Wallace
Boy nameWallace has been given to 83,851 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1923 and currently ranks #964 for boys (2025).
Meaning & origin /ˈwɒlɪs/
An Old English byname for a Welshman or Breton, from Anglo-Norman waleis (“foreign”); see wǣlisċ.
Origin: surnames
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025
Total babies
83,851
Peak year
1923 (2,815 babies)
Rank in 2025
#964 for boys
First recorded
1880
10-year trend
▲ +60%
Gender split
1% girls / 99% boys
Famous people named Wallace
Wallace Stevens
American poet (1879–1955)
Wallace Shawn
American actor
Wallace Beery
American actor (1885-1949)
Wallace Carothers
American organic chemist (1896–1937)
Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).
Names with a similar vibe
Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Wallace.
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