Acer
Boy · AY-ser · Latin
Acer is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “maple tree”. In 2025 it ranked 854th for boys in the UK (41 babies) and 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Acer mean?
Latin: botanical name of the maple
“maple tree”
Acer is the Latin and scientific name for the maple tree.
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Is Acer a girl's or a boy's name?
Acer is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls and 41 boys in the UK and 6 boys in the US.
How popular is Acer in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #854among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 41about 1 in 7,300 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 58% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 41 boys in the UK were named Acer, making it the 854th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,078th. 3 girls were also named Acer in 2025 (5,990th for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Acer of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Acer in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 798th in England and Wales.
Acer in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41 | #854 |
| 2024 | 32 | #1,025 |
| 2023 | 28 | #1,131 |
| 2022 | 35 | #949 |
| 2021 | 29 | #1,085 |
| 2020 | 28 | #1,078 |
| 2019 | 15 | #1,683 |
| 2018 | 21 | #1,327 |
| 2017 | 14 | #1,822 |
| 2016 | 16 | #1,655 |
| 2015 | 13 | #1,888 |
| 2014 | 12 | #1,929 |
| 2013 | 12 | #1,901 |
| 2012 | 16 | #1,622 |
| 2011 | 12 | #1,890 |
| 2010 | 13 | #1,805 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,084 |
| 2008 | 14 | #1,599 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 9 | #1,995 |
| 2005 | 10 | #1,814 |
| 2004 | 10 | #1,688 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
How popular is Acer in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Acer, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 2008.
Half of all the boys named Acer in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Acer in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,655 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
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