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Wallace: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 241 in 2025. Its best rank was #69 in 1923.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #69 in 1923; #964 in 2025. About 98% of babies named Wallace in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#964 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1923, at #69.
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Wallace: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 241 boys in 2025. Peak: #69 in 1923 · most boys in one year: 2,803 (1923).
In 2025, 241 US boys were named Wallace, making it the 964th most common boys’ name of the year, up 20 places from #984 in 2024. That is 12 more than the 229 boys named Wallace in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #69, reached in 1923. That year also had the most boys given the name: 2,803. For comparison, it was #1,204 in 2015 and #198 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Wallace in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 91 babies with the name. In all, 83,851 US babies have been given the name, 0.7% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 21,055 babies named Wallace.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,311 US boys were named Wallace; the busiest of those years was 2021, with 258. In 2025 that was about 1 in 7,087 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Wallace ranked highest in South Dakota in 2025, at #300 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Wally (5,101 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Wallis, Wallice and Wales are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Wally.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Wallis (1,198), Wallice (80), Wales (38), Walace (11).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 27 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | 5 | #300 | — |
| Wisconsin | 11 | #480 | #856 |
| Idaho | 5 | #487 | — |
| Oregon | 7 | #526 | — |
| Minnesota | 9 | #582 | #779 |
| Colorado | 9 | #621 | #889 |
| Washington | 11 | #636 | #634 |
| Tennessee | 11 | #668 | — |
| Utah | 6 | #699 | #559 |
| Michigan | 11 | #714 | #1,072 |
| Massachusetts | 6 | #782 | — |
| Oklahoma | 5 | #802 | — |
| New York | 17 | #841 | #1,607 |
| Missouri | 6 | #863 | #943 |
| North Carolina | 10 | #864 | #1,113 |
| Alabama | 5 | #871 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 9 | #906 | — |
| Virginia | 7 | #964 | — |
| Ohio | 8 | #1,011 | #1,199 |
| Illinois | 6 | #1,270 | #1,178 |
| Texas | 15 | #1,344 | #2,717 |
| California | 13 | #1,432 | #2,030 |
| Florida | 8 | #1,463 | — |
| Georgia | 5 | #1,540 | #1,093 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #14,828 | 241 | #964 |
| 2024 | — | — | 229 | #984 |
| 2023 | 6 | #15,073 | 216 | #1,016 |
| 2022 | 5 | #17,609 | 234 | #970 |
| 2021 | 8 | #12,134 | 258 | #892 |
| 2020 | 9 | #11,033 | 244 | #919 |
| 2019 | 12 | #9,083 | 245 | #895 |
| 2018 | — | — | 249 | #882 |
| 2017 | — | — | 197 | #1,023 |
| 2016 | 9 | #11,726 | 198 | #1,019 |
| 2015 | — | — | 154 | #1,204 |
| 2014 | — | — | 138 | #1,293 |
| 2013 | 6 | #16,421 | 143 | #1,241 |
| 2012 | — | — | 104 | #1,542 |
| 2011 | — | — | 86 | #1,729 |
| 2010 | — | — | 75 | #1,911 |
| 2009 | — | — | 74 | #1,939 |
| 2008 | — | — | 93 | #1,664 |
| 2007 | — | — | 84 | #1,771 |
| 2006 | — | — | 96 | #1,549 |
| 2005 | — | — | 106 | #1,409 |
| 2004 | — | — | 83 | #1,592 |
| 2003 | — | — | 72 | #1,716 |
| 2002 | — | — | 85 | #1,497 |
| 2001 | 7 | #13,459 | 96 | #1,351 |
| 2000 | — | — | 100 | #1,298 |
| 1999 | — | — | 82 | #1,434 |
| 1998 | — | — | 105 | #1,186 |
| 1997 | — | — | 93 | #1,250 |
| 1996 | — | — | 98 | #1,179 |
| 1995 | — | — | 98 | #1,171 |
| 1994 | — | — | 92 | #1,206 |
| 1993 | — | — | 121 | #991 |
| 1992 | — | — | 139 | #899 |
| 1991 | — | — | 139 | #899 |
| 1990 | — | — | 132 | #897 |
| 1989 | — | — | 161 | #784 |
| 1988 | — | — | 137 | #812 |
| 1987 | — | — | 145 | #762 |
