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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201926peak #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 1926

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Wallace, so not publishedAKMaine: #62 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 264 boysMEVermont: #53 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 220 boysVTNew Hampshire: #88 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 526 boysNHWashington: #54 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 224 boysWAIdaho: #88 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 324 boysIDMontana: #65 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 253 boysMTNorth Dakota: #51 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 176 boysNDMinnesota: #47 for boys · 121 births · 1 in 178 boysMNIllinois: #122 for boys · 71 births · 1 in 816 boysILWisconsin: #73 for boys · 75 births · 1 in 316 boysWIMichigan: #95 for boys · 76 births · 1 in 539 boysMINew York: #106 for boys · 135 births · 1 in 713 boysNYMassachusetts: #93 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 706 boysMARhode Island: #84 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 532 boysRIOregon: #63 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 253 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Wallace, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Wallace, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #67 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 235 boysSDIowa: #83 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 384 boysIAIndiana: #114 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 718 boysINOhio: #125 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 1,013 boysOHPennsylvania: #110 for boys · 95 births · 1 in 918 boysPANew Jersey: #113 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 940 boysNJConnecticut: #70 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 421 boysCTCalifornia: #79 for boys · 92 births · 1 in 400 boysCAUtah: #62 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 209 boysUTColorado: #93 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 403 boysCONebraska: #95 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 417 boysNEMissouri: #110 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 614 boysMOKentucky: #103 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 581 boysKYWest Virginia: #134 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 798 boysWVVirginia: #71 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 341 boysVAMaryland: #98 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 689 boysMDDelaware: #62 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 300 boysDEArizona: #152 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 630 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Wallace, so not publishedNMKansas: #102 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 459 boysKSArkansas: #131 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 654 boysARTennessee: #102 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 557 boysTNNorth Carolina: #111 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 596 boysNCSouth Carolina: #91 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 482 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #104 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 676 boysDCOklahoma: #95 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 436 boysOKLouisiana: #83 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 390 boysLAMississippi: #118 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 596 boysMSAlabama: #68 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 372 boysALGeorgia: #95 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 483 boysGAHawaii: #53 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 195 boysHITexas: #128 for boys · 90 births · 1 in 611 boysTXFlorida: #87 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 436 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Minnesota#47 · 1 in 178
  2. North Dakota#51 · 1 in 176
  3. Hawaii#53 · 1 in 195
  4. Vermont#53 · 1 in 220
  5. Washington#54 · 1 in 224

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Minnesota#471211 in 178
North Dakota#51361 in 176
Hawaii#53161 in 195
Vermont#53111 in 220
Washington#54421 in 224
Delaware#6251 in 300
Maine#62231 in 264
Utah#62231 in 209
Oregon#63231 in 253
Montana#65151 in 253
South Dakota#67251 in 235
Alabama#68741 in 372
Connecticut#70281 in 421
Virginia#71651 in 341
Wisconsin#73751 in 316
California#79921 in 400
Iowa#83521 in 384
Louisiana#83511 in 390
Rhode Island#84101 in 532
Florida#87351 in 436
Idaho#88111 in 324
New Hampshire#8861 in 526
South Carolina#91381 in 482
Colorado#93201 in 403
Massachusetts#93481 in 706
Georgia#95561 in 483
Michigan#95761 in 539
Nebraska#95281 in 417
Oklahoma#95521 in 436
Maryland#98191 in 689
Kansas#102331 in 459
Tennessee#102431 in 557
Kentucky#103441 in 581
District of Columbia#10451 in 676
New York#1061351 in 713
Missouri#110481 in 614
Pennsylvania#110951 in 918
North Carolina#111571 in 596
New Jersey#113321 in 940
Indiana#114361 in 718
Mississippi#118341 in 596
Illinois#122711 in 816
Ohio#125521 in 1,013
Texas#128901 in 611
Arkansas#131281 in 654
West Virginia#134221 in 798
Arizona#15261 in 630
Alaska———
Nevada———
New Mexico———
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 1926

girls
#2,257
16 births · 1 in 74,088 girls
boys
#95
2,012 births · 1 in 552 boys

Top girls' names in 1926

  1. #1Mary67,832
  2. #2Dorothy36,618
  3. #3Betty32,964
  4. #4Helen26,886
  5. #5Margaret23,072
  6. #6Ruth20,225
  7. #7Doris16,295
  8. #8Virginia16,161
  9. #9Mildred13,547
  10. #10Frances13,355
  11. #2,257Wallace16

Top boys' names in 1926

  1. #1Robert61,130
  2. #2John56,108
  3. #3James53,196
  4. #4William51,922
  5. #5Charles29,521
  6. #6George25,910
  7. #7Richard25,143
  8. #8Joseph23,756
  9. #9Donald20,912
  10. #10Edward19,375
  11. #95Wallace2,012
More about 1926

girls

1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 74,088 of them was named Wallace, which outranked 59.9% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wallace
  1. #2,165Yasuko17
  2. #2,165Yola17
  3. #2,165Zelia17
  4. #2,257Wallace16
  5. #2,257Adriana16
  6. #2,257Alena16
  7. #2,257Aloha16
  8. #2,351Akiko15
  9. #2,351Aldene15
  10. #2,351Alfrieda15

Tied with 93 names at #2,257; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1925
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,047Janell#1,795 → #748
  2. ↑ 389Madalyn#1,225 → #836
  3. ↑ 382Evangelina#1,324 → #942
  4. ↑ 379Carla#1,252 → #873
  5. ↑ 351Vilma#1,020 → #669
Fallers
  1. ↓ 597Albertine#944 → #1,541
  2. ↓ 462Cleora#895 → #1,357
  3. ↓ 461Lorrayne#988 → #1,449
  4. ↓ 453Hermina#996 → #1,449
  5. ↓ 307Ethelene#913 → #1,220

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

boys

1,110,505 boys got a published name in 1926; 1 in 552 of them was named Wallace, which outranked 98.0% of the 4,837 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wallace
  1. #92Sam2,033
  2. #93Allen2,021
  3. #94Victor2,016
  4. #95Wallace2,012
  5. #96Don1,966
  6. #97Jerry1,934
  7. #98Benjamin1,898
Biggest movers since 1925
Risers
  1. ↑ 477Jonnie#1,332 → #855
  2. ↑ 433Jorge#1,425 → #992
  3. ↑ 410Faustino#1,390 → #980
  4. ↑ 404Adelbert#1,246 → #842
  5. ↑ 381Cameron#1,164 → #783
Fallers
  1. ↓ 531Okey#984 → #1,515
  2. ↓ 459Florentino#973 → #1,432
  3. ↓ 407Rexford#924 → #1,331
  4. ↓ 380Marshal#973 → #1,353
  5. ↓ 378Coolidge#746 → #1,124

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

See the top 100 for 1926 →