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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201936peak #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 1936

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Wallace, so not publishedAKMaine: #67 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 297 boysMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Wallace, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Wallace, so not publishedNHWashington: #90 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 423 boysWAIdaho: #152 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 810 boysIDMontana: #105 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 508 boysMTNorth Dakota: #89 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 354 boysNDMinnesota: #68 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 306 boysMNIllinois: #155 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 1,217 boysILWisconsin: #123 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 875 boysWIMichigan: #131 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 1,048 boysMINew York: #174 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 1,826 boysNYMassachusetts: #115 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 1,212 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Wallace, so not publishedRIOregon: #118 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 603 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Wallace, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Wallace, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #133 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 589 boysSDIowa: #148 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 845 boysIAIndiana: #173 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 1,408 boysINOhio: #168 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 1,535 boysOHPennsylvania: #150 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 1,627 boysPANew Jersey: #133 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 1,266 boysNJConnecticut: #99 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 884 boysCTCalifornia: #138 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 866 boysCAUtah: #99 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 372 boysUTColorado: #228 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,673 boysCONebraska: #177 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 1,149 boysNEMissouri: #127 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 748 boysMOKentucky: #140 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 791 boysKYWest Virginia: #149 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 946 boysWVVirginia: #88 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 464 boysVAMaryland: #156 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,612 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Wallace, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Wallace, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: #169 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 735 boysNMKansas: #180 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 1,224 boysKSArkansas: #135 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 735 boysARTennessee: #94 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 500 boysTNNorth Carolina: #112 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 608 boysNCSouth Carolina: #81 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 412 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #86 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 501 boysDCOklahoma: #147 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 816 boysOKLouisiana: #96 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 425 boysLAMississippi: #119 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 660 boysMSAlabama: #80 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 407 boysALGeorgia: #99 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 468 boysGAHawaii: #42 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 155 boysHITexas: #193 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 977 boysTXFlorida: #77 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 391 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Hawaii#42 · 1 in 155
  2. Maine#67 · 1 in 297
  3. Minnesota#68 · 1 in 306
  4. Florida#77 · 1 in 391
  5. Alabama#80 · 1 in 407

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Hawaii#42181 in 155
Maine#67211 in 297
Minnesota#68681 in 306
Florida#77321 in 391
Alabama#80661 in 407
South Carolina#81451 in 412
District of Columbia#8691 in 501
Virginia#88471 in 464
North Dakota#89161 in 354
Washington#90241 in 423
Tennessee#94511 in 500
Louisiana#96461 in 425
Connecticut#99111 in 884
Georgia#99611 in 468
Utah#99131 in 372
Montana#10581 in 508
North Carolina#112561 in 608
Massachusetts#115231 in 1,212
Oregon#118101 in 603
Mississippi#119301 in 660
Wisconsin#123271 in 875
Missouri#127351 in 748
Michigan#131381 in 1,048
New Jersey#133191 in 1,266
South Dakota#13391 in 589
Arkansas#135231 in 735
California#138441 in 866
Kentucky#140321 in 791
Oklahoma#147261 in 816
Iowa#148231 in 845
West Virginia#149191 in 946
Pennsylvania#150441 in 1,627
Idaho#15251 in 810
Illinois#155431 in 1,217
Maryland#15671 in 1,612
Ohio#168311 in 1,535
New Mexico#16971 in 735
Indiana#173171 in 1,408
New York#174461 in 1,826
Nebraska#17791 in 1,149
Kansas#180111 in 1,224
Texas#193571 in 977
Colorado#22851 in 1,673
Alaska———
Arizona———
Delaware———
Nevada———
New Hampshire———
Rhode Island———
Vermont———
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 1936

girls
#2,857
9 births · 1 in 115,599 girls
boys
#130
1,247 births · 1 in 832 boys

Top girls' names in 1936

  1. #1Mary54,377
  2. #2Shirley35,161
  3. #3Barbara31,682
  4. #4Betty25,868
  5. #5Patricia23,916
  6. #6Dorothy17,666
  7. #7Joan17,072
  8. #8Nancy16,755
  9. #9Margaret14,596
  10. #10Carol14,520
  11. #2,857Wallace9

Top boys' names in 1936

  1. #1Robert58,500
  2. #2James54,694
  3. #3John47,683
  4. #4William39,398
  5. #5Richard33,494
  6. #6Charles29,101
  7. #7Donald28,639
  8. #8Thomas18,342
  9. #9George18,197
  10. #10David17,476
  11. #130Wallace1,247
More about 1936

girls

1,040,390 girls got a published name in 1936; 1 in 115,599 of them was named Wallace, which outranked 41.2% of the 4,856 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wallace
  1. #2,689Zeola10
  2. #2,689Zeta10
  3. #2,689Zonnie10
  4. #2,857Wallace9
  5. #2,857Albertina9
  6. #2,857Aldean9
  7. #2,857Aleda9
  8. #3,103Adair8
  9. #3,103Adda8
  10. #3,103Adelene8

Tied with 245 names at #2,857; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1935
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,238Shelba#3,742 → #504
  2. ↑ 662Shelby#840 → #178
  3. ↑ 600Wendy#1,418 → #818
  4. ↑ 588Deanna#1,356 → #768
  5. ↑ 546Shari#1,514 → #968
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,028Norita#713 → #1,741
  2. ↓ 506Vernetta#974 → #1,480
  3. ↓ 461Ozella#984 → #1,445
  4. ↓ 400Shirleyann#896 → #1,296
  5. ↓ 342Idell#925 → #1,267

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

boys

1,037,205 boys got a published name in 1936; 1 in 832 of them was named Wallace, which outranked 96.8% of the 4,037 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wallace
  1. #127Chester1,278
  2. #128Leslie1,252
  3. #129Max1,248
  4. #130Wallace1,247
  5. #131Sam1,236
  6. #132Claude1,225
  7. #133Darrell1,208
Biggest movers since 1935
Risers
  1. ↑ 802Errol#1,708 → #906
  2. ↑ 644Sergio#1,584 → #940
  3. ↑ 601Brice#1,494 → #893
  4. ↑ 537Windell#1,390 → #853
  5. ↑ 529Kim#1,390 → #861
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,082Stafford#980 → #2,062
  2. ↓ 889Darwyn#750 → #1,639
  3. ↓ 461Hunter#956 → #1,417
  4. ↓ 399Orvil#844 → #1,243
  5. ↓ 370Rosendo#956 → #1,326

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

See the top 100 for 1936 →