Unisex name · since 1918
Peace
758 babies named Peace in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,069 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,080 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 758
- born since 1918
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Peace is the #4080 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 758 recorded since 1918.
Peace has 758 recorded births among girls since 1918, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4080 as of the latest data, more common than 76% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1918 to 2025.
- #9,069 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,080 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 758 born since 1918
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Peace ranks #9,069 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,080 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 758 born since 1918, peaking in the 2020s.
- #9,069 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,080 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 758
- born since 1918
- 2020s
- peak decade
Peace's 758 recorded births place it above 87.46% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Peace compares
758 Top 37% higher than 63% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Peace's all-time total is 102% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Peace | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 758 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 57 | 21 | 19,840 |
Peace's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Peace's SSA record in two at 2007 and the more recent half accounts for 77% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 23%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1976, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2023 peak of 57, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Peace popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 57
- Annual births at peak, across 108 years of records
Peace popularity over time - boys
351 total births recorded since 2006 (Peace as boys' name)
Peace by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (279 births, 37% of the file).
2020s was Peace's strongest decade.
279 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Peace births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 10
1910s
10 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 12
1980s
12 births
- 1990s 67
1990s
67 births
- 2000s
2000s
130 births
- 2010s
2010s
255 births
- 2020s
2020s
279 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 279 births (37% of all-time use).
How Peace compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Peace's total volume
Peace by state
Where Peace concentrates geographically, total births since 1918
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 49 | 6.5% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 20 | 2.6% |
| #3 | California | | 11 | 1.5% |
| #4 | Iowa | | 6 | 0.8% |
| #5 | Indiana | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #6 | Maryland | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #8 | New York | | 5 | 0.7% |
49 of 758 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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- Texas records the most Peaces (49 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1918–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Peace draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.