How rare is the name Ace?

11,608 people in the United States have the first name Ace, about 1 in 26,019. It ranks #2,244 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ACE

#2,244

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,608
About
1 in 26,019
This common or more
79.1%
Who bears it

Of the 11,608 people named Ace, 46.6% reported their origin as White, 19% as Hispanic or Latino and 17.7% as Black. 97.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Ace peaked in 2022, when 2,517 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18822025
Peak year
2022
Births that year
2,517
In 2025*
2,250 ▼11%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 26,483 babies have been given the name since 1882. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Ace by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #299. The largest share of babies named Ace, 80.4%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#1,64556
1890s#2,47635
1900s#3,08033
1910s#3,144156
1920s#3,578192
1930s#3,356176
1940s#3,389199
1950s#4,179180
1960s#5,097153
1970s#5,069218
1980s#4,462336
1990s#5,231371
2000s#2,2611,733
2010s#7338,910
2020s#29913,735
Before 19010.4%
Greatest Generation 1901–271.3%
Silent Generation 1928–451.2%
Baby boom 1946–641.3%
Generation X 1965–801.2%
Millennials 1981–962.1%
Generation Z 1997–1212%
2013 and later80.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Ace is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ace has been most common in Nevada (4.2×), Hawaii (2.1×), and Georgia (1.9×), and least common in South Dakota (0.39×).

23,537 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Ace

#2,242 Lizette · 11,619#2,243 Mavis · 11,616#2,245 Deb · 11,607#2,246 Krishna · 11,606

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ace, most common first.

#12,458 Ac · 999#14,347 Acie · 823#26,063 Acey · 360#37,394 Acy · 209#43,336 Acea · 163

Also a last name

As a last name, Ace ranks #21,109 of 156,621, with 1,266 people. See Ace as a last name

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