Acacia
Feminine · “thorny tree”
Acacia is a thorn in Greek — akakia, from ake, a point — and Egyptian boats were built from its wood.
How old is the name Acacia?
Acacia first appears in US birth records in 1971 — 54 years ago. The typical Acacia alive today was born around 2002, making them about 23 years old. About 4,300 people named Acacia are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Acacia most popular?
Acacia peaked in 1998, reaching #1312 nationally. Today it ranks #2485, 1,173 places below that high. See the whole 1998 chart.
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Where it comes from
From ake to Acacia
The story of Acacia
Acacia is the shittim wood of Exodus, from which the Ark of the Covenant and the tabernacle furniture were made; Egyptians used it for boats and coffins because it resists rot. The Greek name comes from a word for a thorn. Acacia appears in American records in current use.
Meaning
thorny tree
From the Greek akakia, generally from ake, 'point' or 'thorn'. The Egyptians built boats and coffins from acacia wood, and it is the shittim wood of Exodus. The same ake root gives 'acute' and 'acid'. The Greek is documented.
How the name formed
- ake
- akakia
- Acacia
Related forms: ἀκακία · Acacia · Shittim
Pronouncing Acacia
uh-KAY-shuh
Three syllables, stress in the middle. Spanish says ah-KAH-syah.
Nicknames for Acacia
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1971
- Most girls named
- 2002143 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1312reached in 1998
- Change vs 2024
- +12.7%71 in 2025, from 63
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Acacia in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- ἀκακία in Greek — related form
- Acacia in Spanish — same name
- Shittim in Hebrew — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Ohio.
Acacias among us
people named Acacia are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 22,638 born in 2025 was named Acacia
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Lianne test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Acacia's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Lianne climbed just as high around 1960, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Lianne's path sketches the road Acacia is walking now.
Acacia sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Acacia is headed
Acacia should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Acacia beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Acacia in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That the Ark of the Covenant was made of acacia wood is a first-rate fact.
- That acute and acid share the thorn root is a genuinely good connection.
- Three syllables of open vowels, which carries unusually well.
- The literal meaning is 'thorny'.
- Spanish and English say it differently.
- It reads as a plant name.
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Frequently asked
- How many Acacias are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 4,300 people named Acacia are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Acacia in 2025?
- Acacia ranks #2485 among US girl names in 2025, with 71 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Acacia?
- About 1 in every 22,638 US girls born in 2025 was named Acacia — 71 in all.
- Will my child share the name Acacia with classmates?
- Acacia will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Acacia
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