Given name & surname
Acy
“one who excels; number one; the best”
Acy is a variant of Ace. One English interpretation is “one who excels; number one; the best.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Acy is a variant of Ace. One English interpretation is “one who excels; number one; the best.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Acy is a variant of Ace. An origin associated with Ace is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1896. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Acy through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 279
- 274 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 19 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2009. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 209 as a first name in 2020; 390 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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