Ace

Where Ace comes from

The dictionaries list Ace as a given name — a male given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1882
    First appearance
    #691 among boys, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1956
    Ace Rusevski born
    Yugoslavian boxer
  3. 2006
    Ace Bailey born
    American basketball player
  4. 2022
    Peak, #152
    2,492 babies named Ace — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Ace Rusevski · Yugoslavian boxer, born 1956
  • Ace Bailey · American basketball player, born 2006
  • Ace Atkins · American writer, born 1970
  • Ace Young · American singer-songwriter, born 1980
  • Ace Austin · American professional wrestler, born 1997

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.