Pacey
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Pacey is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies) and 4,538th for boys in the US (22 babies).
What does Pacey mean?
English: surname from Pacy in Normandy
Pacey Witter, a central character in the TV drama Dawson's Creek, brought the name to wider notice.
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Is Pacey a girl's or a boy's name?
Pacey is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK and 8 girls and 22 boys in the US.
How popular is Pacey in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,742among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 100% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Pacey, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2004, with 19 boys.
2025 had more boys named Pacey than any year since 2014.
Half of all the boys named Pacey in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2003, 6% of the babies named Pacey in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Pacey in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 2 | #6,340 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 11 | #1,959 |
| 2008 | 12 | #1,810 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,337 |
| 2006 | 15 | #1,423 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 19 | #1,110 |
| 2003 | 16 | #1,163 |
| 2002 | 15 | #1,151 |
| 2001 | 15 | #1,103 |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,503 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
How popular is Pacey in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,538among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 22about 1 in 78,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 22 boys in the US were named Pacey, making it the 4,538th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,271st. Its busiest year was 2001, with 52 boys. It first appears in the records in 1998. 8 girls were also named Pacey in 2025 (10,913th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Pacey in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 27% of the babies named Pacey in the US were girls.
Pacey in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #4,538 |
| 2024 | 22 | #4,567 |
| 2023 | 20 | #4,882 |
| 2022 | 26 | #4,086 |
| 2021 | 29 | #3,736 |
| 2020 | 23 | #4,271 |
| 2019 | 19 | #4,947 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 20 | #4,775 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 25 | #4,000 |
| 2011 | 27 | #3,790 |
| 2010 | 32 | #3,376 |
| 2009 | 34 | #3,272 |
| 2008 | 25 | #4,041 |
| 2007 | 25 | #4,009 |
| 2006 | 31 | #3,382 |
| 2005 | 43 | #2,563 |
| 2004 | 40 | #2,639 |
| 2003 | 33 | #2,918 |
| 2002 | 33 | #2,813 |
| 2001 | 52 | #2,023 |
| 2000 | 34 | #2,669 |
| 1999 | 24 | #3,275 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
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