Acey

#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #10,938
Given to boys 87.2% of the time

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Peak · boys
1886 · 5 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
441
since 1886

Acey over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201930peak #959, 1886girlsat peakboys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#11,9327
2024#15,2935#10,9386
2023#15,1945#8,2559
2022#8,54212#12,3305
2021#11,1468#12,1465
2020#15,0885
2019
2018#9,6707
2017
2016#14,3316
2015#16,4195#10,6446
2014#13,0697
2013
2012#8,8648
2011
2010
2009#10,9946
2008#9,8717
2007
2006#17,1685#12,0555
2005
2004
2003
2002#9,3926
2001
2000#10,3495
1999
1998#9,6315
1997#8,1106
1996
1995
1994#7,7706
1993#8,7005
1992#6,1288
1991
1990#5,8238
1989
1988#7,2705
1987#5,4597
1986#6,7215
1985#5,7856
1984
1983
1982
1981#6,2625
1980
1979
1978
1977
1976
1975#4,3097
1974
1973
1972
1971#4,3756
1970#3,8367
1969#3,9356
1968#3,6736
1967#3,9665
1966
1965
1964
1963#4,0485
1962
1961
1960
1959
1958#3,2757
1957
1956
1955
1954#3,4526
1953#3,4256
1952
1951#3,3646
1950#3,3296
1949#3,2986
1948#3,3166
1947#2,8628
1946
1945
1944#2,8627
1943#2,7328
1942#3,2126
1941
1940#2,8717
1939#2,8297
1938#2,8687
1937#2,6808
1936#3,1476
1935#2,9517
1934#2,5639
1933#2,7388
1932
1931
1930#3,5926
1929
1928#4,1515
1927#3,1518
1926#4,2015
1925#3,4087
1924#2,47312
1923#3,1758
1922#3,8726
1921#3,8696
1920#3,4897
1919#2,66510
1918#2,54311
1917#3,9815
1916#2,54310
1915#3,3926
1914
1913#2,8215
1912
1911
1910
1909
1908
1907
1906
1905
1904#1,2055
1903
1902
1901
1900
1899
1898
1897
1896
1895
1894
1893
1892
1891
1890
1889
1888
1887
1886#9595
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1886

The first year at least five boys were named Acey! It came in at #959, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1886–1914, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Acey is popular in 1930

No state had 5 or more boys named Acey in 1930, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Acey
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1886
  • Peaked 1886 at #959 (5 births)
  • Births halved by 1887, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1886
Share of babies · boys
1 in 22,157
  • Highest: 1 in 22,157 boys born in 1886 were named Acey (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 287,148 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 14.5% of all boys named Acey (64) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2025
  • Mostly boys until 2024, mostly girls since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#959 (1886)#959
1890s0
1900s5#1,205 (1904)#1,205
1910s47#2,543 (1918)#2,991
1920s64#2,473 (1924)#3,532
1930s58#2,563 (1934)#2,921
1940s48#2,732 (1943)#3,022
1950s31#3,275 (1958)#3,369
1960s22#3,673 (1968)#3,906
1970s20#3,836 (1970)#4,173
1980s28#5,459 (1987)#6,299
1990s38#5,823 (1990)#7,694
2000s29#9,392 (2002)#10,532
2010s21#8,864 (2012)#9,726
2020s25#8,255 (2023)#10,917

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.

Acey in 1930

boys
#3,592
6 births · 1 in 182,896 boys

Top boys' names in 1930

  1. #1Robert62,153
  2. #2James53,957
  3. #3John52,447
  4. #4William47,271
  5. #5Richard32,187
  6. #6Charles31,867
  7. #7Donald29,052
  8. #8George22,788
  9. #9Joseph20,981
  10. #10Edward17,352
  11. #3,592Acey6
More about 1930

boys

1,097,378 boys got a published name in 1930; 1 in 182,896 of them was named Acey, which outranked 20.9% of the 4,542 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Acey
  1. #3,289Wilmont7
  2. #3,289Worthy7
  3. #3,289Wray7
  4. #3,592Acey6
  5. #3,592Abron6
  6. #3,592Acy6
  7. #3,592Adalbert6
  8. #4,001Abbott5
  9. #4,001Acel5
  10. #4,001Adams5

Tied with 408 names at #3,592; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. 3,094Derl#3,959#865
  2. 420Clive#1,378#958
  3. 380Farris#1,272#892
  4. 368Earlie#1,296#928
  5. 357Winton#1,272#915
Fallers
  1. 486Americo#729#1,215
  2. 433Enrico#995#1,428
  3. 371Eliseo#844#1,215
  4. 312Meyer#878#1,190
  5. 304Hilbert#869#1,173

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

See the top 100 for 1930