Pacey — #4645 US boys' name
696 babies named Pacey in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 67% of names given to boys today.
50% of everyone ever named Pacey was born in this single decade.
52 babies were named Pacey in 2001 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Pacey
The Social Security Administration has registered 696 babies named Pacey between 1998 and 2024, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Pacey currently holds the #4645 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 52 babies received it in a single year. Pacey is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 306 additional births since 1998.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Pacey performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 350 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Pacey shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Pacey in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Pacey 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 696 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.
Pacey at a glance
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Current rank
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Pacey popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1998
- Peak year (2001)
- 52
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
Currently ranks #4645 among boys.
696 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2001 with 52 births in a single year.
Pacey popularity over time — girls
306 total births recorded since 1998 (Pacey as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Pacey accounts for 31% of total recorded use across both genders.
Pacey by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 350 births that decade — 50% of Pacey's all-time total
Pacey decade highlights
- Peak decade 350 births
- Runner-up 191 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Pacey's strongest decade
350 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Pacey by state
Where Pacey concentrates geographically — total births since 1998
Top 5 states
- Ohio 0.9% of nationwide
- Texas 0.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Ohio accounts for 0.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1998–2024 (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.