Given name
Acacia
“thorny tree; one who is naive”
Acacia is used as a given name. One Greek interpretation is “thorny tree; one who is naive.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “thorny tree; one who is naive.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Acacia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,310
- 0 boys · 4,310 girls
- Most popular year
- 2002
- 143 babies
- 2025
- 71
- #2,485 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −23%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 71 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 2,485 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 22.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 143 in 2002. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (6). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,502 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Acacia’s family of names
Acacia has a related form in Akacia. Acacia has a related form in Acaciah. Acacia has a related form in Acacya.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Accacialikely variant
- Akaciavariant
- Akaciahvariant
- Asasiavariant
- Acacyahvariant
- Acashavariant
- Acatiavariant
- Acaciahvariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Acacia
- Acacia JohnsonAmerican photographer and polar explorerborn 1990
- Acacia Bandubola MbongoCongolese businesswoman and politician
- Acacia MateMozambican sprinter
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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