Dacre
Boy · DAY-ker · Celtic
Dacre is a boys' name of Celtic origin, meaning “trickling stream”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Dacre mean?
Celtic: English surname from Dacre in Cumbria, a Brittonic stream name
“trickling stream”
Dacre in Cumbria takes its name from a Brittonic word related to Welsh deigr, 'tear'.
- Say it
- DAY-ker
Is Dacre a girl's or a boy's name?
Dacre is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dacre in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2022, with 6 boys.
Dacre in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 1 | #6,364 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
How popular is Dacre in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 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, 10 boys in the US were named Dacre, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 20 boys. It first appears in the records in 2019.
2025 had fewer boys named Dacre than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Dacre in the US since 1880 were born between 2021 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dacre in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 20 | #4,882 |
| 2022 | 17 | #5,441 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
Names like Dacre
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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