Dace — #5700 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Dace

The Social Security Administration has registered 508 babies named Dace between 1958 and 2024, spanning 67 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dace currently holds the #5700 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dace performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 154 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Dace shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Utah. In total, SSA state-level files list Dace in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dace 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 508 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.