first name
WALLACE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 29,219 people named Wallace, 70.4% reported their origin as White, 20.3% as Black and 3% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 99.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Wallace peaked in 1923, when 2,815 babies got the name.
At least 83,851 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.
Wallace by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #223. The largest share of babies named Wallace, 33.1%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
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 Wallace is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Wallace has been most common in Hawaii (3.5×), North Dakota (3.4×), and South Carolina (2.3×), and least common in Delaware (0.28×).
75,215 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.
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Also a last name
As a last name, Wallace ranks #128 of 156,621, with 189,325 people. See Wallace as a last name
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