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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201932peak #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 1932

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Wallace, so not publishedAKMaine: #100 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 433 boysMEVermont: #67 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 270 boysVTNew Hampshire: #83 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 510 boysNHWashington: #76 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 348 boysWAIdaho: #79 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 311 boysIDMontana: #87 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 321 boysMTNorth Dakota: #54 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 191 boysNDMinnesota: #50 for boys · 86 births · 1 in 231 boysMNIllinois: #127 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 891 boysILWisconsin: #97 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 473 boysWIMichigan: #109 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 671 boysMINew York: #136 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 1,230 boysNYMassachusetts: #106 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 1,064 boysMARhode Island: #87 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 652 boysRIOregon: #90 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 404 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Wallace, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Wallace, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #107 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 420 boysSDIowa: #115 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 571 boysIAIndiana: #132 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 889 boysINOhio: #175 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 1,590 boysOHPennsylvania: #152 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 1,535 boysPANew Jersey: #115 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 1,060 boysNJConnecticut: #125 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 1,248 boysCTCalifornia: #96 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 477 boysCAUtah: #71 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 272 boysUTColorado: #131 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 668 boysCONebraska: #129 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 644 boysNEMissouri: #145 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 921 boysMOKentucky: #105 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 558 boysKYWest Virginia: #127 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 699 boysWVVirginia: #96 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 499 boysVAMaryland: #95 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 651 boysMDDelaware: #56 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 291 boysDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Wallace, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Wallace, so not publishedNMKansas: #135 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 697 boysKSArkansas: #139 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 771 boysARTennessee: #119 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 691 boysTNNorth Carolina: #103 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 515 boysNCSouth Carolina: #80 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 394 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #80 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 425 boysDCOklahoma: #130 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 701 boysOKLouisiana: #94 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 421 boysLAMississippi: #123 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 660 boysMSAlabama: #93 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 487 boysALGeorgia: #100 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 495 boysGAHawaii: #31 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 116 boysHITexas: #153 for boys · 76 births · 1 in 739 boysTXFlorida: #73 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 337 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Hawaii#31 · 1 in 116
  2. Minnesota#50 · 1 in 231
  3. North Dakota#54 · 1 in 191
  4. Delaware#56 · 1 in 291
  5. Vermont#67 · 1 in 270

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Hawaii#31291 in 116
Minnesota#50861 in 231
North Dakota#54311 in 191
Delaware#5651 in 291
Vermont#6791 in 270
Utah#71171 in 272
Florida#73361 in 337
Washington#76261 in 348
Idaho#79111 in 311
District of Columbia#8091 in 425
South Carolina#80481 in 394
New Hampshire#8361 in 510
Montana#87111 in 321
Rhode Island#8771 in 652
Oregon#90131 in 404
Alabama#93571 in 487
Louisiana#94461 in 421
Maryland#95181 in 651
California#96741 in 477
Virginia#96451 in 499
Wisconsin#97491 in 473
Georgia#100591 in 495
Maine#100151 in 433
North Carolina#103661 in 515
Kentucky#105471 in 558
Massachusetts#106281 in 1,064
South Dakota#107131 in 420
Michigan#109561 in 671
Iowa#115321 in 571
New Jersey#115251 in 1,060
Tennessee#119371 in 691
Mississippi#123301 in 660
Connecticut#12581 in 1,248
Illinois#127581 in 891
West Virginia#127241 in 699
Nebraska#129171 in 644
Oklahoma#130311 in 701
Colorado#131121 in 668
Indiana#132261 in 889
Kansas#135201 in 697
New York#136721 in 1,230
Arkansas#139231 in 771
Missouri#145301 in 921
Pennsylvania#152481 in 1,535
Texas#153761 in 739
Ohio#175291 in 1,590
Alaska———
Arizona———
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 1932

girls
#2,490
12 births · 1 in 88,929 girls
boys
#117
1,525 births · 1 in 685 boys

Top girls' names in 1932

  1. #1Mary59,883
  2. #2Betty34,420
  3. #3Barbara26,318
  4. #4Dorothy24,974
  5. #5Joan21,044
  6. #6Patricia17,992
  7. #7Margaret16,556
  8. #8Helen16,376
  9. #9Shirley14,476
  10. #10Doris12,910
  11. #2,490Wallace12

Top boys' names in 1932

  1. #1Robert59,268
  2. #2James51,930
  3. #3John48,624
  4. #4William42,124
  5. #5Richard31,809
  6. #6Charles31,092
  7. #7Donald29,794
  8. #8George20,439
  9. #9Joseph18,566
  10. #10Thomas16,834
  11. #117Wallace1,525
More about 1932

girls

1,067,148 girls got a published name in 1932; 1 in 88,929 of them was named Wallace, which outranked 51.2% of the 5,098 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. #2,365Willette13
  2. #2,365Willma13
  3. #2,365Zoila13
  4. #2,490Wallace12
  5. #2,490Adelaida12
  6. #2,490Adline12
  7. #2,490Agripina12
  8. #2,644Adair11
  9. #2,644Agness11
  10. #2,644Aleatha11

Tied with 153 names at #2,490; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1931
Risers
  1. ↑ 963Dian#1,876 → #913
  2. ↑ 519Carleen#1,394 → #875
  3. ↑ 357Jimmy#1,336 → #979
  4. ↑ 347Letty#1,287 → #940
  5. ↑ 340Letitia#1,148 → #808
Fallers
  1. ↓ 350Blossom#970 → #1,320
  2. ↓ 332Luetta#844 → #1,176
  3. ↓ 305Roy#887 → #1,192
  4. ↓ 289Sofia#887 → #1,176
  5. ↓ 282Joretta#463 → #745

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

boys

1,044,157 boys got a published name in 1932; 1 in 685 of them was named Wallace, which outranked 97.3% of the 4,284 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wallace
  1. #114Patrick1,579
  2. #115Benjamin1,539
  3. #116Tom1,538
  4. #117Wallace1,525
  5. #118Glen1,465
  6. #119Calvin1,454
  7. #119Sam1,454
Biggest movers since 1931
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,418Delano#3,095 → #677
  2. ↑ 969Garner#1,643 → #674
  3. ↑ 868Ronny#1,770 → #902
  4. ↑ 713Darryl#1,693 → #980
  5. ↑ 609Marc#1,589 → #980
Fallers
  1. ↓ 467Jones#959 → #1,426
  2. ↓ 455Hamilton#831 → #1,286
  3. ↓ 393Hyman#697 → #1,090
  4. ↓ 373Davey#983 → #1,356
  5. ↓ 341Hayes#983 → #1,324

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

See the top 100 for 1932 →