Acey — #10919 US boys' name
441 babies named Acey in U.S. Social Security records since 1886, with the highest year being 1924. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 23% of names given to boys today.
15% of everyone ever named Acey was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Acey in 1924 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Acey
The Social Security Administration has registered 441 babies named Acey between 1886 and 2024, spanning 139 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Acey currently holds the #10919 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 12 babies received it in a single year. Acey is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 58 additional births since 2006.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Acey performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 64 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Acey shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Acey 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 441 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.
Acey at a glance
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Current rank
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Acey popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1886
- Peak year (1924)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 139 years of records
Currently ranks #10919 among boys.
441 total births across 139 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1924 with 12 births in a single year.
Acey popularity over time — girls
58 total births recorded since 2006 (Acey as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Acey accounts for 12% of total recorded use across both genders.
Acey by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 64 births that decade — 15% of Acey's all-time total
Acey decade highlights
- Peak decade 64 births
- Runner-up 58 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Acey's strongest decade
64 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 15% of all-time use.
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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, 1886–2024 (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.