Acie — boys' name
2,071 babies named Acie in U.S. Social Security records since 1881, with the highest year being 1928. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
18% of everyone ever named Acie was born in this single decade.
45 babies were named Acie in 1928 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Acie
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,071 babies named Acie between 1881 and 2023, spanning 143 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Acie currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1928, when 45 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Acie performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 365 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Acie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 75 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Acie in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Acie 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 2,071 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.
Acie at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Acie popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1881
- Peak year (1928)
- 45
- Annual births at peak — across 143 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
2,071 total births across 143 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1928 with 45 births in a single year.
Acie popularity over time — girls
72 total births recorded since 1920 (Acie as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Acie accounts for 3% of total recorded use across both genders.
Acie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 365 births that decade — 18% of Acie's all-time total
Acie decade highlights
- Peak decade 365 births
- Runner-up 282 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Acie's strongest decade
365 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 18% of all-time use.
Acie by state
Where Acie concentrates geographically — total births since 1881
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 75 | 3.6% |
| #2 | Alabama | | 31 | 1.5% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 24 | 1.2% |
| #4 | Arkansas | | 23 | 1.1% |
| #5 | Virginia | | 21 | 1.0% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 18 | 0.9% |
| #7 | Florida | | 10 | 0.5% |
| #8 | Kentucky | | 7 | 0.3% |
75 of 2,071 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 12 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 3.6% of nationwide
- Alabama 1.5% of nationwide
- North Carolina 1.2% of nationwide
- Arkansas 1.1% of nationwide
- Virginia 1.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 12 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 3.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Acie appears in 12 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1881–2023 (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.