Acie
Masculine
Acie is given to both — 2,071 boys and 72 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
The word ace is a Latin coin. The Romans called their basic unit of copper an as, used the same word for the number one on a die, and English took it through French with the gambling sense intact — which is how a piece of imperial currency ended up meaning the best of something.
How old is the name Acie?
Acie first appears in US birth records in 1881 — 144 years ago. The typical Acie alive today was born around 1941, making them about 84 years old. About 900 people named Acie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Acie most popular?
Acie peaked in 1889, reaching #722 nationally. See the whole 1889 chart.
Where it comes from
From as to Acie
The story of Acie
That Roman unit did more work than the card game suggests. The as was divided into twelve parts, and the word for a twelfth was uncia — which English has borrowed twice, once as ounce and once as inch, from the same Latin word taking two different routes across the Channel and the centuries. So the unit that gave us the ace also gave us both a measure of weight and a measure of length, and the reason there are twelve inches in a foot and twelve ounces in the old apothecaries' pound is that a Roman copper coin was cut into twelve pieces.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source can be established. The resemblance to the English word may be the whole story, or the name may have come from a pair of initials, which was a common American practice. Neither can be shown and no meaning survives either way.
How the name formed
- as
- ace
- Acie
Pronouncing Acie
AY-see
Two syllables with the stress at the front. The spelling is unambiguous once the first vowel is taken as long, which most readers manage.
Nicknames for Acie
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
- 1881
- Most boys named
- 192440 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #722reached in 1889
- Change vs 2019
- +33.3%8 in 2023, from 6
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.
Acies among us
people named Acie are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Acie sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Ace sits inside it as a short form that needs no explaining at all.
- It is short, easy and instantly remembered.
- It is genuinely rare and has no competing modern associations.
- There is no meaning to pass on, and pages that supply one are guessing.
- The spelling is recorded for a few girls, but nearly every child with it is a boy.
- The generation that used it is now very old.
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Frequently asked
- How many Acies are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 900 people named Acie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Acie in 2025?
- Acie is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Acie with classmates?
- Acie will almost certainly be the only one in school.
More A names
The most-given names starting with A, all years combined.
Anthony#46 · Andrew#73 · Alexander#30 · Aaron#80 · Adam#101 · Arthur#87 · Albert#614 · Austin#113
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