Ace

#8,860 for girls in 2025, 11 births · #164 for boys in 2025, 2,239 births
Given to boys 99.4% of the time

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Peak · boys
2022 · 2,492 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
26,319
since 1882

Ace over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Ace has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201930boysat peak
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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#8,86011#1642,239
2024#5,44323#1652,210
2023#6,92216#1572,326
2022#5,17225#1522,492
2021#5,57322#1562,445
2020#7,55914#1991,912
2019#6,41418#2241,672
2018#2551,448
2017#9,94310#2891,238
2016#11,7818#3341,042
2015#13,0067#419743
2014#16,5135#380824
2013#499549
2012#523501
2011#16,7645#571438
2010#616402
2009#609421
2008#719322
2007#781279
2006#841242
2005#1,162137
2004#1,280117
2003#1,90661
2002#2,19548
2001#2,02752
2000#1,92454
1999#2,26340
1998#2,71130
1997#2,16440
1996#1,93346
1995#2,34633
1994#2,25935
1993#1,96941
1992#1,91442
1991#2,09535
1990#2,37329
1989#2,15432
1988#1,52548
1987#1,58744
1986#1,76035
1985#1,83432
1984#1,88529
1983#1,65135
1982#2,20723
1981#1,94228
1980#1,85230
1979#2,46519
1978#1,47440
1977#2,55617
1976#2,05423
1975#2,06522
1974#2,27718
1973#2,60614
1972#1,96621
1971#1,66828
1970#2,29316
1969#2,86110
1968#1,73121
1967#2,35212
1966#1,81418
1965#2,17814
1964#2,20514
1963#1,58525
1962#3,3057
1961#2,40912
1960#1,81220
1959#1,97417
1958#2,64210
1957#1,71522
1956#1,88618
1955#1,90217
1954#1,76219
1953#1,63022
1952#1,85617
1951#1,51924
1950#2,01914
1949#1,66720
1948#1,70319
1947#1,36329
1946#1,69218
1945#1,53619
1944#1,52520
1943#1,83316
1942#1,73017
1941#1,53220
1940#1,47121
1939#1,63617
1938#1,81815
1937#1,37224
1936#2,06212
1935#1,70817
1934#1,49821
1933#1,49821
1932#1,77717
1931#1,58920
1930#2,29312
1929#2,19913
1928#1,90217
1927#1,79619
1926#1,98116
1925#1,87018
1924#1,77620
1923#2,02016
1922#1,54524
1921#1,64822
1920#1,41627
1919#1,69520
1918#1,44625
1917#1,81517
1916#1,54921
1915#1,45422
1914#1,77213
1913#2,0928
1912#1,22315
1911#1,3877
1910#1,1938
1909#1,2776
1908#1,0218
1907
1906
1905
1904
1903#69611
1902
1901
1900#9688
1899#1,0515
1898
1897
1896
1895#1,0795
1894#66810
1893
1892#7928
1891#7667
1890
1889#7228
1888#60911
1887#6798
1886#60510
1885
1884#9715
1883#7996
1882#6918
1881
1880
First appearance
1882

The first year at least five boys were named Ace! It came in at #691, and was given to 8 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1884–1885, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Ace
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 1 spot since 2024 (#165#164)
  • 35 spots since 2020 (#199#164)
  • 255 spots since 2015 (#419#164)
  • Biggest jump: 321 spots in 2006 (#1,162#841)
  • Biggest drop: 411 spots in 1895 (#668#1,079)
Rise & fade · boys
140 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 2022 at #152 (2,492 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 32 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 2006–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 701
  • Highest: 1 in 701 boys born in 2022 were named Ace (0.14%)
  • Latest: 1 in 763 boys born in 2025 (0.13%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 51.8% of all boys named Ace (13,624) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s56#605 (1886)#725
1890s35#668 (1894)#871
1900s33#696 (1903)#991
1910s156#1,193 (1910)#1,563
1920s192#1,416 (1920)#1,815
1930s176#1,372 (1937)#1,725
1940s199#1,363 (1947)#1,605
1950s180#1,519 (1951)#1,891
1960s153#1,585 (1963)#2,225
1970s218#1,474 (1978)#2,142
1980s336#1,525 (1988)#1,840
1990s371#1,914 (1992)#2,203
2000s1,733#609 (2009)#1,344
2010s8,857#224 (2019)#411
2020s13,624#152 (2022)#166

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.

Ace in 1930

boys
#2,293
12 births · 1 in 91,448 boys

Top boys' names in 1930

  1. #1Robert62,153
  2. #2James53,957
  3. #3John52,447
  4. #4William47,271
  5. #5Richard32,187
  6. #6Charles31,867
  7. #7Donald29,052
  8. #8George22,788
  9. #9Joseph20,981
  10. #10Edward17,352
  11. #2,293Ace12
More about 1930

boys

1,097,378 boys got a published name in 1930; 1 in 91,448 of them was named Ace, which outranked 49.5% of the 4,542 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ace
  1. #2,178Wendelin13
  2. #2,178Willey13
  3. #2,178Ysabel13
  4. #2,293Ace12
  5. #2,293Abelino12
  6. #2,293Abundio12
  7. #2,293Adrien12
  8. #2,444Addie11
  9. #2,444Aden11
  10. #2,444Albion11

Tied with 150 names at #2,293; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. 3,094Derl#3,959#865
  2. 420Clive#1,378#958
  3. 380Farris#1,272#892
  4. 368Earlie#1,296#928
  5. 357Winton#1,272#915
Fallers
  1. 486Americo#729#1,215
  2. 433Enrico#995#1,428
  3. 371Eliseo#844#1,215
  4. 312Meyer#878#1,190
  5. 304Hilbert#869#1,173

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

See the top 100 for 1930