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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201932peak #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.

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 1932

girls
#2,490
12 births · 1 in 88,929 girls
boys
#117
1,525 births · 1 in 685 boys

Top girls' names in 1932

  1. #1Mary59,883
  2. #2Betty34,420
  3. #3Barbara26,318
  4. #4Dorothy24,974
  5. #5Joan21,044
  6. #6Patricia17,992
  7. #7Margaret16,556
  8. #8Helen16,376
  9. #9Shirley14,476
  10. #10Doris12,910
  11. #2,490Wallace12

Top boys' names in 1932

  1. #1Robert59,268
  2. #2James51,930
  3. #3John48,624
  4. #4William42,124
  5. #5Richard31,809
  6. #6Charles31,092
  7. #7Donald29,794
  8. #8George20,439
  9. #9Joseph18,566
  10. #10Thomas16,834
  11. #117Wallace1,525
More about 1932

girls

1,067,148 girls got a published name in 1932; 1 in 88,929 of them was named Wallace, which outranked 51.2% of the 5,098 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wallace
  1. #2,365Willette13
  2. #2,365Willma13
  3. #2,365Zoila13
  4. #2,490Wallace12
  5. #2,490Adelaida12
  6. #2,490Adline12
  7. #2,490Agripina12
  8. #2,644Adair11
  9. #2,644Agness11
  10. #2,644Aleatha11

Tied with 153 names at #2,490; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1931
Risers
  1. 963Dian#1,876#913
  2. 519Carleen#1,394#875
  3. 357Jimmy#1,336#979
  4. 347Letty#1,287#940
  5. 340Letitia#1,148#808
Fallers
  1. 350Blossom#970#1,320
  2. 332Luetta#844#1,176
  3. 305Roy#887#1,192
  4. 289Sofia#887#1,176
  5. 282Joretta#463#745

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

boys

1,044,157 boys got a published name in 1932; 1 in 685 of them was named Wallace, which outranked 97.3% of the 4,284 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wallace
  1. #114Patrick1,579
  2. #115Benjamin1,539
  3. #116Tom1,538
  4. #117Wallace1,525
  5. #118Glen1,465
  6. #119Calvin1,454
  7. #119Sam1,454
Biggest movers since 1931
Risers
  1. 2,418Delano#3,095#677
  2. 969Garner#1,643#674
  3. 868Ronny#1,770#902
  4. 713Darryl#1,693#980
  5. 609Marc#1,589#980
Fallers
  1. 467Jones#959#1,426
  2. 455Hamilton#831#1,286
  3. 393Hyman#697#1,090
  4. 373Davey#983#1,356
  5. 341Hayes#983#1,324

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

See the top 100 for 1932