Acadia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- uh-KAY-dee-uh
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #4,986 for girls
Acadia is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,986th for girls in the US (26 babies).
What does Acadia mean?
Greek: from Acadia, the French colony, probably named after Greek Arcadia
Acadia was a 17th-century French colony in what is now Nova Scotia; Acadia National Park in Maine shares the name.
Is Acadia a girl's or a boy's name?
Acadia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 26 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Acadia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,986th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 26 about 1 in 62,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 26 girls in the US were named Acadia, making it the 4,986th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,281st. Its busiest year was 2018, with 62 girls. It first appears in the records in 1983.
2025 had fewer girls named Acadia than any year since 2002.
Half of all the girls named Acadia in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Acadia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #4,986 |
| 2024 | 35 | #4,113 |
| 2023 | 31 | #4,451 |
| 2022 | 41 | #3,701 |
| 2021 | 40 | #3,734 |
| 2020 | 47 | #3,281 |
| 2019 | 41 | #3,664 |
| 2018 | 62 | #2,743 |
| 2017 | 40 | #3,768 |
| 2016 | 33 | #4,344 |
| 2015 | 45 | #3,478 |
| 2014 | 43 | #3,583 |
| 2013 | 48 | #3,313 |
| 2012 | 45 | #3,522 |
| 2011 | 40 | #3,780 |
| 2010 | 38 | #3,960 |
| 2009 | 40 | #3,869 |
| 2008 | 37 | #4,178 |
| 2007 | 38 | #4,049 |
| 2006 | 42 | #3,668 |
| 2005 | 32 | #4,263 |
| 2004 | 30 | #4,488 |
| 2003 | 37 | #3,727 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,124 |
| 2001 | 22 | #5,169 |
| 2000 | 28 | #4,286 |
| 1999 | 23 | #4,713 |
| 1998 | 21 | #4,951 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,864 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 20 | #4,840 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
Names like Acadia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ariana, Aria, Analia, Amaria, Ariadna, Alora, Alessia, Sophia, Ximena, Alessandra, Avianna, Alivia
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris
Sources
Figures from 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, “Acadia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/acadia, updated 20 October 2026.