Ackley — #11855 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Ackley

The Social Security Administration has registered 48 babies named Ackley between 2014 and 2024, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ackley currently holds the #11855 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 8 babies received it in a single year. Ackley is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 10 additional births since 2017.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ackley performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 29 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Ackley shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Washington, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ackley in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ackley 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 48 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.