Acen

#3,089 for boys in 2025, 39 births

Peak · boys
2017 · 53 births
Debut · boys
9 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
693
since 2004

Acen over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Acen has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202024peak #2,417, 2017boys
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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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Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#3,08939
2024#2,75047
2023#3,00541
2022#3,05340
2021#2,97241
2020#2,46752
2019#2,99340
2018#2,79643
2017#2,41753
2016#2,99339
2015#3,59130
2014#3,37132
2013#2,76342
2012#3,17935
2011#3,99425
2010#4,24123
2009#5,80015
2008#6,39313
2007#4,80819
2006#9,5857
2005#8,2998
2004#7,5369
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First appearance
2004

The first year at least five boys were named Acen! It came in at #7,536, and was given to 9 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 2004–2006, when fewer than 10 boys a year got the name.

Where Acen is popular in 2024

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Acen, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Acen, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Acen, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Acen, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Acen, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Acen, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Acen, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Acen, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Acen, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Acen, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Acen, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Acen, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Acen, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Acen, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Acen, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Acen, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Acen, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Acen, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Acen, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Acen, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Acen, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Acen, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Acen, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Acen, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Acen, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,466 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 36,052 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Acen, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Acen, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Acen, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Acen, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Acen, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Acen, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Acen, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Acen, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Acen, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Acen, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Acen, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Acen, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Acen, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Acen, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Acen, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Acen, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Acen, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Acen, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #778 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,936 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Acen, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Acen, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Acen, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Acen, so not publishedHITexas: #2,319 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 29,799 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Acen, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Louisiana#778 · 1 in 3,936
  2. Texas#2,319 · 1 in 29,799
  3. California#2,466 · 1 in 36,052

Best ever in a state: #488 in Louisiana, 2021.

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Louisiana#77851 in 3,936
Texas#2,31961 in 29,799
California#2,46651 in 36,052
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See more about Acen
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 339 spots since 2024 (#2,750 → #3,089)
  • 622 spots since 2020 (#2,467 → #3,089)
  • 502 spots since 2015 (#3,591 → #3,089)
Rise & fade · boys
13 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 2004
  • Peaked 2017 at #2,417 (53 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 33,194
  • Highest: 1 in 33,194 boys born in 2020 were named Acen (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 43,797 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #2,417 in 2017, was only 1 in 34,924 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 52.2% of all boys named Acen (362) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
2000s71#4,808 (2007)#7,070
2010s362#2,417 (2017)#3,234
2020s260#2,467 (2020)#2,889

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

Acen in 2024

boys
#2,750
47 births · 1 in 36,657 boys

Top boys' names in 2024

  1. #1Liam22,252
  2. #2Noah20,409
  3. #3Oliver15,396
  4. #4Theodore12,069
  5. #5James11,856
  6. #6Henry11,596
  7. #7Mateo11,349
  8. #8Elijah11,238
  9. #9Lucas10,743
  10. #10William10,647
  11. #2,750Acen47
More about 2024

boys

1,722,888 boys got a published name in 2024; 1 in 36,657 of them was named Acen, which outranked 80.8% of the 14,294 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Acen
  1. #2,715Yassin48
  2. #2,715Zair48
  3. #2,715Zavien48
  4. #2,750Acen47
  5. #2,750Aadvik47
  6. #2,750Alexei47
  7. #2,750Arlan47
  8. #2,789Abdallah46
  9. #2,789Ahad46
  10. #2,789Anay46

Tied with 38 names at #2,750; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2023
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,833Truce#10,821 → #988
  2. ↑ 1,201Colsen#1,832 → #631
  3. ↑ 616Bryer#1,485 → #869
  4. ↑ 470Halo#1,458 → #988
  5. ↑ 348Azaiah#1,230 → #882
Fallers
  1. ↓ 397Khari#827 → #1,224
  2. ↓ 309Karsyn#977 → #1,286
  3. ↓ 256Kye#940 → #1,196
  4. ↓ 225Kole#971 → #1,196
  5. ↓ 224Khai#723 → #947

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

See the top 100 for 2024 →