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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201925peak #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 1925

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Wallace, so not publishedAKMaine: #82 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 379 boysMEVermont: #74 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 311 boysVTNew Hampshire: #67 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 330 boysNHWashington: #52 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 229 boysWAIdaho: #54 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 192 boysIDMontana: #54 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 223 boysMTNorth Dakota: #47 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 154 boysNDMinnesota: #49 for boys · 112 births · 1 in 191 boysMNIllinois: #102 for boys · 95 births · 1 in 622 boysILWisconsin: #80 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 330 boysWIMichigan: #73 for boys · 94 births · 1 in 419 boysMINew York: #102 for boys · 135 births · 1 in 709 boysNYMassachusetts: #84 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 600 boysMARhode Island: #122 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 897 boysRIOregon: #53 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 230 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Wallace, so not publishedNVWyoming: #80 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 334 boysWYSouth Dakota: #65 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 225 boysSDIowa: #115 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 540 boysIAIndiana: #114 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 696 boysINOhio: #106 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 737 boysOHPennsylvania: #133 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 1,210 boysPANew Jersey: #94 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 646 boysNJConnecticut: #121 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 1,104 boysCTCalifornia: #63 for boys · 106 births · 1 in 345 boysCAUtah: #67 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 267 boysUTColorado: #112 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 578 boysCONebraska: #94 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 395 boysNEMissouri: #111 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 593 boysMOKentucky: #82 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 489 boysKYWest Virginia: #100 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 587 boysWVVirginia: #63 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 315 boysVAMaryland: #102 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 781 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Wallace, so not publishedDEArizona: #169 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 754 boysAZNew Mexico: #151 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 649 boysNMKansas: #106 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 451 boysKSArkansas: #118 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 566 boysARTennessee: #87 for boys · 54 births · 1 in 450 boysTNNorth Carolina: #104 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 578 boysNCSouth Carolina: #79 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 447 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #91 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 567 boysDCOklahoma: #141 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 765 boysOKLouisiana: #84 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 365 boysLAMississippi: #142 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 796 boysMSAlabama: #99 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 543 boysALGeorgia: #90 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 457 boysGAHawaii: #47 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 169 boysHITexas: #111 for boys · 103 births · 1 in 537 boysTXFlorida: #70 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 357 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. North Dakota#47 · 1 in 154
  2. Hawaii#47 · 1 in 169
  3. Minnesota#49 · 1 in 191
  4. Washington#52 · 1 in 229
  5. Oregon#53 · 1 in 230

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Hawaii#47191 in 169
North Dakota#47401 in 154
Minnesota#491121 in 191
Washington#52431 in 229
Oregon#53261 in 230
Idaho#54181 in 192
Montana#54181 in 223
California#631061 in 345
Virginia#63741 in 315
South Dakota#65261 in 225
New Hampshire#67101 in 330
Utah#67191 in 267
Florida#70371 in 357
Michigan#73941 in 419
Vermont#7481 in 311
South Carolina#79431 in 447
Wisconsin#80721 in 330
Wyoming#8051 in 334
Kentucky#82531 in 489
Maine#82171 in 379
Louisiana#84531 in 365
Massachusetts#84571 in 600
Tennessee#87541 in 450
Georgia#90621 in 457
District of Columbia#9161 in 567
Nebraska#94301 in 395
New Jersey#94461 in 646
Alabama#99491 in 543
West Virginia#100301 in 587
Illinois#102951 in 622
Maryland#102171 in 781
New York#1021351 in 709
North Carolina#104591 in 578
Kansas#106351 in 451
Ohio#106721 in 737
Missouri#111501 in 593
Texas#1111031 in 537
Colorado#112151 in 578
Indiana#114371 in 696
Iowa#115381 in 540
Arkansas#118321 in 566
Connecticut#121111 in 1,104
Rhode Island#12261 in 897
Pennsylvania#133731 in 1,210
Oklahoma#141301 in 765
Mississippi#142241 in 796
New Mexico#15161 in 649
Arizona#16951 in 754
Alaska———
Delaware———
Nevada———

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 1925

girls
#2,617
13 births · 1 in 93,645 girls
boys
#92
2,076 births · 1 in 538 boys

Top girls' names in 1925

  1. #1Mary70,586
  2. #2Dorothy38,570
  3. #3Betty32,812
  4. #4Helen29,173
  5. #5Margaret24,463
  6. #6Ruth22,247
  7. #7Virginia17,490
  8. #8Doris16,075
  9. #9Mildred14,453
  10. #10Elizabeth13,936
  11. #2,617Wallace13

Top boys' names in 1925

  1. #1Robert60,895
  2. #2John57,195
  3. #3William53,310
  4. #4James52,680
  5. #5Charles29,580
  6. #6George26,560
  7. #7Joseph24,613
  8. #8Richard23,269
  9. #9Edward20,090
  10. #10Donald19,193
  11. #92Wallace2,076
More about 1925

girls

1,217,384 girls got a published name in 1925; 1 in 93,645 of them was named Wallace, which outranked 54.7% of the 5,771 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wallace
  1. #2,489Winfred14
  2. #2,489Zara14
  3. #2,489Zoila14
  4. #2,617Wallace13
  5. #2,617Adair13
  6. #2,617Aldean13
  7. #2,617Alise13
  8. #2,778Allice12
  9. #2,778Almeter12
  10. #2,778Altie12

Tied with 160 names at #2,617; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1924
Risers
  1. ↑ 605Nanette#1,475 → #870
  2. ↑ 417Paulina#1,258 → #841
  3. ↑ 353Estela#1,258 → #905
  4. ↑ 323Delois#1,123 → #800
  5. ↑ 313Veola#1,301 → #988
Fallers
  1. ↓ 610Kathlyn#999 → #1,609
  2. ↓ 396Izetta#951 → #1,347
  3. ↓ 355Loma#941 → #1,296
  4. ↓ 345Phylis#880 → #1,225
  5. ↓ 309Eris#728 → #1,037

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

boys

1,115,919 boys got a published name in 1925; 1 in 538 of them was named Wallace, which outranked 98.1% of the 4,867 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wallace
  1. #89Victor2,119
  2. #90Roger2,099
  3. #91Sam2,092
  4. #92Wallace2,076
  5. #93Benjamin2,069
  6. #94Allen2,034
  7. #95Arnold1,972
Biggest movers since 1924
Risers
  1. ↑ 548Okey#1,532 → #984
  2. ↑ 494Eddy#1,492 → #998
  3. ↑ 422Terrence#1,223 → #801
  4. ↑ 371Hughie#1,355 → #984
  5. ↑ 363Rexford#1,287 → #924
Fallers
  1. ↓ 444Baxter#916 → #1,360
  2. ↓ 429Adelbert#817 → #1,246
  3. ↓ 407Jonnie#925 → #1,332
  4. ↓ 406Faustino#984 → #1,390
  5. ↓ 387Deward#859 → #1,246

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

See the top 100 for 1925 →