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
- Peak · boys
- 1886 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 441since 1886
Acey over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #11,932 | 7 | — | |
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 | #10,938 | 6 |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | #8,255 | 9 |
| 2022 | #8,542 | 12 | #12,330 | 5 |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 | #12,146 | 5 |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 | — | |
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | #9,670 | 7 | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | — | |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | #10,644 | 6 |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 | — | |
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | #8,864 | 8 | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | #10,994 | 6 | |
| 2008 | — | #9,871 | 7 | |
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | #9,392 | 6 | |
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | #10,349 | 5 | |
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | #9,631 | 5 | |
| 1997 | — | #8,110 | 6 | |
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | #7,770 | 6 | |
| 1993 | — | #8,700 | 5 | |
| 1992 | — | #6,128 | 8 | |
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | #5,823 | 8 | |
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | #7,270 | 5 | |
| 1987 | — | #5,459 | 7 | |
| 1986 | — | #6,721 | 5 | |
| 1985 | — | #5,785 | 6 | |
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | — | #6,262 | 5 | |
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | — | #4,309 | 7 | |
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | #4,375 | 6 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,836 | 7 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,935 | 6 | |
| 1968 | — | #3,673 | 6 | |
| 1967 | — | #3,966 | 5 | |
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | — | #4,048 | 5 | |
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | — | — | ||
| 1958 | — | #3,275 | 7 | |
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | — | — | ||
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | — | #3,452 | 6 | |
| 1953 | — | #3,425 | 6 | |
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | — | #3,364 | 6 | |
| 1950 | — | #3,329 | 6 | |
| 1949 | — | #3,298 | 6 | |
| 1948 | — | #3,316 | 6 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,862 | 8 | |
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | #2,862 | 7 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,732 | 8 | |
| 1942 | — | #3,212 | 6 | |
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | — | #2,871 | 7 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,829 | 7 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,868 | 7 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,680 | 8 | |
| 1936 | — | #3,147 | 6 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,951 | 7 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,563 | 9 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,738 | 8 | |
| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | — | — | ||
| 1930 | — | #3,592 | 6 | |
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | — | #4,151 | 5 | |
| 1927 | — | #3,151 | 8 | |
| 1926 | — | #4,201 | 5 | |
| 1925 | — | #3,408 | 7 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,473 | 12 | |
| 1923 | — | #3,175 | 8 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,872 | 6 | |
| 1921 | — | #3,869 | 6 | |
| 1920 | — | #3,489 | 7 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,665 | 10 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,543 | 11 | |
| 1917 | — | #3,981 | 5 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,543 | 10 | |
| 1915 | — | #3,392 | 6 | |
| 1914 | — | — | ||
| 1913 | — | #2,821 | 5 | |
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | #1,205 | 5 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #959 | 5 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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.
See more about Acey
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Debuted 1886
- Peaked 1886 at #959 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1887, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1886
- 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%)
- 14.5% of all boys named Acey (64) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2024, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #959 (1886) | #959 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 5 | #1,205 (1904) | #1,205 |
| 1910s | 47 | #2,543 (1918) | #2,991 |
| 1920s | 64 | #2,473 (1924) | #3,532 |
| 1930s | 58 | #2,563 (1934) | #2,921 |
| 1940s | 48 | #2,732 (1943) | #3,022 |
| 1950s | 31 | #3,275 (1958) | #3,369 |
| 1960s | 22 | #3,673 (1968) | #3,906 |
| 1970s | 20 | #3,836 (1970) | #4,173 |
| 1980s | 28 | #5,459 (1987) | #6,299 |
| 1990s | 38 | #5,823 (1990) | #7,694 |
| 2000s | 29 | #9,392 (2002) | #10,532 |
| 2010s | 21 | #8,864 (2012) | #9,726 |
| 2020s | 25 | #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 1971
Top boys' names in 1971
More about 1971
boys
1,768,447 boys got a published name in 1971; 1 in 294,741 of them was named Acey, which outranked 22.6% of the 5,655 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,963Zechariah7
- #3,963Zeferino7
- #3,963Zerrick7
- #4,375Acey6
- #4,375Abelino6
- #4,375Absalom6
- #4,375Aeron6
- #4,907Abdel5
- #4,907Abiel5
- #4,907Achille5
Tied with 531 names at #4,375; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.