Given name & surname

Acre

Acre is a surname.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Acre isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2019. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Acre through the years

Babies since 1880
134
134 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2022
32 babies
2025
12
#6,810 for boys
2021–25 vs 2016–20
+336%
Rising fast
051015202025Highest share 20227.0
Acre in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2019–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 12 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,810 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 742 as a surname in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Acre’s family of names

In English usage, Acre as a surname has a related form in ACKER. In English usage, Acre as a surname has a related form in ACREE.

Walk Acre’s family in the name graph

AcreAcreeAcker

The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Acre, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Amael

19Very rareRising fast

>99% boys

Modern

Aazir

16Very rareRising fast

>99% boys

Gaelic · Modern

Macrae

“the son of Ray”

13Very rareRising fast

>99% boys

Ukrainian · Modern

Artem

“safe and sound”

29RareRising

>99% boys

Arabic · Modern

Amjad

“more glorious” · “having glory and honor”

21RareSteady

>99% boys

Modern

Avyon

12Very rareSteady

>99% boys

Modern

Alam

Alam is a surname.

23RareRising fast

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Acre’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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