Acen

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 53 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
53
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Acen by the numbers

Acen was given to 53 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Acen

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Acen. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Adenparadise or garden594 in the US (2017)
  • Amenso be it; truth; certainty131 in the US (2017)
  • Acermaple tree41 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Alenbright; a form of Alan38 in the US (2017)
  • Atenthe sun disk; Egyptian sun deity5 in the US (2017)
  • Ace1,232 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Acen

Names that are said the same way as Acen, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Ahsanmost beautiful, most excellent16 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Ghassanyouth or generosity8 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aasona form of Aaron; mountain of strength9 in the US (2017)
  • Ayson48 in the US (2017)
  • Aycen30 in the US (2017)
  • Aysen23 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Acen

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