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Acelyn vs Aceson

American parents have registered 728 Acelyns since 1880, against 603 Acesons. But in 2025 it was Aceson that was commoner, 54 babies to 45.

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Births per year: Acelyn against Aceson, 1880 to 2025 0 20 40 60 80 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

Acelyn Aceson

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 27 years in which either name was published, Acelyn for 18 years and Aceson for 9 years. The lead changed hands 3 times.

Side by side

  Acelyn Aceson
Total US births 728603
Most in one year 5263
Babies in 2025 4554
Estimated living today 720600
Median age today 96
Peak year 20182017
Best rank 3,107th girls2,154th boys
Rank in 2025 3,389th2,480th
First recorded 19992009
Girls / boys 676 / 520 / 603

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Acelyns alive today are over 9; half the Acesons are over 6. That is 3 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

Where each one is strongest

How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.

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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Acelyn and Aceson.