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Pace: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 36 in 2025. Its best rank was #2,589 in 2024.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #2,589 in 2024; #3,290 in 2025. About 86% of babies named Pace in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#3,290 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2024, at #2,589.
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Pace: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 36 boys in 2025. Peak: #2,589 in 2024 · most boys in one year: 52 (2024).
In 2025, 36 US boys were named Pace, making it the 3,290th most common boys’ name of the year, down 701 places from #2,589 in 2024. That is 16 fewer than the 52 boys named Pace in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #2,589, reached in 2024. That year also had the most boys given the name: 52. For comparison, it was #2,847 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
In 2025, 6 US girls were named Pace, making it the 14,494th most common girls’ name of the year. Its best rank for girls was #11,940, reached in 2023. That year also had the most girls given the name: 8. For comparison, it was #15,934 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Pace in 44 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1917 with 5 babies. In all, 981 US babies have been given the name, 6.5% of them girls and 93% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 371 babies named Pace.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 374 US boys were named Pace; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 52. In 2025 that was about 1 in 47,447 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
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Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #14,494 | 36 | #3,290 |
| 2024 | — | — | 52 | #2,589 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,940 | 39 | #3,163 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,969 | 36 | #3,324 |
| 2021 | 7 | #13,153 | 40 | #3,063 |
| 2020 | 6 | #14,683 | 35 | #3,253 |
| 2019 | 7 | #13,450 | 23 | #4,439 |
| 2018 | — | — | 37 | #3,152 |
| 2017 | — | — | 40 | #2,992 |
| 2016 | 5 | #18,193 | 36 | #3,206 |
| 2015 | 6 | #15,934 | 42 | #2,847 |
| 2014 | — | — | 43 | #2,793 |
| 2013 | 6 | #16,050 | 32 | #3,388 |
| 2012 | — | — | 27 | #3,857 |
| 2011 | 5 | #18,869 | 35 | #3,222 |
| 2010 | — | — | 27 | #3,872 |
| 2009 | — | — | 28 | #3,800 |
| 2008 | — | — | 20 | #4,854 |
| 2007 | — | — | 26 | #3,973 |
| 2006 | — | — | 17 | #5,246 |
| 2005 | — | — | 22 | #4,151 |
| 2004 | — | — | 18 | #4,732 |
| 2003 | — | — | 17 | #4,757 |
| 2002 | — | — | 12 | #5,979 |
| 2001 | — | — | 19 | #4,247 |
| 2000 | — | — | 15 | #4,982 |
| 1999 | — | — | 16 | #4,485 |
| 1998 | — | — | 6 | #9,323 |
| 1997 | — | — | 10 | #5,981 |
| 1996 | — | — | 6 | #8,720 |
| 1995 | — | — | 8 | #6,820 |
| 1994 | — | — | 6 | #8,524 |
| 1993 | — | — | 11 | #5,267 |
| 1992 | — | — | 8 | #6,531 |
| 1991 | — | — | 9 | #5,814 |
| 1990 | — | — | 9 | #5,696 |
| 1987 | — | — | 9 | #4,854 |
| 1986 | — | — | 6 | #6,508 |
| 1983 | — | — | 12 | #3,563 |
| 1979 | — | — | 5 | #6,778 |
| 1976 | — | — | 5 | #6,242 |
| 1970 | — | — | 6 | #4,589 |
| 1961 | — | — | 6 | #3,950 |
| 1917 | — | — | 5 | #4,429 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).