Wallace

#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births · #960 for boys in 2025, 241 births
Given to boys 99.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
1923 · 2,803 births
Debut · boys
91 births
In top 100 · boys
8 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
83,263
since 1880

Wallace over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201923peak #69, 1923boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#13,2086#960241
2024—#983229
2023#13,4626#1,016216
2022#15,3065#967234
2021#11,1468#892258
2020#10,2509#916244
2019#8,59712#890245
2018—#876249
2017—#1,023197
2016#10,8599#1,018198
2015—#1,198154
2014—#1,285138
2013#14,5826#1,238143
2012—#1,535104
2011—#1,71986
2010—#1,89875
2009—#1,92574
2008—#1,65593
2007—#1,76084
2006—#1,54396
2005—#1,402106
2004—#1,58283
2003—#1,70272
2002—#1,48385
2001#12,0567#1,34596
2000—#1,290100
1999—#1,42182
1998—#1,177105
1997—#1,24293
1996—#1,17798
1995—#1,15998
1994—#1,20092
1993—#983121
1992—#896139
1991—#893139
1990—#893132
1989—#782161
1988—#809137
1987—#760145
1986#10,9125#733152
1985—#651181
1984—#606197
1983—#582210
1982#10,5175#605200
1981—#571223
1980#9,0956#551240
1979—#575219
1978—#574213
1977#9,6525#536241
1976—#497257
1975—#471294
1974—#487269
1973—#464284
1972—#439326
1971—#430356
1970—#405401
1969#4,72310#387411
1968—#360465
1967#6,8045#340487
1966#5,8096#330520
1965—#326539
1964#6,0096#308628
1963—#301658
1962#5,8606#283737
1961#6,5675#289720
1960—#283783
1959#5,5666#270852
1958#5,4086#270810
1957#4,5368#256863
1956#4,8377#240935
1955#3,77810#231953
1954#5,7535#222973
1953#4,2268#2121,018
1952—#209978
1951—#2041,002
1950#4,7386#1971,062
1949#4,6736#1931,076
1948#5,2435#1861,075
1947#4,3457#1791,190
1946#3,03411#1691,209
1945#2,91610#1671,008
1944#3,6877#1621,131
1943#4,6915#1561,254
1942#3,1949#1571,232
1941#3,2528#1551,117
1940—#1461,172
1939#2,20614#1511,070
1938#2,9409#1391,176
1937#2,31713#1331,190
1936#2,8579#1301,247
1935#3,7426#1331,200
1934#3,4497#1291,306
1933#2,54011#1201,366
1932#2,49012#1171,525
1931#2,9729#1141,543
1930#2,69011#1111,618
1929#3,3948#1061,706
1928#2,62312#1041,845
1927#2,16917#962,009
1926#2,25716#952,012
1925#2,61713#922,076
1924#2,13718#872,283
1923#2,73212#692,803
1922#2,95811#872,210
1921#2,37815#882,095
1920#2,17217#931,877
1919#2,81311#1071,481
1918#1,96319#1241,334
1917#2,42813#1231,215
1916#3,9196#1241,126
1915#2,68810#1261,079
1914#3,1886#127810
1913#2,1649#126621
1912#2,1448#128507
1911—#132257
1910—#131251
1909#2,2085#142185
1908—#134190
1907—#128185
1906—#129162
1905#1,9315#137162
1904—#130163
1903—#124157
1902—#123157
1901—#126132
1900—#137161
1899—#131121
1898#1,7005#133138
1897—#126131
1896—#130130
1895—#136119
1894—#15599
1893—#131114
1892—#135119
1891—#14690
1890—#114138
1889—#122115
1888—#138111
1887—#14488
1886—#133104
1885—#129107
1884—#137102
1883—#123100
1882—#137103
1881—#14088
1880—#15091
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Wallace was already there! It came in at #150, and was given to 91 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1994–2012, when fewer than 110 boys a year got the name.

