acelyn, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Acelyn, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Acelyn, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Acelyn, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Acelyn, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Acelyn, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Acelyn, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Acelyn, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Acelyn, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Acelyn, so not publishedHITexas: #2,563 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 23,899 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Acelyn, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Texas#2,563 · 1 in 23,899

Best ever in a state: #743 in Oklahoma, 2012.

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See more about Acelyn
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 998 spots since 2024 (#4,387 → #3,389)
  • 1,368 spots since 2020 (#4,757 → #3,389)
  • 1,336 spots since 2015 (#4,725 → #3,389)
Rise & fade · girls
19 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1999
  • Peaked 2018 at #3,107 (52 births)
  • Births halved by 2023, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 32,713
  • Highest: 1 in 32,713 girls born in 2018 were named Acelyn (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 35,717 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 49.4% of all girls named Acelyn (334) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s6#12,688 (1999)#12,688
2000s145#5,537 (2009)#8,281
2010s334#3,107 (2018)#4,557
2020s191#3,389 (2025)#4,451

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Acelyn in 2016

girls
#5,445
24 births · 1 in 73,834 girls
boys
#10,744
6 births · 1 in 316,290 boys

Top girls' names in 2016

  1. #1Emma19,550
  2. #2Olivia19,414
  3. #3Ava16,354
  4. #4Sophia16,185
  5. #5Isabella14,863
  6. #6Mia14,464
  7. #7Charlotte13,118
  8. #8Abigail11,796
  9. #9Emily11,006
  10. #10Amelia10,809
  11. #5,445Acelyn24

Top boys' names in 2016

  1. #1Noah19,188
  2. #2Liam18,277
  3. #3William15,810
  4. #4Mason15,287
  5. #5James14,920
  6. #6Benjamin14,686
  7. #7Jacob14,559
  8. #8Michael14,145
  9. #9Elijah13,982
  10. #10Ethan13,855
  11. #10,744Acelyn6
More about 2016

girls

1,772,022 girls got a published name in 2016; 1 in 73,834 of them was named Acelyn, which outranked 71.2% of the 18,885 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Acelyn
  1. #5,284Zeva25
  2. #5,284Zlata25
  3. #5,284Zuleika25
  4. #5,445Acelyn24
  5. #5,445Aamina24
  6. #5,445Adaiah24
  7. #5,445Adalida24
  8. #5,622Aalyiah23
  9. #5,622Aamani23
  10. #5,622Aaron23

Tied with 176 names at #5,445; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2015
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,389Kehlani#3,254 → #865
  2. ↑ 612Royalty#1,146 → #534
  3. ↑ 481Saoirse#1,448 → #967
  4. ↑ 396Ophelia#978 → #582
  5. ↑ 364Aitana#915 → #551
Fallers
  1. ↓ 542Caitlin#610 → #1,152
  2. ↓ 451Caitlyn#598 → #1,049
  3. ↓ 397Katelynn#652 → #1,049
  4. ↓ 382Kaitlynn#989 → #1,371
  5. ↓ 340Neriah#946 → #1,286

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,897,738 boys got a published name in 2016; 1 in 316,290 of them was named Acelyn, which outranked 24.4% of the 14,207 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Acelyn
  1. #9,664Zykeem7
  2. #9,664Zylar7
  3. #9,664Zylus7
  4. #10,744Acelyn6
  5. #10,744Aadhavan6
  6. #10,744Aaravreddy6
  7. #10,744Aavin6
  8. #12,185Aabid5
  9. #12,185Aabir5
  10. #12,185Aadhi5

Tied with 1,440 names at #10,744; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2015
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,327Kylo#3,231 → #904
  2. ↑ 355Creed#1,340 → #985
  3. ↑ 349Benicio#1,327 → #978
  4. ↑ 303Adonis#698 → #395
  5. ↑ 291Fox#1,035 → #744
Fallers
  1. ↓ 477Jonael#922 → #1,399
  2. ↓ 238Aaden#784 → #1,022
  3. ↓ 233Triston#950 → #1,183
  4. ↓ 223Freddy#993 → #1,216
  5. ↓ 207Chace#934 → #1,141

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2016 →