Acer

maleStatistical record

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

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

Acer: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #878, and it stood at #968 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
33times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#878highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2012–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2012	#5876
2020	#5493
2021	#4634
2023	#5687
2024	#4843

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 28 of the 29 years 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 #2020 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #878 among boys in England and Wales, in 2022 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Acer appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 28 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 385 births with the name.

Acer across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Acer's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2020 (1996)	#878 (2022)	#968 (2024)	28 of 29	385 (1996–2024)	35 (2022)
England and Wales · Girls	#5876 (2012)	#4634 (2021)	#4843 (2024)	5 of 13	17 (2012–2024)	4 (2021)

Acer 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 Acer in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	18	4 of 10	5
2000s	72	9 of 10	8
2010s	143	10 of 10	14
2020sbusiest	152	5 of 10	30

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 30 births a year.

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

Acer 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: #878 in England and Wales in 2022.

Acer'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	#4843	4	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#968	32	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1042	28	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#878	35	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#4634	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1004	29	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#993	28	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1587	15	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1235	21	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1812	13	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1570	16	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1786	13	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1819	12	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1796	12	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1507	16	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1788	12	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1724	13	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1981	10	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1596	13	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2435	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1892	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1716	10	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1596	10	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1962	7	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2097	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2074	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2020	5	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 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #878, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 35 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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.

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.

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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.

Chance · #878, 29y
Eshaan · #878, 24y
Yusef · #878, 28y
Aeryn · #876, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Chance · #878, 29y
Yusef · #878, 28y
Ayanna · #876, 29y
Ellie-ann · #876, 20y

Acer was ranked #878 in England and Wales · Boys in 2022. 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.

Acer 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 Acer without appearing here.

Acer moved ahead of

Espen Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3225 and #3225 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1716 and #3849.
Kim Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2435 and #2435 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1596 and #3687.
Gustav Compare
In 2015 they stood at #1786 and #1786 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #1570 and #3478.
Nils Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1981 and #1859 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1724 and #3332.

Moved ahead of Acer

Tadhg Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2020 and #2357 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #2859 and #1174.
Arlo Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2097 and #2943 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #3134 and #1949.
Hunter Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1596 and #1878 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1716 and #1135.
Theodor Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1981 and #2544 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1724 and #1201.

Moved the opposite way to Acer

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Acer went from #2020 to #968 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Acer went from #2020 to #968 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Acer went from #2020 to #968 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Acer went from #2020 to #968 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Acer

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Acer went from #2020 to #968 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Acer went from #2020 to #968 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Acer went from #2020 to #968 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Acer went from #2020 to #968 and Archie from #192 to #10.

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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: #878 in England and Wales in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Acer

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What the data shows

Popularity journey

Acer across 2 official records

Acer by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Acer appears in

Popularity data

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Acer across 2 official records

Acer by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Acer appears in

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Acer

Acer and the names beside it

Acer moved ahead of

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