Where Wallace is popular in 1923

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Wallace, so not publishedAKMaine: #70 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 310 boysMEVermont: #78 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 343 boysVTNew Hampshire: #55 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 217 boysNHWashington: #35 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 155 boysWAIdaho: #36 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 132 boysIDMontana: #42 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 192 boysMTNorth Dakota: #16 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 89 boysNDMinnesota: #25 for boys · 196 births · 1 in 113 boysMNIllinois: #79 for boys · 122 births · 1 in 469 boysILWisconsin: #56 for boys · 120 births · 1 in 198 boysWIMichigan: #57 for boys · 129 births · 1 in 280 boysMINew York: #102 for boys · 148 births · 1 in 637 boysNYMassachusetts: #67 for boys · 83 births · 1 in 415 boysMARhode Island: #102 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 654 boysRIOregon: #32 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 142 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Wallace, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Wallace, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #47 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 166 boysSDIowa: #88 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 393 boysIAIndiana: #73 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 381 boysINOhio: #86 for boys · 98 births · 1 in 532 boysOHPennsylvania: #92 for boys · 130 births · 1 in 680 boysPANew Jersey: #94 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 615 boysNJConnecticut: #94 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 663 boysCTCalifornia: #57 for boys · 114 births · 1 in 296 boysCAUtah: #35 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 138 boysUTColorado: #62 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 279 boysCONebraska: #91 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 402 boysNEMissouri: #84 for boys · 71 births · 1 in 411 boysMOKentucky: #58 for boys · 87 births · 1 in 297 boysKYWest Virginia: #76 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 366 boysWVVirginia: #58 for boys · 79 births · 1 in 302 boysVAMaryland: #103 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 755 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Wallace, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Wallace, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: #141 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 573 boysNMKansas: #81 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 332 boysKSArkansas: #91 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 402 boysARTennessee: #72 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 384 boysTNNorth Carolina: #93 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 491 boysNCSouth Carolina: #63 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 333 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #69 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 401 boysDCOklahoma: #89 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 394 boysOKLouisiana: #62 for boys · 69 births · 1 in 276 boysLAMississippi: #94 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 469 boysMSAlabama: #74 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 381 boysALGeorgia: #69 for boys · 80 births · 1 in 353 boysGAHawaii: #59 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 202 boysHITexas: #112 for boys · 99 births · 1 in 525 boysTXFlorida: #59 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 276 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. North Dakota#16 · 1 in 89
  2. Minnesota#25 · 1 in 113
  3. Oregon#32 · 1 in 142
  4. Utah#35 · 1 in 138
  5. Washington#35 · 1 in 155

Best ever in a state: #15 in Nevada, 1918.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
North Dakota#16671 in 89
Minnesota#251961 in 113
Oregon#32401 in 142
Utah#35351 in 138
Washington#35621 in 155
Idaho#36271 in 132
Montana#42221 in 192
South Dakota#47371 in 166
New Hampshire#55141 in 217
Wisconsin#561201 in 198
California#571141 in 296
Michigan#571291 in 280
Kentucky#58871 in 297
Virginia#58791 in 302
Florida#59371 in 276
Hawaii#59141 in 202
Colorado#62311 in 279
Louisiana#62691 in 276
South Carolina#63591 in 333
Massachusetts#67831 in 415
District of Columbia#6981 in 401
Georgia#69801 in 353
Maine#70201 in 310
Tennessee#72631 in 384
Indiana#73681 in 381
Alabama#74671 in 381
West Virginia#76471 in 366
Vermont#7871 in 343
Illinois#791221 in 469
Kansas#81491 in 332
Missouri#84711 in 411
Ohio#86981 in 532
Iowa#88531 in 393
Oklahoma#89571 in 394
Arkansas#91441 in 402
Nebraska#91301 in 402
Pennsylvania#921301 in 680
North Carolina#93681 in 491
Connecticut#94181 in 663
Mississippi#94401 in 469
New Jersey#94481 in 615
New York#1021481 in 637
Rhode Island#10281 in 654
Maryland#103171 in 755
Texas#112991 in 525
New Mexico#14171 in 573
Alaska———
Arizona———
Delaware———
Nevada———
Wyoming———

