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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201933peak #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 1933

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Wallace, so not publishedAKMaine: #73 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 334 boysMEVermont: #66 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 287 boysVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Wallace, so not publishedNHWashington: #82 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 363 boysWAIdaho: #115 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 480 boysIDMontana: #88 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 348 boysMTNorth Dakota: #92 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 354 boysNDMinnesota: #70 for boys · 64 births · 1 in 301 boysMNIllinois: #149 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 1,205 boysILWisconsin: #95 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 506 boysWIMichigan: #126 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 868 boysMINew York: #111 for boys · 99 births · 1 in 843 boysNYMassachusetts: #104 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 992 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Wallace, so not publishedRIOregon: #91 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 392 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Wallace, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Wallace, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #89 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 328 boysSDIowa: #138 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 696 boysIAIndiana: #154 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 1,159 boysINOhio: #154 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 1,197 boysOHPennsylvania: #129 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 1,171 boysPANew Jersey: #119 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 1,114 boysNJConnecticut: #132 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 1,182 boysCTCalifornia: #109 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 576 boysCAUtah: #99 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 354 boysUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Wallace, so not publishedCONebraska: #135 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 682 boysNEMissouri: #145 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 954 boysMOKentucky: #81 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 419 boysKYWest Virginia: #198 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 1,443 boysWVVirginia: #65 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 338 boysVAMaryland: #132 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 1,104 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Wallace, so not publishedDEArizona: #143 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 594 boysAZNew Mexico: #211 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 920 boysNMKansas: #142 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 778 boysKSArkansas: #118 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 617 boysARTennessee: #124 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 734 boysTNNorth Carolina: #113 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 598 boysNCSouth Carolina: #85 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 439 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #96 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 625 boysDCOklahoma: #178 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 1,094 boysOKLouisiana: #100 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 474 boysLAMississippi: #109 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 568 boysMSAlabama: #84 for boys · 60 births · 1 in 427 boysALGeorgia: #112 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 574 boysGAHawaii: #34 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 137 boysHITexas: #186 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 908 boysTXFlorida: #91 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 439 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Hawaii#34 · 1 in 137
  2. Virginia#65 · 1 in 338
  3. Vermont#66 · 1 in 287
  4. Minnesota#70 · 1 in 301
  5. Maine#73 · 1 in 334

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Hawaii#34221 in 137
Virginia#65631 in 338
Vermont#6681 in 287
Minnesota#70641 in 301
Maine#73181 in 334
Kentucky#81591 in 419
Washington#82241 in 363
Alabama#84601 in 427
South Carolina#85411 in 439
Montana#88101 in 348
South Dakota#89161 in 328
Florida#91251 in 439
Oregon#91131 in 392
North Dakota#92161 in 354
Wisconsin#95441 in 506
District of Columbia#9661 in 625
Utah#99131 in 354
Louisiana#100371 in 474
Massachusetts#104281 in 992
California#109591 in 576
Mississippi#109331 in 568
New York#111991 in 843
Georgia#112471 in 574
North Carolina#113551 in 598
Idaho#11571 in 480
Arkansas#118281 in 617
New Jersey#119221 in 1,114
Tennessee#124331 in 734
Michigan#126411 in 868
Pennsylvania#129591 in 1,171
Connecticut#13281 in 1,182
Maryland#132101 in 1,104
Nebraska#135151 in 682
Iowa#138261 in 696
Kansas#142171 in 778
Arizona#14361 in 594
Missouri#145281 in 954
Illinois#149411 in 1,205
Indiana#154191 in 1,159
Ohio#154361 in 1,197
Oklahoma#178201 in 1,094
Texas#186591 in 908
West Virginia#198111 in 1,443
New Mexico#21151 in 920
Alaska———
Colorado———
Delaware———
Nevada———
New Hampshire———
Rhode Island———
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 1933

girls
#2,540
11 births · 1 in 91,630 girls
boys
#120
1,366 births · 1 in 726 boys

Top girls' names in 1933

  1. #1Mary55,517
  2. #2Betty31,531
  3. #3Barbara26,949
  4. #4Dorothy22,054
  5. #5Joan19,294
  6. #6Patricia18,632
  7. #7Margaret15,241
  8. #8Helen14,644
  9. #9Shirley14,320
  10. #10Doris12,025
  11. #2,540Wallace11

Top boys' names in 1933

  1. #1Robert54,221
  2. #2James51,112
  3. #3John46,224
  4. #4William39,049
  5. #5Richard31,331
  6. #6Charles28,991
  7. #7Donald28,450
  8. #8George18,356
  9. #9Joseph17,162
  10. #10Thomas16,508
  11. #120Wallace1,366
More about 1933

girls

1,007,932 girls got a published name in 1933; 1 in 91,630 of them was named Wallace, which outranked 47.7% of the 4,858 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wallace
  1. #2,404Wilhelmena12
  2. #2,404Wonda12
  3. #2,404Zadie12
  4. #2,540Wallace11
  5. #2,540Adelene11
  6. #2,540Al11
  7. #2,540Alfreida11
  8. #2,688Aldona10
  9. #2,688Aldonia10
  10. #2,688Aletta10

Tied with 147 names at #2,540; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1932
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,022Rheta#1,754 → #732
  2. ↑ 930Joellen#1,877 → #947
  3. ↑ 583Veola#1,568 → #985
  4. ↑ 483Sharlene#1,162 → #679
  5. ↑ 475Louetta#1,448 → #973
Fallers
  1. ↓ 395Golda#969 → #1,364
  2. ↓ 322Louis#940 → #1,262
  3. ↓ 298Bebe#899 → #1,197
  4. ↓ 291Clyde#998 → #1,289
  5. ↓ 291Mariam#998 → #1,289

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

boys

991,524 boys got a published name in 1933; 1 in 726 of them was named Wallace, which outranked 97.1% of the 4,156 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wallace
  1. #117Tom1,425
  2. #118Benjamin1,413
  3. #119Chester1,399
  4. #120Wallace1,366
  5. #121Sam1,351
  6. #122Alan1,345
  7. #123Jackie1,339
Biggest movers since 1932
Risers
  1. ↑ 553Neville#1,548 → #995
  2. ↑ 401Cordell#1,286 → #885
  3. ↑ 381Hamilton#1,286 → #905
  4. ↑ 375Delano#677 → #302
  5. ↑ 313Jan#937 → #624
Fallers
  1. ↓ 568Hoover#793 → #1,361
  2. ↓ 541Porfirio#915 → #1,456
  3. ↓ 424Rosendo#937 → #1,361
  4. ↓ 381Alfonzo#821 → #1,202
  5. ↓ 368Hillard#862 → #1,230

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

See the top 100 for 1933 →