Acen — #2772 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Acen

The Social Security Administration has registered 654 babies named Acen between 2004 and 2024, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Acen currently holds the #2772 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 53 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Acen performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 362 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Acen shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 76 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Acen in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Acen 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 654 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.