Mace
Mace was given to 54 boys in 2025, #2,503 among boys’ names; 1,977 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,600 Americans named Mace and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (81% of everyone recorded); the median is 15 years old and half are between 8 and 41.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Mace by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Mace mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Mace is “a male given name, a name derived from the war instrument, a mace”
Also “an English surname transferred from the given name.”
As an English surname, from the personal name Masse, probably shortened from Matthew. Compare Massey, Massett.
As a French and Breton surname, from Macé, vernacular form of Mathieu. Compare Maze.
Also as a French surname, from Macé in Orne, from Late Latin Macciacum, from the personal name Maccius.
Also as a French surname, variant of Massé; see Masse.
/meɪs/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Mace?
#2,503 among boys’ names, 2025
Mace fell from #2,448 in 2015 to #2,503 in 2025 among boys’ names, although its share of boys born rose from 27.1 to 31.6 per million.
65 babies in 2016, the peak
Mace peaked in 2016, when 65 boys were given it, #2,141 among boys’ names. The 54 births of 2025 are 83% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54 | #2,503 | 31.6 |
| 2024 | 45 | #2,859 | 26.1 |
| 2023 | 50 | #2,641 | 29.2 |
| 2022 | 64 | #2,259 | 36.7 |
| 2021 | 60 | #2,314 | 34.3 |
| 2020 | 55 | #2,406 | 31.9 |
| 2019 | 60 | #2,303 | 33.4 |
| 2018 | 51 | #2,533 | 28.1 |
| 2017 | 47 | #2,654 | 25.4 |
| 2016 | 65 | #2,141 | 34.3 |
Every recorded year (111)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 52 | #2,448 | 27.1 |
| 2014 | 61 | #2,221 | 31.8 |
| 2013 | 49 | #2,507 | 25.9 |
| 2012 | 59 | #2,226 | 31.1 |
| 2011 | 45 | #2,687 | 23.7 |
| 2010 | 43 | #2,815 | 22.4 |
| 2009 | 41 | #2,927 | 20.7 |
| 2008 | 26 | #3,996 | 12.7 |
| 2007 | 36 | #3,164 | 17.3 |
| 2006 | 33 | #3,282 | 16.1 |
| 2005 | 21 | #4,278 | 10.5 |
| 2004 | 26 | #3,593 | 13.1 |
| 2003 | 18 | #4,541 | 9.1 |
| 2002 | 21 | #3,986 | 10.8 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,550 | 6.7 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,638 | 5.1 |
| 1999 | 15 | #4,674 | 7.8 |
| 1998 | 8 | #7,272 | 4.2 |
| 1997 | 13 | #4,839 | 6.9 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,943 | 2.6 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,370 | 5.8 |
| 1994 | 6 | #8,388 | 3.1 |
| 1993 | 7 | #7,298 | 3.6 |
| 1992 | 5 | #9,293 | 2.5 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,339 | 4.9 |
| 1990 | 10 | #5,233 | 4.9 |
| 1989 | 6 | #7,543 | 3.0 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,847 | 3.7 |
| 1986 | 6 | #6,414 | 3.3 |
| 1985 | 5 | #7,165 | 2.7 |
| 1984 | 7 | #5,337 | 3.9 |
| 1982 | 6 | #6,099 | 3.3 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,960 | 3.3 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,673 | 4.6 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,850 | 4.3 |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,428 | 4.9 |
| 1976 | 15 | #2,773 | 9.6 |
| 1975 | 6 | #5,192 | 3.8 |
| 1974 | 14 | #2,748 | 8.9 |
| 1973 | 14 | #2,665 | 9.0 |
| 1972 | 5 | #5,460 | 3.1 |
| 1971 | 12 | #2,914 | 6.8 |
| 1970 | 18 | #2,181 | 9.7 |
| 1969 | 17 | #2,097 | 9.5 |
| 1968 | 21 | #1,765 | 12.1 |
| 1967 | 21 | #1,737 | 12.0 |
| 1966 | 16 | #2,016 | 9.0 |
| 1965 | 20 | #1,797 | 10.8 |
| 1964 | 30 | #1,455 | 15.1 |
| 1963 | 29 | #1,473 | 14.3 |
| 1962 | 16 | #2,088 | 7.7 |
| 1961 | 9 | #3,020 | 4.2 |
| 1960 | 25 | #1,647 | 11.7 |
| 1959 | 14 | #2,257 | 6.6 |
| 1958 | 12 | #2,455 | 5.7 |
| 1957 | 18 | #1,927 | 8.3 |
| 1956 | 18 | #1,919 | 8.5 |
| 1955 | 13 | #2,274 | 6.3 |
| 1954 | 14 | #2,171 | 6.9 |
| 1953 | 8 | #3,061 | 4.1 |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,593 | 3.1 |
| 1951 | 12 | #2,322 | 6.4 |
| 1950 | 7 | #3,213 | 3.9 |
| 1949 | 9 | #2,733 | 5.1 |
| 1948 | 11 | #2,396 | 6.3 |
| 1947 | 10 | #2,602 | 5.5 |
| 1946 | 7 | #3,075 | 4.3 |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,729 | 3.7 |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,850 | 3.5 |
| 1942 | 7 | #3,100 | 5.1 |
| 1941 | 10 | #2,430 | 8.1 |
| 1940 | 5 | #3,763 | 4.3 |
| 1939 | 13 | #2,016 | 11.7 |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,059 | 6.3 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,535 | 5.8 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,656 | 9.1 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,618 | 5.7 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,476 | 6.4 |
| 1929 | 9 | #2,882 | 8.4 |
| 1928 | 10 | #2,770 | 9.0 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,334 | 7.1 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,590 | 6.3 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,297 | 7.2 |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,424 | 11.5 |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,078 | 5.5 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,154 | 8.3 |
| 1921 | 10 | #2,911 | 9.1 |
| 1919 | 11 | #2,604 | 11.2 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,639 | 10.9 |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,095 | 8.6 |
| 1916 | 11 | #2,482 | 12.4 |
| 1915 | 8 | #2,969 | 9.4 |
| 1914 | 11 | #2,056 | 16.8 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,677 | 11.7 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,451 | 14.0 |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,518 | 32.4 |
| 1902 | 10 | #775 | 81.5 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,154 | 47.0 |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,128 | 46.5 |
| 1883 | 5 | #990 | 47.8 |
| 1880 | 5 | #1,007 | 45.3 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Mace a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Mace has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 111 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Mace: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Mace, and how old are they?
1,600 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 81% of the 1,977 Americans ever recorded as Mace. The median Mace alive today is 15 years old; half are between 8 and 41.
The 2020 Census counted 1,369 people named Mace (85 women and girls, 1,284 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,339 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 18 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 186 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 176 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 92 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 422 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 708 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 9,444 babies since 1880, Mace is the second most given (21% of them). In 2025 it was given to 54 of their 217 babies (25%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
More about Mace and names like it
- Compare Mace and MaceoBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sMace peaked in 2016.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Mace since 1910.
- The top names of 2016The year the most babies were named Mace.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Mace alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with MMost given first.