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Pacey

#4,663 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

English surname transferred into given-name use

Pacey has been given to 1,032 babies in the U.S. since 1998. In 2025 it ranked #4,663 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2001, with 52 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 70% boys, 30% girls all-time.

Babies named Pacey, 2025

1 in 151,000

Pacey over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020406018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Pacey over time

In 2025, Pacey went to 27% girls and 73% boys.

19982025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Pacey: meaning, origin, and history

English surname transferred into given-name use

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Pacey means

Pacey is a given name.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Pacey is used in English (Rare).

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈpeɪ.si/ for Pacey.

The naming story behind Pacey

Pacey is a given name adopted from English surname. This establishes the immediate naming route. A surname transfer is different from a direct translation of the modern given-name spelling; the family name may have its own earlier derivation.

Origin, language, and formation

Pacey is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 718 boys were recorded with the name Pacey between 1998 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 52 in 2001; its best national rank was #2,038 in 2001.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,380 in 2020 to #4,663 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #5,670 in 2015 to #4,663 in 2025.

In the United States, 314 girls were recorded with the name Pacey between 1998 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 21 in 2014; its best national rank was #6,137 in 2016.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #16,923 in 2020 to #11,668 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #7,893 in 2015 to #11,668 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Pacey?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 151,000
22 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 77,600
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#4,663
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
104,451 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Pacey sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 104,451 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Pacey. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Paceys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Pacey was born before 2009 — so the typical Pacey is around 16 today.

Median birth year
2009
About 16 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
48.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
90.4%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
718
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Choose a decade

2000s — 48.7% of all recorded uses (350).

Is Pacey rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+1
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−283
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1,007
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.38×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
42.3%
Peak was 2001 (52)
Years since peak
24
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
22.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,038
2001

Spellings of Pacey

Pacey is not the most common spelling — Casey is, with 32.7% against Pacey's 0.20%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Pacey is used

Across 1910–2025, Pacey was most concentrated in Ohio — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,772,140 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Ohio1 in —
  2. 2Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Pacey has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Pacey around the world

Where Pacey ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1999–2025
    #2,664
    in 2025
  • France
    2001–2009
    #5,610
    in 2009
  • Canada
    1999–2023
    #3,103
    in 2023
  • South Australia
    1999–2012
    #771
    in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Pacey by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#4,663
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 283
Best rank ever
#2,038
2001
Peak year
2001
52 that year
First recorded
1998
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
718
Count in 2025
22

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#11,668
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 5,255
Best rank ever
#6,137
2016
Peak year
2014
21 that year
First recorded
1998
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
314
Count in 2025
8

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Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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