Mace
- #2,480 for boys in 2025, 54 births
- Peak · boys
- 1902 · 10 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,977since 1880
Mace over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Mace has never cracked the top 700 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,480 | 54 |
| 2024 | #2,835 | 45 |
| 2023 | #2,614 | 50 |
| 2022 | #2,243 | 64 |
| 2021 | #2,300 | 60 |
| 2020 | #2,392 | 55 |
| 2019 | #2,292 | 60 |
| 2018 | #2,507 | 51 |
| 2017 | #2,637 | 47 |
| 2016 | #2,134 | 65 |
| 2015 | #2,429 | 52 |
| 2014 | #2,205 | 61 |
| 2013 | #2,492 | 49 |
| 2012 | #2,209 | 59 |
| 2011 | #2,663 | 45 |
| 2010 | #2,787 | 43 |
| 2009 | #2,894 | 41 |
| 2008 | #3,921 | 26 |
| 2007 | #3,135 | 36 |
| 2006 | #3,227 | 33 |
| 2005 | #4,198 | 21 |
| 2004 | #3,534 | 26 |
| 2003 | #4,426 | 18 |
| 2002 | #3,909 | 21 |
| 2001 | #5,390 | 13 |
| 2000 | #6,316 | 10 |
| 1999 | #4,537 | 15 |
| 1998 | #6,843 | 8 |
| 1997 | #4,668 | 13 |
| 1996 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | #5,124 | 11 |
| 1994 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | #6,816 | 7 |
| 1992 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | #5,096 | 10 |
| 1990 | #4,993 | 10 |
| 1989 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | #4,403 | 8 |
| 1978 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #4,164 | 8 |
| 1976 | #2,709 | 15 |
| 1975 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #2,674 | 14 |
| 1973 | #2,606 | 14 |
| 1972 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | #2,813 | 12 |
| 1970 | #2,125 | 18 |
| 1969 | #2,046 | 17 |
| 1968 | #1,731 | 21 |
| 1967 | #1,711 | 21 |
| 1966 | #1,963 | 16 |
| 1965 | #1,774 | 20 |
| 1964 | #1,435 | 30 |
| 1963 | #1,455 | 29 |
| 1962 | #2,035 | 16 |
| 1961 | #2,900 | 9 |
| 1960 | #1,619 | 25 |
| 1959 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1958 | #2,370 | 12 |
| 1957 | #1,887 | 18 |
| 1956 | #1,886 | 18 |
| 1955 | #2,219 | 13 |
| 1954 | #2,114 | 14 |
| 1953 | #2,905 | 8 |
| 1952 | #3,373 | 6 |
| 1951 | #2,246 | 12 |
| 1950 | #3,021 | 7 |
| 1949 | #2,606 | 9 |
| 1948 | #2,326 | 11 |
| 1947 | #2,498 | 10 |
| 1946 | #2,919 | 7 |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | #3,430 | 5 |
| 1943 | #3,538 | 5 |
| 1942 | #2,940 | 7 |
| 1941 | #2,333 | 10 |
| 1940 | #3,459 | 5 |
| 1939 | #1,958 | 13 |
| 1938 | #2,868 | 7 |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | #3,277 | 6 |
| 1933 | #2,542 | 9 |
| 1932 | #3,361 | 6 |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | #3,289 | 7 |
| 1929 | #2,766 | 9 |
| 1928 | #2,659 | 10 |
| 1927 | #3,151 | 8 |
| 1926 | #3,385 | 7 |
| 1925 | #3,155 | 8 |
| 1924 | #2,347 | 13 |
| 1923 | #3,822 | 6 |
| 1922 | #3,014 | 9 |
| 1921 | #2,804 | 10 |
| 1920 | — | |
| 1919 | #2,511 | 11 |
| 1918 | #2,543 | 11 |
| 1917 | #2,956 | 8 |
| 1916 | #2,389 | 11 |
| 1915 | #2,829 | 8 |
| 1914 | #1,975 | 11 |
| 1913 | #2,496 | 6 |
| 1912 | #2,269 | 6 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,373 | 5 |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | #744 | 10 |
| 1901 | #1,058 | 5 |
| 1900 | #1,050 | 7 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
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| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | #892 | 5 |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | #909 | 5 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Mace was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1899, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Mace is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | #2,574 | 5 | 1 in 35,010 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Mace
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 355 spots since 2024 (#2,835 → #2,480)
- 88 spots since 2020 (#2,392 → #2,480)
- Biggest jump: 314 spots in 1902
Rise & fade · boys
22 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1902 at #744 (10 births)
- Births halved by 1903, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · 1880–1902
Share of babies · boys
1 in 12,266
- Highest: 1 in 12,266 boys born in 1902 were named Mace (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 31,631 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 26.9% of all boys named Mace (532) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 10 | #892 (1883) | #901 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 27 | #744 (1902) | #1,056 |
| 1910s | 72 | #1,975 (1914) | #2,496 |
| 1920s | 80 | #2,347 (1924) | #3,011 |
| 1930s | 48 | #1,958 (1939) | #2,883 |
| 1940s | 69 | #2,326 (1948) | #2,894 |
| 1950s | 122 | #1,886 (1956) | #2,422 |
| 1960s | 204 | #1,435 (1964) | #1,867 |
| 1970s | 107 | #2,125 (1970) | #3,583 |
| 1980s | 43 | #4,973 (1984) | #5,844 |
| 1990s | 90 | #4,537 (1999) | #6,330 |
| 2000s | 245 | #2,894 (2009) | #4,095 |
| 2010s | 532 | #2,134 (2016) | #2,436 |
| 2020s | 328 | #2,243 (2022) | #2,477 |
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.
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