How Many People Are Named Wallace?
people named Wallace are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 12,343 people in the US has this name
Based on 83,851 babies named Wallace in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,815 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a Scottish and English surname which originally meant "Welsh" or "foreigner" in Norman French. It was first used as given name in honour of Sir William Wallace, the Scottish hero who led a rebellion to expel the English invaders from Scotland in the 13th century.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Wallace, 0.9% were girls and 99.2% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Wallace alive today is about 58 years old, and 60% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 46 and 76 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Wallace first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1923, to 2,815 babies. In 2025, 247 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Wallace never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #69, in 1923, and it was in the top 100 for 8 years, 1920 to 1927. In 2025 it ranked #964.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #964 |
| Best rank | #69 (1923) |
| Years in the top 100 | 8 (1920 to 1927) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #92 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Wallace alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Wallace were born in Texas than in any other state: about 1,554 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Wallace was given 3.5 times as often in Hawaii, 2.3 times in North Dakota and 2 times in Minnesota.
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