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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201954peak #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 1954

girls
#5,753
5 births · 1 in 388,383 girls
boys
#222
973 births · 1 in 2,095 boys

Top girls' names in 1954

  1. #1Mary68,019
  2. #2Linda55,371
  3. #3Deborah54,674
  4. #4Patricia49,149
  5. #5Susan47,162
  6. #6Debra45,896
  7. #7Barbara36,368
  8. #8Karen32,456
  9. #9Nancy30,270
  10. #10Cynthia27,615
  11. #5,753Wallace5

Top boys' names in 1954

  1. #1Michael88,568
  2. #2Robert86,331
  3. #3James86,311
  4. #4John81,168
  5. #5David79,556
  6. #6William61,426
  7. #7Richard57,042
  8. #8Thomas47,159
  9. #9Gary37,920
  10. #10Charles37,463
  11. #222Wallace973
More about 1954

girls

1,941,915 girls got a published name in 1954; 1 in 388,383 of them was named Wallace, which outranked 13.2% of the 6,625 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. #5,148Zera6
  2. #5,148Zonda6
  3. #5,148Zondra6
  4. #5,753Wallace5
  5. #5,753Adana5
  6. #5,753Adrain5
  7. #5,753Adrean5

Tied with 872 names at #5,753; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1953
Risers
  1. 1,699Sherree#2,699#1,000
  2. 1,434Sabrina#2,236#802
  3. 932Valinda#1,738#806
  4. 748Sheree#1,071#323
  5. 421Sherie#1,248#827
Fallers
  1. 396Enola#948#1,344
  2. 311Ila#782#1,093
  3. 302Nancie#816#1,118
  4. 282Arline#904#1,186
  5. 269Candyce#944#1,213

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

boys

2,038,751 boys got a published name in 1954; 1 in 2,095 of them was named Wallace, which outranked 94.9% of the 4,360 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wallace
  1. #219Ross1,000
  2. #220Jessie993
  3. #221Jeff976
  4. #222Wallace973
  5. #223Aaron972
  6. #224Kelly965
  7. #225Nathan959
Biggest movers since 1953
Risers
  1. 592Ricci#1,331#739
  2. 470Demetrius#1,357#887
  3. 382Crawford#1,378#996
  4. 310Gavin#1,139#829
  5. 296Dino#1,058#762
Fallers
  1. 504Arlin#878#1,382
  2. 347Adan#895#1,242
  3. 345Dayton#966#1,311
  4. 302Garey#966#1,268
  5. 293Bartholomew#975#1,268

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

See the top 100 for 1954