Wallace
Wallace was given to 241 boys in 2025, #964 among boys’ names; 83,851 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 26,900 Americans named Wallace and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (32% of everyone recorded); the median is 65 years old and half are between 46 and 76.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Wallace by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Wallace mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Wallace is “a male given name transferred from the surname, of 19th century and later usage.” Its etymology gives the sense “foreign” (waleis).
An Old English byname for a Welshman or Breton, from Anglo-Norman waleis (“foreign”); see wǣlisċ.
/ˈwɑləs/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Wallace?
#964 among boys’ names, 2025
Wallace rose from #1,204 in 2015 to #964 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 0.08 to 0.14 per 1,000.
2,815 babies in 1923, the peak
Wallace peaked in 1923, when 2,815 babies were given it (2,803 boys, #69 among boys’ names). The 247 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 9% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 241 | #964 | 0.14 |
| 2024 | 229 | #984 | 0.13 |
| 2023 | 216 | #1,016 | 0.13 |
| 2022 | 234 | #970 | 0.13 |
| 2021 | 258 | #892 | 0.15 |
| 2020 | 244 | #919 | 0.14 |
| 2019 | 245 | #895 | 0.14 |
| 2018 | 249 | #882 | 0.14 |
| 2017 | 197 | #1,023 | 0.11 |
| 2016 | 198 | #1,019 | 0.10 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 154 | #1,204 | 0.08 |
| 2014 | 138 | #1,293 | 0.07 |
| 2013 | 143 | #1,241 | 0.08 |
| 2012 | 104 | #1,542 | 0.05 |
| 2011 | 86 | #1,728 | 0.05 |
| 2010 | 75 | #1,910 | 0.04 |
| 2009 | 74 | #1,938 | 0.04 |
| 2008 | 93 | #1,664 | 0.05 |
| 2007 | 84 | #1,771 | 0.04 |
| 2006 | 96 | #1,549 | 0.05 |
| 2005 | 106 | #1,408 | 0.05 |
| 2004 | 83 | #1,589 | 0.04 |
| 2003 | 72 | #1,713 | 0.04 |
| 2002 | 85 | #1,494 | 0.04 |
| 2001 | 96 | #1,347 | 0.05 |
| 2000 | 100 | #1,295 | 0.05 |
| 1999 | 82 | #1,431 | 0.04 |
| 1998 | 105 | #1,183 | 0.05 |
| 1997 | 93 | #1,247 | 0.05 |
| 1996 | 98 | #1,177 | 0.05 |
| 1995 | 98 | #1,167 | 0.05 |
| 1994 | 92 | #1,202 | 0.05 |
| 1993 | 121 | #987 | 0.06 |
| 1992 | 139 | #896 | 0.07 |
| 1991 | 139 | #895 | 0.07 |
| 1990 | 132 | #893 | 0.06 |
| 1989 | 161 | #781 | 0.08 |
| 1988 | 137 | #811 | 0.07 |
| 1987 | 145 | #762 | 0.08 |
| 1986 | 152 | #737 | 0.08 |
| 1985 | 181 | #652 | 0.10 |
| 1984 | 197 | #607 | 0.11 |
| 1983 | 210 | #586 | 0.12 |
| 1982 | 200 | #607 | 0.11 |
| 1981 | 223 | #571 | 0.12 |
| 1980 | 240 | #553 | 0.13 |
| 1979 | 219 | #577 | 0.13 |
| 1978 | 213 | #576 | 0.13 |
| 1977 | 241 | #536 | 0.15 |
| 1976 | 257 | #500 | 0.16 |
| 1975 | 294 | #471 | 0.19 |
| 1974 | 269 | #487 | 0.17 |
| 1973 | 284 | #464 | 0.18 |
| 1972 | 326 | #439 | 0.20 |
| 1971 | 356 | #430 | 0.20 |
| 1970 | 401 | #405 | 0.22 |
| 1969 | 411 | #389 | 0.23 |
| 1968 | 465 | #361 | 0.27 |
| 1967 | 487 | #340 | 0.28 |
| 1966 | 520 | #331 | 0.29 |
| 1965 | 539 | #326 | 0.29 |
| 1964 | 628 | #309 | 0.32 |
| 1963 | 658 | #301 | 0.32 |
| 1962 | 737 | #283 | 0.36 |
| 1961 | 720 | #289 | 0.34 |
| 1960 | 783 | #283 | 0.37 |
| 1959 | 852 | #271 | 0.40 |
| 1958 | 810 | #270 | 0.38 |
| 1957 | 863 | #256 | 0.40 |
| 1956 | 935 | #240 | 0.44 |
| 1955 | 953 | #231 | 0.46 |
| 1954 | 973 | #222 | 0.48 |
| 1953 | 1,018 | #212 | 0.52 |
| 1952 | 978 | #209 | 0.50 |
| 1951 | 1,002 | #204 | 0.53 |
| 1950 | 1,062 | #198 | 0.59 |
| 1949 | 1,076 | #193 | 0.61 |
| 1948 | 1,075 | #187 | 0.61 |
| 1947 | 1,190 | #179 | 0.65 |
| 1946 | 1,209 | #169 | 0.74 |
| 1945 | 1,008 | #167 | 0.75 |
| 1944 | 1,131 | #162 | 0.83 |
| 1943 | 1,254 | #156 | 0.88 |
| 1942 | 1,232 | #157 | 0.89 |
| 1941 | 1,117 | #155 | 0.91 |
| 1940 | 1,172 | #146 | 1.0 |
| 1939 | 1,070 | #151 | 1.0 |
| 1938 | 1,176 | #139 | 1.1 |
| 1937 | 1,190 | #133 | 1.1 |
| 1936 | 1,247 | #130 | 1.2 |
| 1935 | 1,200 | #133 | 1.2 |
| 1934 | 1,306 | #129 | 1.3 |
| 1933 | 1,366 | #120 | 1.4 |
| 1932 | 1,525 | #117 | 1.5 |
| 1931 | 1,543 | #114 | 1.5 |
| 1930 | 1,618 | #112 | 1.5 |
| 1929 | 1,706 | #106 | 1.6 |
