Is Wallace a boy or girl name?
Wallace is a boy name in the US. In 2024, 0 girls and 229 boys were named Wallace, so 0% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 0.7% of the 83,606 US babies named Wallace were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #981
- Girl rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Babies named Wallace since 1880
- 83,606
- Most popular year
- 1923
- 2,815 babies
Boys and girls named Wallace, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,009 | 0 | 0% |
| 1890s | 1,199 | 5 | 0.4% |
| 1900s | 1,654 | 10 | 0.6% |
| 1910s | 8,681 | 82 | 0.9% |
| 1920s | 20,916 | 139 | 0.7% |
| 1930s | 13,241 | 101 | 0.8% |
| 1940s | 11,465 | 68 | 0.6% |
| 1950s | 9,445 | 56 | 0.6% |
| 1960s | 5,949 | 38 | 0.6% |
| 1970s | 2,861 | 5 | 0.2% |
| 1980s | 1,847 | 16 | 0.9% |
| 1990s | 1,099 | 0 | 0% |
| 2000s | 888 | 7 | 0.8% |
| 2010s | 1,589 | 27 | 1.7% |
| 2020s | 1,181 | 28 | 2.3% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 229 | #981 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 216 | #1,016 | 6 | #15,056 |
| 2022 | 234 | #968 | 5 | #17,597 |
| 2021 | 258 | #892 | 8 | #12,125 |
| 2020 | 244 | #918 | 9 | #11,028 |
| 2019 | 245 | #895 | 12 | #9,080 |
| 2018 | 249 | #881 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 197 | #1,023 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 198 | #1,019 | 9 | #11,725 |
| 2015 | 154 | #1,204 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 138 | #1,293 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 143 | #1,240 | 6 | #16,418 |
| 2012 | 104 | #1,542 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 86 | #1,729 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 75 | #1,910 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 73 | #1,956 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 93 | #1,664 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 84 | #1,771 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 96 | #1,549 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 106 | #1,409 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 83 | #1,592 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 72 | #1,716 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 85 | #1,497 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 96 | #1,351 | 7 | #13,458 |
| 2000 | 100 | #1,298 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 82 | #1,434 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 105 | #1,186 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 93 | #1,250 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 98 | #1,179 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 98 | #1,171 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 92 | #1,206 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 121 | #991 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 139 | #899 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 139 | #899 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 132 | #897 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 161 | #784 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 137 | #812 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 145 | #762 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 152 | #737 | 5 | #12,785 |
| 1985 | 181 | #652 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 197 | #607 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 210 | #586 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 200 | #607 | 5 | #12,281 |
| 1981 | 223 | #571 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 241 | #551 | 6 | #10,365 |
| 1979 | 220 | #575 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 213 | #576 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 241 | #537 | 5 | #11,298 |
| 1976 | 257 | #500 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 294 | #471 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 269 | #487 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 284 | #464 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 326 | #439 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 356 | #430 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 401 | #405 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 412 | #387 | 10 | #5,047 |
| 1968 | 465 | #361 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 487 | #340 | 5 | #7,828 |
| 1966 | 520 | #331 | 6 | #6,547 |
| 1965 | 540 | #326 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 627 | #309 | 6 | #6,754 |
| 1963 | 658 | #301 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 737 | #283 | 6 | #6,563 |
| 1961 | 720 | #289 | 5 | #7,514 |
| 1960 | 783 | #283 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 852 | #271 | 6 | #6,227 |
| 1958 | 810 | #270 | 6 | #6,087 |
| 1957 | 863 | #256 | 8 | #4,903 |
| 1956 | 934 | #240 | 7 | #5,312 |
| 1955 | 953 | #231 | 10 | #4,060 |
| 1954 | 973 | #222 | 5 | #6,599 |
| 1953 | 1,018 | #212 | 8 | #4,587 |
| 1952 | 978 | #209 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 1,002 | #204 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 1,062 | #198 | 6 | #5,286 |
| 1949 | 1,076 | #193 | 6 | #5,233 |
| 1948 | 1,076 | #186 | 5 | #6,012 |
| 1947 | 1,190 | #179 | 7 | #4,751 |
| 1946 | 1,209 | #169 | 11 | #3,212 |
| 1945 | 1,008 | #167 | 10 | #3,124 |
| 1944 | 1,131 | #162 | 7 | #4,042 |
| 1943 | 1,254 | #156 | 5 | #5,346 |
| 1942 | 1,232 | #157 | 9 | #3,433 |
| 1941 | 1,117 | #155 | 8 | #3,551 |
| 1940 | 1,172 | #146 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 1,070 | #151 | 14 | #2,297 |
| 1938 | 1,176 | #139 | 9 | #3,176 |
| 1937 | 1,190 | #133 | 13 | #2,444 |
| 1936 | 1,247 | #130 | 9 | #3,097 |
| 1935 | 1,200 | #133 | 6 | #4,182 |
| 1934 | 1,306 | #129 | 7 | #3,791 |
| 1933 | 1,366 | #120 | 11 | #2,681 |
| 1932 | 1,525 | #117 | 12 | #2,641 |
| 1931 | 1,543 | #114 | 9 | #3,216 |
| 1930 | 1,618 | #112 | 11 | #2,836 |
| 1929 | 1,706 | #106 | 8 | #3,671 |
| 1928 | 1,845 | #104 | 12 | #2,759 |
| 1927 | 2,009 | #96 | 17 | #2,252 |
| 1926 | 2,012 | #95 | 16 | #2,348 |
| 1925 | 2,076 | #92 | 13 | #2,769 |
| 1924 | 2,283 | #87 | 18 | #2,210 |
| 1923 | 2,803 | #69 | 12 | #2,910 |
| 1922 | 2,210 | #87 | 11 | #3,148 |
| 1921 | 2,095 | #88 | 15 | #2,505 |
| 1920 | 1,877 | #93 | 17 | #2,260 |
| 1919 | 1,481 | #107 | 11 | #2,997 |
| 1918 | 1,334 | #124 | 19 | #2,026 |
| 1917 | 1,215 | #123 | 13 | #2,545 |
| 1916 | 1,126 | #124 | 6 | #4,395 |
| 1915 | 1,079 | #126 | 10 | #2,891 |
| 1914 | 810 | #127 | 6 | #3,599 |
| 1913 | 621 | #126 | 9 | #2,322 |
| 1912 | 507 | #128 | 8 | #2,350 |
| 1911 | 257 | #132 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 251 | #132 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 185 | #143 | 5 | #2,538 |
| 1908 | 190 | #134 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 185 | #128 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 162 | #130 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 162 | #137 | 5 | #2,220 |
| 1904 | 163 | #130 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 157 | #124 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 157 | #123 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 132 | #126 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 161 | #138 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 121 | #131 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 138 | #133 | 5 | #1,967 |
| 1897 | 131 | #127 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 130 | #130 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 119 | #137 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 99 | #157 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 114 | #133 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 119 | #135 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 90 | #146 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 138 | #115 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 115 | #123 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 111 | #138 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 88 | #146 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 104 | #133 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 107 | #129 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 102 | #138 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 100 | #124 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 103 | #138 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 88 | #141 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 91 | #150 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Wallace reached #69 in 1923. As a girl name, it reached #1,967 in 1898. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1920s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Wallace
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.