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 Wallace
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 23 spots since 2024 (#983 → #960)
  • 44 spots since 2020 (#916 → #960)
  • 238 spots since 2015 (#1,198 → #960)
  • Biggest jump: 147 spots in 2018 (#1,023 → #876)
  • Biggest drop: 217 spots in 1994 (#983 → #1,200)
Rise & fade · boys
43 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1923 at #69 (2,803 births)
  • Births halved by 1933, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 8 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 8 yrs · run 1920–1927
  • Top 1,000: 121 yrs · run 1880–1993
Share of babies · boys
1 in 391
  • Highest: 1 in 391 boys born in 1923 were named Wallace (0.26%)
  • Latest: 1 in 7,087 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 25.1% of all boys named Wallace (20,916) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,009#122 (1889)#135
1890s1,199#114 (1890)#134
1900s1,654#123 (1902)#131
1910s8,681#107 (1919)#125
1920s20,916#69 (1923)#92
1930s13,241#111 (1930)#128
1940s11,464#146 (1940)#167
1950s9,446#197 (1950)#231
1960s5,948#283 (1960)#321
1970s2,860#405 (1970)#488
1980s1,846#551 (1980)#665
1990s1,099#893 (1991)#1,104
2000s889#1,290 (2000)#1,569
2010s1,589#876 (2018)#1,268
2020s1,422#892 (2021)#956

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.

Wallace in 1923

girls
#2,732
12 births · 1 in 100,531 girls
boys
#69
2,803 births · 1 in 391 boys

Top girls' names in 1923

  1. #1Mary71,634
  2. #2Dorothy39,043
  3. #3Helen31,486
  4. #4Margaret26,134
  5. #5Betty25,989
  6. #6Ruth23,637
  7. #7Virginia18,325
  8. #8Mildred15,989
  9. #9Elizabeth15,459
  10. #10Frances14,881
  11. #2,732Wallace12

Top boys' names in 1923

  1. #1John57,467
  2. #2Robert56,111
  3. #3William52,136
  4. #4James50,462
  5. #5Charles28,966
  6. #6George27,025
  7. #7Joseph25,561
  8. #8Edward20,597
  9. #9Richard18,887
  10. #10Donald16,433
  11. #69Wallace2,803
More about 1923

girls

1,206,366 girls got a published name in 1923; 1 in 100,531 of them was named Wallace, which outranked 52.4% of the 5,739 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wallace
  1. #2,587Wilhemina13
  2. #2,587Willette13
  3. #2,587Willine13
  4. #2,732Wallace12
  5. #2,732Alvenia12
  6. #2,732Andree12
  7. #2,732Annabella12
  8. #2,917Adalene11
  9. #2,917Adlean11
  10. #2,917Ala11

Tied with 184 names at #2,732; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1922
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,834Eris#2,291 → #457
  2. ↑ 619Penny#1,508 → #889
  3. ↑ 317Laurene#1,309 → #992
  4. ↑ 310Cruz#1,103 → #793
  5. ↑ 306Dorene#1,207 → #901
Fallers
  1. ↓ 321Veva#962 → #1,283
  2. ↓ 318Arlie#949 → #1,267
  3. ↓ 305Gaynell#978 → #1,283
  4. ↓ 303Trinidad#449 → #752
  5. ↓ 300Laurine#897 → #1,197

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,096,102 boys got a published name in 1923; 1 in 391 of them was named Wallace, which outranked 98.6% of the 4,904 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wallace
  1. #66Herman2,961
  2. #67Vernon2,956
  3. #68Clyde2,853
  4. #69Wallace2,803
  5. #70Philip2,783
  6. #71Lester2,765
  7. #72Vincent2,719
Biggest movers since 1922
Risers
  1. ↑ 403Marcos#1,333 → #930
  2. ↑ 341Armin#1,333 → #992
  3. ↑ 309Betty#1,222 → #913
  4. ↑ 309Godfrey#1,222 → #913
  5. ↑ 308Val#1,181 → #873
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,021Harden#999 → #2,020
  2. ↓ 472Buel#850 → #1,322
  3. ↓ 420Trinidad#485 → #905
  4. ↓ 304Gorden#722 → #1,026
  5. ↓ 288Joy#840 → #1,128

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1923 →