Acacia

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Acacia: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #973 in 2011, and it stood at #2,000 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#973highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1755
1997	#1365
1998	#1480
1999	#1107
2000	#3912
2001	#1870
2002	#998
2003	#1129
2004	#1158
2005	#1165
2006	#1325
2007	#1020
2008	#1093
2009	#1596
2010	#1294
2011	#973
2012	#1649
2013	#1639
2014	#1177
2015	#1497
2016	#1749
2017	#1512
2018	#2187
2019	#1497
2020	#2042
2021	#3961
2022	#2488
2023	#2201
2024	#2000

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1755 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #973 among girls in England and Wales, in 2011 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2000 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Acacia by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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 Acacia in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	52	4 of 10	13
2000s	187	10 of 10	19
2010sbusiest	216	10 of 10	22
2020s	54	5 of 10	11

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 22 births a year.

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

Acacia 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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #973 in England and Wales in 2011.

Acacia'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	female	#2000	14	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2488	10	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3961	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2042	13	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1497	20	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2187	12	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1512	21	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1749	17	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1497	21	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1177	29	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1639	18	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1649	18	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#973	36	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1294	24	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1596	17	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1093	27	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1020	29	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1325	19	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1165	21	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1158	20	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1129	20	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#998	22	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1870	9	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1107	18	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1480	12	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1365	13	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1755	9	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 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #973, first reached in 2011.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 36 births, registered in England and Wales in 2011.

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 →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#2,000position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
36births registered in its largest year, 201125 to 49 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.

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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.

Adeeb · #973, 28y
Tayyib · #973, 27y
Umayr · #973, 27y
Wil · #973, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Adeeb · #973, 28y
Tayyib · #973, 27y
Umayr · #973, 27y
Wil · #973, 29y

Acacia was ranked #973 in England and Wales · Girls in 2011. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Acacia 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 Acacia without appearing here.

Acacia moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2187 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1497 and #5591.
Jan Compare
In 2002 they stood at #3912 and #3912 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #1129 and #3594.
Karen Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3961 and #3192 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2488 and #4645.
Lene Compare
In 2000 they stood at #3912 and #1831 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1870 and #3998.

Moved ahead of Acacia

Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2042 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3961 and #1286.
Arlo Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2042 and #2843 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3961 and #1785.
Karin Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2042 and #4535 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3961 and #3192.
Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1512 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2187 and #1436.

Moved the opposite way to Acacia

Blake Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Acacia went from #1365 to #2000 while Blake went from #3824 to #432.
Ezra Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Acacia went from #1365 to #2000 while Ezra went from #3824 to #1302.
Frida Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Acacia went from #1107 to #2000 while Frida went from #3900 to #811.
Meabh Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Acacia went from #1107 to #2000 while Meabh went from #3225 to #952.

Moved the same way as Acacia

Carol Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Acacia went from #1755 to #3961 and Carol from #802 to #3519.
Josefine Compare
Between 1998 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Acacia went from #1480 to #2201 and Josefine from #3848 to #5687.
Tyler Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Acacia went from #1755 to #3961 and Tyler from #230 to #5581.
Dianne Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Acacia went from #998 to #2000 and Dianne from #4137 to #5891.

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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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #973 in England and Wales in 2011. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Acacia

Acacia at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Acacia by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Acacia at a glance

Acacia by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Acacia and the names beside it

Acacia moved ahead of

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