| 1928 | 1,845 | #104 | 1.7 |
| 1927 | 2,009 | #96 | 1.8 |
| 1926 | 2,012 | #95 | 1.8 |
| 1925 | 2,076 | #92 | 1.9 |
| 1924 | 2,283 | #87 | 2.0 |
| 1923 | 2,803 | #69 | 2.6 |
| 1922 | 2,210 | #87 | 2.0 |
| 1921 | 2,095 | #88 | 1.9 |
| 1920 | 1,877 | #93 | 1.8 |
| 1919 | 1,481 | #107 | 1.5 |
| 1918 | 1,334 | #124 | 1.3 |
| 1917 | 1,215 | #123 | 1.3 |
| 1916 | 1,126 | #124 | 1.3 |
| 1915 | 1,079 | #126 | 1.3 |
| 1914 | 810 | #127 | 1.2 |
| 1913 | 621 | #126 | 1.2 |
| 1912 | 507 | #128 | 1.2 |
| 1911 | 257 | #132 | 1.1 |
| 1910 | 251 | #132 | 1.3 |
| 1909 | 185 | #143 | 1.1 |
| 1908 | 190 | #134 | 1.2 |
| 1907 | 185 | #128 | 1.3 |
| 1906 | 162 | #130 | 1.2 |
| 1905 | 162 | #137 | 1.2 |
| 1904 | 163 | #130 | 1.3 |
| 1903 | 157 | #124 | 1.3 |
| 1902 | 157 | #123 | 1.3 |
| 1901 | 132 | #126 | 1.2 |
| 1900 | 161 | #138 | 1.1 |
| 1899 | 121 | #131 | 1.1 |
| 1898 | 138 | #133 | 1.1 |
| 1897 | 131 | #127 | 1.2 |
| 1896 | 130 | #130 | 1.1 |
| 1895 | 119 | #137 | 1.0 |
| 1894 | 99 | #157 | 0.86 |
| 1893 | 114 | #133 | 1.0 |
| 1892 | 119 | #135 | 1.0 |
| 1891 | 90 | #146 | 0.89 |
| 1890 | 138 | #115 | 1.2 |
| 1889 | 115 | #123 | 1.0 |
| 1888 | 111 | #138 | 0.92 |
| 1887 | 88 | #146 | 0.87 |
| 1886 | 104 | #133 | 0.94 |
| 1885 | 107 | #129 | 1.0 |
| 1884 | 102 | #138 | 0.89 |
| 1883 | 100 | #124 | 1.0 |
| 1882 | 103 | #138 | 0.91 |
| 1881 | 88 | #141 | 0.87 |
| 1880 | 91 | #150 | 0.82 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Wallace a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Wallace has been given almost only to boys: 588 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Wallace: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Wallace, and how old are they?
26,900 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 32% of the 83,851 Americans ever recorded as Wallace. The median Wallace alive today is 65 years old; half are between 46 and 76.
The 2020 Census counted 29,219 people named Wallace (266 women and girls, 28,953 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 31,505 born in the U.S. The Census count is 7% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 4,170 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 11,300 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 4,850 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 2,310 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,420 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 2,790 |
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).
Where are babies named Wallace born?
The states with the most babies named Wallace are New York, Texas and Georgia, with 15% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 4,014 | #841 | 0.6× |
| Texas | 3,949 | #1,344 | 0.8× |
| Georgia | 3,523 | #1,540 | 1.5× |
| California | 3,522 | #1,432 | 0.8× |
| Pennsylvania | 3,104 | #906 | 0.5× |
| North Carolina | 3,096 | #864 | 1.2× |
| Minnesota | 3,076 | #582 | 1.8× |
| Alabama | 2,896 | #871 | 1.5× |
| Virginia | 2,889 | #964 | 1.5× |
| Michigan | 2,806 | #714 | 0.9× |
Where Wallace is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Wallace is most over-represented in Hawaii: since 1910 it was given 2.5 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Wallace with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 83,931 babies since 1880, Wallace is the most given (100% of them). In 2025 it was given to 247 of their 247 babies (100%), again the 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.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Wallace
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Wallace and names like it
- Compare Wallace and WalliceBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sWallace peaked in 1923.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Wallace since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Wallace: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1923The year the most babies were named Wallace.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Wallace alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with WMost given first.