| 1986 | 5 | #12,786 | 152 | #737 |
| 1985 | — | — | 181 | #652 |
| 1984 | — | — | 197 | #607 |
| 1983 | — | — | 210 | #586 |
| 1982 | 5 | #12,281 | 200 | #607 |
| 1981 | — | — | 223 | #571 |
| 1980 | 6 | #10,364 | 240 | #553 |
| 1979 | — | — | 219 | #577 |
| 1978 | — | — | 213 | #576 |
| 1977 | 5 | #11,297 | 241 | #536 |
| 1976 | — | — | 257 | #500 |
| 1975 | — | — | 294 | #471 |
| 1974 | — | — | 269 | #487 |
| 1973 | — | — | 284 | #464 |
| 1972 | — | — | 326 | #439 |
| 1971 | — | — | 356 | #430 |
| 1970 | — | — | 401 | #405 |
| 1969 | 10 | #5,047 | 411 | #389 |
| 1968 | — | — | 465 | #361 |
| 1967 | 5 | #7,828 | 487 | #340 |
| 1966 | 6 | #6,547 | 520 | #331 |
| 1965 | — | — | 539 | #326 |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,754 | 628 | #309 |
| 1963 | — | — | 658 | #301 |
| 1962 | 6 | #6,561 | 737 | #283 |
| 1961 | 5 | #7,511 | 720 | #289 |
| 1960 | — | — | 783 | #283 |
| 1959 | 6 | #6,228 | 852 | #271 |
| 1958 | 6 | #6,086 | 810 | #270 |
| 1957 | 8 | #4,904 | 863 | #256 |
| 1956 | 7 | #5,312 | 935 | #240 |
| 1955 | 10 | #4,060 | 953 | #231 |
| 1954 | 5 | #6,600 | 973 | #222 |
| 1953 | 8 | #4,586 | 1,018 | #212 |
| 1952 | — | — | 978 | #209 |
| 1951 | — | — | 1,002 | #204 |
| 1950 | 6 | #5,286 | 1,062 | #198 |
| 1949 | 6 | #5,233 | 1,076 | #193 |
| 1948 | 5 | #6,012 | 1,075 | #187 |
| 1947 | 7 | #4,751 | 1,190 | #179 |
| 1946 | 11 | #3,212 | 1,209 | #169 |
| 1945 | 10 | #3,124 | 1,008 | #167 |
| 1944 | 7 | #4,042 | 1,131 | #162 |
| 1943 | 5 | #5,345 | 1,254 | #156 |
| 1942 | 9 | #3,434 | 1,232 | #157 |
| 1941 | 8 | #3,551 | 1,117 | #155 |
| 1940 | — | — | 1,172 | #146 |
| 1939 | 14 | #2,297 | 1,070 | #151 |
| 1938 | 9 | #3,176 | 1,176 | #139 |
| 1937 | 13 | #2,444 | 1,190 | #133 |
| 1936 | 9 | #3,097 | 1,247 | #130 |
| 1935 | 6 | #4,182 | 1,200 | #133 |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,791 | 1,306 | #129 |
| 1933 | 11 | #2,681 | 1,366 | #120 |
| 1932 | 12 | #2,641 | 1,525 | #117 |
| 1931 | 9 | #3,216 | 1,543 | #114 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,836 | 1,618 | #112 |
| 1929 | 8 | #3,671 | 1,706 | #106 |
| 1928 | 12 | #2,759 | 1,845 | #104 |
| 1927 | 17 | #2,252 | 2,009 | #96 |
| 1926 | 16 | #2,348 | 2,012 | #95 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,769 | 2,076 | #92 |
| 1924 | 18 | #2,210 | 2,283 | #87 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,910 | 2,803 | #69 |
| 1922 | 11 | #3,148 | 2,210 | #87 |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,505 | 2,095 | #88 |
| 1920 | 17 | #2,260 | 1,877 | #93 |
| 1919 | 11 | #2,997 | 1,481 | #107 |
| 1918 | 19 | #2,026 | 1,334 | #124 |
| 1917 | 13 | #2,545 | 1,215 | #123 |
| 1916 | 6 | #4,395 | 1,126 | #124 |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,891 | 1,079 | #126 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,599 | 810 | #127 |
| 1913 | 9 | #2,322 | 621 | #126 |
| 1912 | 8 | #2,350 | 507 | #128 |
| 1911 | — | — | 257 | #132 |
| 1910 | — | — | 251 | #132 |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,538 | 185 | #143 |
| 1908 | — | — | 190 | #134 |
| 1907 | — | — | 185 | #128 |
| 1906 | — | — | 162 | #130 |
| 1905 | 5 | #2,220 | 162 | #137 |
| 1904 | — | — | 163 | #130 |
| 1903 | — | — | 157 | #124 |
| 1902 | — | — | 157 | #123 |
| 1901 | — | — | 132 | #126 |
| 1900 | — | — | 161 | #138 |
| 1899 | — | — | 121 | #131 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,967 | 138 | #133 |
| 1897 | — | — | 131 | #127 |
| 1896 | — | — | 130 | #130 |
| 1895 | — | — | 119 | #137 |
| 1894 | — | — | 99 | #157 |
| 1893 | — | — | 114 | #133 |
| 1892 | — | — | 119 | #135 |
| 1891 | — | — | 90 | #146 |
| 1890 | — | — | 138 | #115 |
| 1889 | — | — | 115 | #123 |
| 1888 | — | — | 111 | #138 |
| 1887 | — | — | 88 | #146 |
| 1886 | — | — | 104 | #133 |
| 1885 | — | — | 107 | #129 |
| 1884 | — | — | 102 | #138 |
| 1883 | — | — | 100 | #124 |
| 1882 | — | — | 103 | #138 |
| 1881 | — | — | 88 | #141 |
| 1880 | — | — | 91 | #150 |
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).