Recorded 1917–2014 Boys' name Peak 1993 119 births

Ac — boys' name

119 babies named Ac in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s71920s351930s61940s141970s111980s51990s232000s52010s13
1920s
Peak decade

29% of everyone ever named Ac was born in this single decade.

1993
Single peak year

10 babies were named Ac in 1993 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Ac

The Social Security Administration has registered 119 babies named Ac between 1917 and 2014, spanning 98 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ac currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ac performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 35 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Ac shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ac in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 119 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Ac at a glance

Last recorded 2014

Total births

119

Since 1917

98 years of records

Peak year

1993

10 births that year

Strongest decade: 1920s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2014

Active since

1917

Recorded for 98 years

Last year on file: 2014

Ac popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1917

Last recorded 2014
Peak year (1993)
10
Annual births at peak — across 98 years of records
4681012 2014199819881944192519211917 7

Ac by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1920s
Peak decade
1920s
35 births that decade — 29% of Ac's all-time total
1910s71920s351930s61940s141970s111980s51990s232000s52010s13

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Ac?
119 babies have been named Ac since 1917. It was last recorded in 2014. The peak year was 1993 with 10 births.
When was Ac most popular?
Ac was most popular in the 1920s decade with 35 total births. The single peak year was 1993.
How long has the name Ac been used?
Ac has been recorded in Social Security data since 1917, spanning 98 years of data through 2014.
What names are similar to Ac?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Ace, Achilles, Acie, Acen, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1917–2014 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.