Ace
#8,860 for girls in 2025, 11 births · #164 for boys in 2025, 2,239 births
Given to boys 99.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2022 · 2,492 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 26,319since 1882
Ace over time
Rank among boys' names. Ace has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,860 | 11 | #164 | 2,239 |
| 2024 | #5,443 | 23 | #165 | 2,210 |
| 2023 | #6,922 | 16 | #157 | 2,326 |
| 2022 | #5,172 | 25 | #152 | 2,492 |
| 2021 | #5,573 | 22 | #156 | 2,445 |
| 2020 | #7,559 | 14 | #199 | 1,912 |
| 2019 | #6,414 | 18 | #224 | 1,672 |
| 2018 | — | #255 | 1,448 | |
| 2017 | #9,943 | 10 | #289 | 1,238 |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 | #334 | 1,042 |
| 2015 | #13,006 | 7 | #419 | 743 |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | #380 | 824 |
| 2013 | — | #499 | 549 | |
| 2012 | — | #523 | 501 | |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | #571 | 438 |
| 2010 | — | #616 | 402 | |
| 2009 | — | #609 | 421 | |
| 2008 | — | #719 | 322 | |
| 2007 | — | #781 | 279 | |
| 2006 | — | #841 | 242 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,162 | 137 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,280 | 117 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,906 | 61 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,195 | 48 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,027 | 52 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,924 | 54 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,263 | 40 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,711 | 30 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,164 | 40 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,933 | 46 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,346 | 33 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,259 | 35 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,969 | 41 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,914 | 42 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,095 | 35 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,373 | 29 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,154 | 32 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,525 | 48 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,587 | 44 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,760 | 35 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,834 | 32 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,885 | 29 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,651 | 35 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,207 | 23 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,942 | 28 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,852 | 30 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,465 | 19 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,474 | 40 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,556 | 17 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,054 | 23 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,065 | 22 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,277 | 18 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,606 | 14 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,966 | 21 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,668 | 28 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,293 | 16 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,861 | 10 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,731 | 21 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,352 | 12 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,814 | 18 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,178 | 14 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,205 | 14 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,585 | 25 | |
| 1962 | — | #3,305 | 7 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,409 | 12 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,812 | 20 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,974 | 17 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,642 | 10 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,715 | 22 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,886 | 18 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,902 | 17 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,762 | 19 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,630 | 22 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,856 | 17 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,519 | 24 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,019 | 14 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,667 | 20 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,703 | 19 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,363 | 29 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,692 | 18 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,536 | 19 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,525 | 20 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,833 | 16 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,730 | 17 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,532 | 20 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,471 | 21 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,636 | 17 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,818 | 15 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,372 | 24 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,062 | 12 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,708 | 17 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,498 | 21 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,498 | 21 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,777 | 17 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,589 | 20 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,293 | 12 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,199 | 13 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,902 | 17 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,796 | 19 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,981 | 16 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,870 | 18 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,776 | 20 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,020 | 16 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,545 | 24 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,648 | 22 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,416 | 27 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,695 | 20 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,446 | 25 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,815 | 17 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,549 | 21 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,454 | 22 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,772 | 13 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,092 | 8 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,223 | 15 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,387 | 7 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,193 | 8 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,277 | 6 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,021 | 8 | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | #696 | 11 | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #968 | 8 | |
| 1899 | — | #1,051 | 5 | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | #1,079 | 5 | |
| 1894 | — | #668 | 10 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | #792 | 8 | |
| 1891 | — | #766 | 7 | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #722 | 8 | |
| 1888 | — | #609 | 11 | |
| 1887 | — | #679 | 8 | |
| 1886 | — | #605 | 10 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #971 | 5 | |
| 1883 | — | #799 | 6 | |
| 1882 | — | #691 | 8 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Ace! It came in at #691, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1884–1885, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Ace is popular in 1919
No state had 5 or more boys named Ace in 1919, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Ace
- 1 spot since 2024 (#165 → #164)
- 35 spots since 2020 (#199 → #164)
- 255 spots since 2015 (#419 → #164)
- Biggest jump: 321 spots in 2006 (#1,162 → #841)
- Biggest drop: 411 spots in 1895 (#668 → #1,079)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 2022 at #152 (2,492 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 2006–2025
- Highest: 1 in 701 boys born in 2022 were named Ace (0.14%)
- Latest: 1 in 763 boys born in 2025 (0.13%)
- 51.8% of all boys named Ace (13,624) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 56 | #605 (1886) | #725 |
| 1890s | 35 | #668 (1894) | #871 |
| 1900s | 33 | #696 (1903) | #991 |
| 1910s | 156 | #1,193 (1910) | #1,563 |
| 1920s | 192 | #1,416 (1920) | #1,815 |
| 1930s | 176 | #1,372 (1937) | #1,725 |
| 1940s | 199 | #1,363 (1947) | #1,605 |
| 1950s | 180 | #1,519 (1951) | #1,891 |
| 1960s | 153 | #1,585 (1963) | #2,225 |
| 1970s | 218 | #1,474 (1978) | #2,142 |
| 1980s | 336 | #1,525 (1988) | #1,840 |
| 1990s | 371 | #1,914 (1992) | #2,203 |
| 2000s | 1,733 | #609 (2009) | #1,344 |
| 2010s | 8,857 | #224 (2019) | #411 |
| 2020s | 13,624 | #152 (2022) | #166 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Ace in 1919
Top boys' names in 1919
More about 1919
boys
980,122 boys got a published name in 1919; 1 in 49,006 of them was named Ace, which outranked 64.8% of the 4,810 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,624Winslow21
- #1,624Yasuo21
- #1,624Ygnacio21
- #1,695Ace20
- #1,695Albino20
- #1,695Alto20
- #1,695Arie20
- #1,752Afton19
- #1,752Agapito19
- #1,752Aloys19
Tied with 56 names at #1,695; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.