Acacia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-KAY-sha
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,485 for girls
Acacia is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “acacia tree”. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 2,485th for girls in the US (71 babies).
What does Acacia mean?
Greek: via Latin, as the name of the tree
“acacia tree”
From Greek akakia, the name of the thorny acacia tree, probably linked to akis, 'thorn'.
Is Acacia a girl's or a boy's name?
Acacia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 71 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Acacia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,101st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Acacia, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,159th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 36 girls.
Half of all the girls named Acacia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Acacia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 14 | #2,057 |
| 2023 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 13 | #2,159 |
| 2019 | 20 | #1,599 |
| 2018 | 13 | #2,198 |
| 2017 | 21 | #1,597 |
| 2016 | 18 | #1,781 |
| 2015 | 21 | #1,581 |
| 2014 | 31 | #1,189 |
| 2013 | 18 | #1,727 |
| 2012 | 19 | #1,681 |
| 2011 | 36 | #1,039 |
| 2010 | 24 | #1,380 |
| 2009 | 17 | #1,691 |
| 2008 | 27 | #1,176 |
| 2007 | 29 | #1,082 |
| 2006 | 20 | #1,364 |
| 2005 | 21 | #1,250 |
| 2004 | 20 | #1,238 |
| 2003 | 21 | #1,156 |
| 2002 | 23 | #1,053 |
| 2001 | 10 | #1,832 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 18 | #1,194 |
| 1998 | 12 | #1,585 |
| 1997 | 13 | #1,466 |
| 1996 | 9 | #1,862 |
How popular is Acacia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,485th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 71 about 1 in 23,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 71 girls in the US were named Acacia, making it the 2,485th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,216th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 143 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971.
2025 had more girls named Acacia than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Acacia in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Acacia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 71 | #2,485 |
| 2024 | 63 | #2,722 |
| 2023 | 60 | #2,823 |
| 2022 | 69 | #2,554 |
| 2021 | 65 | #2,638 |
| 2020 | 81 | #2,216 |
| 2019 | 76 | #2,355 |
| 2018 | 87 | #2,159 |
| 2017 | 93 | #2,087 |
| 2016 | 88 | #2,188 |
| 2015 | 103 | #1,950 |
| 2014 | 92 | #2,096 |
| 2013 | 80 | #2,305 |
| 2012 | 78 | #2,373 |
| 2011 | 100 | #1,968 |
| 2010 | 88 | #2,202 |
| 2009 | 107 | #1,947 |
| 2008 | 127 | #1,740 |
| 2007 | 101 | #2,015 |
| 2006 | 118 | #1,761 |
| 2005 | 90 | #2,072 |
| 2004 | 122 | #1,600 |
| 2003 | 123 | #1,560 |
| 2002 | 143 | #1,350 |
| 2001 | 124 | #1,505 |
| 2000 | 138 | #1,354 |
| 1999 | 132 | #1,339 |
| 1998 | 135 | #1,310 |
| 1997 | 128 | #1,341 |
| 1996 | 121 | #1,382 |
| 1995 | 106 | #1,489 |
| 1994 | 124 | #1,343 |
| 1993 | 114 | #1,417 |
| 1992 | 114 | #1,419 |
| 1991 | 91 | #1,636 |
| 1990 | 85 | #1,712 |
| 1989 | 83 | #1,647 |
| 1988 | 65 | #1,887 |
| 1987 | 68 | #1,747 |
| 1986 | 62 | #1,815 |
| 1985 | 51 | #2,081 |
| 1984 | 57 | #1,866 |
| 1983 | 26 | #3,150 |
| 1982 | 34 | #2,704 |
| 1981 | 35 | #2,614 |
| 1980 | 32 | #2,800 |
| 1979 | 33 | #2,671 |
| 1978 | 20 | #3,637 |
| 1977 | 13 | #4,941 |
| 1976 | 26 | #2,864 |
| 1975 | 16 | #3,948 |
| 1974 | 14 | #4,226 |
| 1973 | 15 | #3,970 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 16 | #3,787 |
Names like Acacia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aria, Sophia, Ariana, Lucia, Mia, Alora, Alessia, Sienna, Amara, Victoria, Athena, Maria
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Acacia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/acacia, updated 20 October 2026.