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Pacey: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 22 in 2025. Its best rank was #2,042 in 2001.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #2,042 in 2001; #4,664 in 2025. About 73% of babies named Pacey in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#4,664 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2001, at #2,042.
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Pacey: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 22 boys in 2025. Peak: #2,042 in 2001 · most boys in one year: 52 (2001).
In 2025, 22 US boys were named Pacey, making it the 4,664th most common boys’ name of the year, up 4 places from #4,668 in 2024. That is 0 more than the 22 boys named Pacey in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #2,042, reached in 2001. That year also had the most boys given the name: 52. For comparison, it was #5,674 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
In 2025, 8 US girls were named Pacey, making it the 11,672nd most common girls’ name of the year, down 2,256 places from #9,416 in 2024. That is 3 fewer than the 11 girls named Pacey in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #6,139, reached in 2016. That year also had the most girls given the name: 21. For comparison, it was #7,897 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Pacey in 28 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1998 with 18 babies. In all, 1,032 US babies have been given the name, 30% of them girls and 70% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 455 babies named Pacey.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 208 US boys were named Pacey; the busiest of those years was 2021, with 29. In 2025 that was about 1 in 77,640 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
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Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #11,672 | 22 | #4,664 |
| 2024 | 11 | #9,416 | 22 | #4,668 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,852 | 20 | #5,014 |
| 2022 | 7 | #13,240 | 26 | #4,160 |
| 2021 | 11 | #9,400 | 29 | #3,795 |
| 2020 | 5 | #16,928 | 23 | #4,384 |
| 2019 | 10 | #10,291 | 19 | #5,106 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,491 | 14 | #6,247 |
| 2017 | 8 | #12,467 | 13 | #6,575 |
| 2016 | 21 | #6,139 | 20 | #4,899 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,897 | 16 | #5,674 |
| 2014 | 21 | #6,152 | 16 | #5,654 |
| 2013 | 15 | #8,061 | 9 | #8,591 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,525 | 25 | #4,098 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,525 | 27 | #3,865 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,658 | 32 | #3,425 |
| 2009 | 7 | #14,842 | 34 | #3,316 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,935 | 25 | #4,112 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,889 | 25 | #4,091 |
| 2006 | 10 | #11,226 | 31 | #3,434 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,733 | 43 | #2,598 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,747 | 40 | #2,677 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,542 | 33 | #2,977 |
| 2002 | 5 | #17,436 | 33 | #2,871 |
| 2001 | 15 | #7,231 | 52 | #2,042 |
| 2000 | 7 | #12,798 | 34 | #2,722 |
| 1999 | 5 | #16,202 | 24 | #3,344 |
| 1998 | 7 | #12,054 | 11 | #5,730 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).