Ace — #165 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Ace

The Social Security Administration has registered 24,064 babies named Ace between 1882 and 2024, spanning 143 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ace currently holds the #165 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 2,491 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ace performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 11,372 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Ace shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 3,219 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Ace in 49 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ace in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 24,064 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.