Acheron — boys' name
73 babies named Acheron in U.S. Social Security records since 2010, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
86% of everyone ever named Acheron was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Acheron in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Acheron
The Social Security Administration has registered 73 babies named Acheron between 2010 and 2021, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Acheron currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Acheron performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 63 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Acheron shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Acheron 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 73 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.
Acheron at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Acheron popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–2010
- Peak year (2016)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
73 total births across 12 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 10 births in a single year.
Acheron by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 63 births that decade — 86% of Acheron's all-time total
Acheron decade highlights
- Peak decade 63 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Acheron's strongest decade
63 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 86% 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, 2010–2021 (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.