Pacer

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Pacer by the numbers

Pacer was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 7 babies in 1972, making it a 1970s name.

What we can tell you about Pacer

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 Pacer. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Pacepeace39 in the US (2017)
  • Packerone who packs or bundles5 in the US (2017)
  • Pacey8 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Parkerkeeper of the park; park ranger5,833 in the US (2017)
  • Peterrock, stone1,777 in the US (2017)
  • Palmerpalm bearer; pilgrim to Holy Land424 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Pacer

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