Boys' name · since 2008
Acer
Acer has 102 recorded births since 2008 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,255 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,436 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 102
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Acer is the #11436 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 102 recorded since 2008.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Acer has been recorded 102 times among boys since 2008, currently ranked #11436 nationally and more common than 18% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2025.
- #17,255 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,436 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 102 born since 2008
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Acer ranks #17,255 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,436 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 102 born since 2008, peaking in the 2020s.
- #17,255 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,436 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 102
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
Acer's 102 recorded births place it above 61.91% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Acer compares
102 26th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Acer's all-time total is 72% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Acer | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 102 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 34 | 22,252 |
Acer's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Acer splits its recorded history at 2019: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2009 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Acer popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Acer by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (52 births, 51% of the file).
2020s was Acer's strongest decade.
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Acer births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 15
2000s
15 births
- 2010s
2010s
35 births
- 2020s
2020s
52 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 52 births (51% of all-time use).
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2008–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Acer draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.