NameTides

Wallace

Wallace was the #960 boys' name in the US in 2025 (241 babies), and #2,440 in England & Wales and #818 in Canada.

Wallace as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Wallace as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaScotlandUSEngland & Wales
Wallace as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#960 (241)#2,440 (9)#762 (3)#818 (32)
2024#983 (229)#2,444 (9)#535 (5)#871 (29)
2023#1,016 (216)#2,547 (8)#728 (3)#774 (32)
2022#967 (234)#2,756 (7)—#833 (30)
2021#892 (258)#1,391 (18)#372 (9)#713 (38)
2020#916 (244)#2,228 (9)#426 (7)#906 (26)
2019#890 (245)#3,937 (4)#516 (5)#798 (30)
2018#876 (249)#3,412 (5)#595 (4)#885 (26)
2017#1,023 (197)#2,324 (9)#602 (4)#908 (25)
2016#1,018 (198)—#707 (3)#776 (32)
2015#1,198 (154)#3,908 (4)—#1,681 (10)
2014#1,285 (138)—#533 (5)#1,032 (20)
2013#1,238 (143)#3,822 (4)—#1,312 (14)
2012#1,535 (104)#3,416 (5)#568 (4)#1,403 (13)
2011#1,719 (86)——#1,569 (11)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1923 at #69.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 7,100 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 7,100uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 30,000rare
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 6,500uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 5,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Wallace is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 7,600 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 6,600 to 1 in 8,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Wallace by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #437WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #604WAIdaho: #435IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #552MNIllinois: #1,133ILMichigan: #679MINew York: #798NYMassachusetts: #690MAOregon: #474ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #257SDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #940OHPennsylvania: #846PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,364CAUtah: #621UTColorado: #571CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #789MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #875VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #638TNNorth Carolina: #825NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #698OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #765ALGeorgia: #1,350GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,294TXFlorida: #1,353FL
Wallace (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#75315

Wallace (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
WallaceCanadaBoys#81832
WallaceEngland & WalesBoys#2,4409
WallaceNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
WallaceScotlandBoys#7623
WallaceUSGirls#13,2086
WallaceUSBoys#960241