Pacen — #11504 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Pacen

The Social Security Administration has registered 108 babies named Pacen between 1999 and 2024, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Pacen currently holds the #11504 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 24 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Pacen performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 62 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Pacen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Pacen in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Pacen 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 108 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.