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
- Peak · boys
- 2022 · 2,492 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 26,319since 1882
Ace over time
Rank among boys' names. Ace has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,860 | 11 | #164 | 2,239 |
| 2024 | #5,443 | 23 | #165 | 2,210 |
| 2023 | #6,922 | 16 | #157 | 2,326 |
| 2022 | #5,172 | 25 | #152 | 2,492 |
| 2021 | #5,573 | 22 | #156 | 2,445 |
| 2020 | #7,559 | 14 | #199 | 1,912 |
| 2019 | #6,414 | 18 | #224 | 1,672 |
| 2018 | — | #255 | 1,448 | |
| 2017 | #9,943 | 10 | #289 | 1,238 |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 | #334 | 1,042 |
| 2015 | #13,006 | 7 | #419 | 743 |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | #380 | 824 |
| 2013 | — | #499 | 549 | |
| 2012 | — | #523 | 501 | |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | #571 | 438 |
| 2010 | — | #616 | 402 | |
| 2009 | — | #609 | 421 | |
| 2008 | — | #719 | 322 | |
| 2007 | — | #781 | 279 | |
| 2006 | — | #841 | 242 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,162 | 137 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,280 | 117 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,906 | 61 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,195 | 48 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,027 | 52 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,924 | 54 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,263 | 40 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,711 | 30 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,164 | 40 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,933 | 46 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,346 | 33 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,259 | 35 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,969 | 41 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,914 | 42 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,095 | 35 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,373 | 29 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,154 | 32 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,525 | 48 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,587 | 44 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,760 | 35 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,834 | 32 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,885 | 29 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,651 | 35 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,207 | 23 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,942 | 28 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,852 | 30 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,465 | 19 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,474 | 40 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,556 | 17 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,054 | 23 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,065 | 22 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,277 | 18 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,606 | 14 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,966 | 21 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,668 | 28 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,293 | 16 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,861 | 10 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,731 | 21 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,352 | 12 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,814 | 18 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,178 | 14 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,205 | 14 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,585 | 25 | |
| 1962 | — | #3,305 | 7 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,409 | 12 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,812 | 20 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,974 | 17 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,642 | 10 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,715 | 22 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,886 | 18 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,902 | 17 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,762 | 19 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,630 | 22 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,856 | 17 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,519 | 24 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,019 | 14 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,667 | 20 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,703 | 19 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,363 | 29 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,692 | 18 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,536 | 19 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,525 | 20 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,833 | 16 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,730 | 17 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,532 | 20 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,471 | 21 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,636 | 17 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,818 | 15 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,372 | 24 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,062 | 12 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,708 | 17 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,498 | 21 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,498 | 21 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,777 | 17 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,589 | 20 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,293 | 12 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,199 | 13 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,902 | 17 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,796 | 19 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,981 | 16 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,870 | 18 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,776 | 20 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,020 | 16 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,545 | 24 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,648 | 22 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,416 | 27 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,695 | 20 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,446 | 25 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,815 | 17 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,549 | 21 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,454 | 22 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,772 | 13 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,092 | 8 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,223 | 15 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,387 | 7 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,193 | 8 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,277 | 6 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,021 | 8 | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | #696 | 11 | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #968 | 8 | |
| 1899 | — | #1,051 | 5 | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | #1,079 | 5 | |
| 1894 | — | #668 | 10 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | #792 | 8 | |
| 1891 | — | #766 | 7 | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #722 | 8 | |
| 1888 | — | #609 | 11 | |
| 1887 | — | #679 | 8 | |
| 1886 | — | #605 | 10 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #971 | 5 | |
| 1883 | — | #799 | 6 | |
| 1882 | — | #691 | 8 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 2022 at #152 (2,492 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 2006–2025
- Highest: 1 in 701 boys born in 2022 were named Ace (0.14%)
- Latest: 1 in 763 boys born in 2025 (0.13%)
- 51.8% of all boys named Ace (13,624) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 56 | #605 (1886) | #725 |
| 1890s | 35 | #668 (1894) | #871 |
| 1900s | 33 | #696 (1903) | #991 |
| 1910s | 156 | #1,193 (1910) | #1,563 |
| 1920s | 192 | #1,416 (1920) | #1,815 |
| 1930s | 176 | #1,372 (1937) | #1,725 |
| 1940s | 199 | #1,363 (1947) | #1,605 |
| 1950s | 180 | #1,519 (1951) | #1,891 |
| 1960s | 153 | #1,585 (1963) | #2,225 |
| 1970s | 218 | #1,474 (1978) | #2,142 |
| 1980s | 336 | #1,525 (1988) | #1,840 |
| 1990s | 371 | #1,914 (1992) | #2,203 |
| 2000s | 1,733 | #609 (2009) | #1,344 |
| 2010s | 8,857 | #224 (2019) | #411 |
| 2020s | 13,624 | #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 2016
Top girls' names in 2016
Top boys' names in 2016
More about 2016
girls
1,772,022 girls got a published name in 2016; 1 in 221,503 of them was named Ace, which outranked 37.6% of the 18,885 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
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- #10,859Zyann9
- #10,859Zylynn9
- #11,781Ace8
- #11,781Aalaya8
- #11,781Aalijah8
- #11,781Aaliyana8
- #12,876Aabha7
- #12,876Aadvi7
- #12,876Aagna7
Tied with 1,094 names at #11,781; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,897,738 boys got a published name in 2016; 1 in 1,821 of them was named Ace, which outranked 97.6% of the 14,207 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.