Pacey

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Pacey: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Pacey: Recorded since 1999, it reached #1,077 in 2002, and it stood at #3,688 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
24times a registrar ranked it
26years from first to last
#1077highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Trend unknown

among girls in England and Wales · 2002

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2002	#2868

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

Trend unknownEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 23 of the 26 years from 1999 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1999–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1999
First recorded at #2943 among boys in England and Wales in 1999 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1999–2024
Highest recorded position: #1077 among boys in England and Wales, in 2002 (recorded 1999–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3688 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Pacey by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Pacey in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000sbusiest	120	10 of 10	12
2010s	37	7 of 10	5
2020s	23	5 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 12 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Pacey appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1077 in England and Wales in 2004.

Pacey's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#3688	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2813	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3451	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#4608	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3011	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3996	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2459	8	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3822	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3987	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2892	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3332	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1859	11	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1706	12	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2435	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1347	15	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2754	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1077	18	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1132	15	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1077	15	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1078	14	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1552	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1999 and 2024, ranked in 23 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,077, first reached in 2002.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 18 births, registered in England and Wales in 2004.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
16 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#3,688position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
18births registered in its largest year, 2004Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Paarth · #2921, 14y
Pablo · #493, 29y
Paddy · #96, 32y
Padhraic · #212, 19y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Sajid · #1077, 28y
Abhay · #1078, 24y
Boaz · #1078, 25y
Kaysan · #1078, 22y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Daud · #1077, 29y
Hamad · #1077, 29y
Sajid · #1077, 28y
Sergio · #1077, 29y

Pacey and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Pacey without appearing here.

Pacey moved ahead of

Ashleigh Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2754 and #2754 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1347 and #4052.
Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4789 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2813 and #4991.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3451 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2813 and #4991.
Tayla Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2754 and #2174 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1347 and #2870.

Moved ahead of Pacey

Henrik Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2459 and #2690 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #3996 and #1247.
Isak Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3011 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #4608 and #2404.
Gustav Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2892 and #3300 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #3987 and #2458.
Braxton Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3332 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #2892 and #1398.

Moved the opposite way to Pacey

Isak Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Pacey went from #1552 to #3688 while Isak went from #3036 to #1517.
Aksel Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Pacey went from #1347 to #3688 while Aksel went from #4052 to #1132.
Matheo Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Pacey went from #2435 to #3688 while Matheo went from #4333 to #1517.

Moved the same way as Pacey

Andrea Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Pacey went from #1552 to #3688 and Andrea from #1167 to #1859.
Robyn Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Pacey went from #1552 to #3688 and Robyn from #3036 to #4270.
Brent Compare
Between 1999 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Pacey went from #2943 to #4789 and Brent from #1027 to #3449.
Jade Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Pacey went from #1078 to #3688 and Jade from #2220 to #5119.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1077 in England and Wales in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Pacey

Pacey at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Pacey by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Pacey appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Pacey and the names beside it

Pacey moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Pacey

Moved the opposite way to Pacey

Moved the same way as Pacey

Pacey at a glance

Pacey by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Pacey appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Pacey and the names beside it

Pacey moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Pacey

Moved the opposite way to Pacey

Moved the same way as Pacey