Ace
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Ace is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “the best; the ace card”. In 2025 it ranked 368th for boys in the UK (129 babies) and 164th for boys in the US (2,239 babies).
What does Ace mean?
English: English word, ultimately from Latin as, a unit
“the best; the ace card”
From the ace, the highest card in many games, and its sense of someone who excels.
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Is Ace a girl's or a boy's name?
Ace is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 129 boys in the UK and 11 girls and 2,239 boys in the US.
How popular is Ace in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #368among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 129about 1 in 2,300 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 129 boys in the UK were named Ace, making it the 368th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 370th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 182 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Ace than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Ace in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 360th in England and Wales, 367th in Scotland and 395th in Northern Ireland.
Ace in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 129 | #368 |
| 2024 | 151 | #330 |
| 2023 | 147 | #334 |
| 2022 | 182 | #288 |
| 2021 | 178 | #293 |
| 2020 | 134 | #370 |
| 2019 | 118 | #417 |
| 2018 | 87 | #507 |
| 2017 | 76 | #565 |
| 2016 | 52 | #728 |
| 2015 | 46 | #776 |
| 2014 | 45 | #773 |
| 2013 | 49 | #741 |
| 2012 | 41 | #840 |
| 2011 | 22 | #1,252 |
| 2010 | 30 | #1,019 |
| 2009 | 17 | #1,451 |
| 2008 | 16 | #1,490 |
| 2007 | 20 | #1,257 |
| 2006 | 24 | #1,034 |
| 2005 | 24 | #997 |
| 2004 | 22 | #1,010 |
| 2003 | 9 | #1,723 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 7 | #1,727 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
How popular is Ace in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #164among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 2,239about 1 in 760 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.8%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 2,239 boys in the US were named Ace, making it the 164th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 199th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 2,492 boys. It first appears in the records in 1882. 11 girls were also named Ace in 2025 (8,858th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Ace in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ace in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,239 | #164 |
| 2024 | 2,210 | #165 |
| 2023 | 2,326 | #157 |
| 2022 | 2,492 | #152 |
| 2021 | 2,445 | #156 |
| 2020 | 1,912 | #199 |
| 2019 | 1,672 | #224 |
| 2018 | 1,448 | #255 |
| 2017 | 1,238 | #289 |
| 2016 | 1,042 | #334 |
| 2015 | 743 | #419 |
| 2014 | 824 | #380 |
| 2013 | 549 | #499 |
| 2012 | 501 | #523 |
| 2011 | 438 | #571 |
| 2010 | 402 | #616 |
| 2009 | 421 | #609 |
| 2008 | 322 | #719 |
| 2007 | 279 | #781 |
| 2006 | 242 | #841 |
| 2005 | 137 | #1,161 |
| 2004 | 117 | #1,278 |
| 2003 | 61 | #1,903 |
| 2002 | 48 | #2,191 |
| 2001 | 52 | #2,023 |
| 2000 | 54 | #1,920 |
| 1999 | 40 | #2,260 |
| 1998 | 30 | #2,708 |
| 1997 | 40 | #2,161 |
| 1996 | 46 | #1,929 |
| 1995 | 33 | #2,341 |
| 1994 | 35 | #2,254 |
| 1993 | 41 | #1,964 |
| 1992 | 42 | #1,909 |
| 1991 | 35 | #2,089 |
| 1990 | 29 | #2,368 |
| 1989 | 32 | #2,148 |
| 1988 | 48 | #1,520 |
| 1987 | 44 | #1,585 |
| 1986 | 35 | #1,758 |
| 1985 | 32 | #1,833 |
| 1984 | 29 | #1,884 |
| 1983 | 35 | #1,650 |
| 1982 | 23 | #2,206 |
| 1981 | 28 | #1,941 |
| 1980 | 30 | #1,852 |
| 1979 | 19 | #2,464 |
| 1978 | 40 | #1,474 |
| 1977 | 17 | #2,555 |
| 1976 | 23 | #2,053 |
| 1975 | 22 | #2,064 |
| 1974 | 18 | #2,275 |
| 1973 | 14 | #2,604 |
| 1972 | 21 | #1,966 |
| 1971 | 28 | #1,667 |
| 1970 | 16 | #2,292 |
| 1969 | 10 | #2,860 |
| 1968 | 21 | #1,730 |
| 1967 | 12 | #2,351 |
| 1966 | 18 | #1,813 |
| 1965 | 14 | #2,177 |
| 1964 | 14 | #2,204 |
| 1963 | 25 | #1,584 |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,303 |
| 1961 | 12 | #2,408 |
| 1960 | 20 | #1,811 |
| 1959 | 17 | #1,973 |
| 1958 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 1957 | 22 | #1,714 |
| 1956 | 18 | #1,885 |
| 1955 | 17 | #1,901 |
| 1954 | 19 | #1,761 |
| 1953 | 22 | #1,629 |
| 1952 | 17 | #1,855 |
| 1951 | 24 | #1,518 |
| 1950 | 14 | #2,018 |
| 1949 | 20 | #1,666 |
| 1948 | 19 | #1,702 |
| 1947 | 29 | #1,362 |
| 1946 | 18 | #1,691 |
| 1945 | 19 | #1,535 |
| 1944 | 20 | #1,524 |
| 1943 | 16 | #1,832 |
| 1942 | 17 | #1,730 |
| 1941 | 20 | #1,532 |
| 1940 | 21 | #1,471 |
| 1939 | 17 | #1,636 |
| 1938 | 15 | #1,818 |
| 1937 | 24 | #1,372 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,062 |
| 1935 | 17 | #1,708 |
| 1934 | 21 | #1,498 |
| 1933 | 21 | #1,498 |
| 1932 | 17 | #1,777 |
| 1931 | 20 | #1,589 |
| 1930 | 12 | #2,292 |
| 1929 | 13 | #2,198 |
| 1928 | 17 | #1,902 |
| 1927 | 19 | #1,796 |
| 1926 | 16 | #1,981 |
| 1925 | 18 | #1,869 |
| 1924 | 20 | #1,776 |
| 1923 | 16 | #2,019 |
| 1922 | 24 | #1,545 |
| 1921 | 22 | #1,648 |
| 1920 | 27 | #1,416 |
| 1919 | 20 | #1,694 |
| 1918 | 25 | #1,445 |
| 1917 | 17 | #1,814 |
| 1916 | 21 | #1,548 |
| 1915 | 22 | #1,453 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,771 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,091 |
| 1912 | 15 | #1,223 |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,386 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,192 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,277 |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,021 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 11 | #696 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 8 | #967 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,050 |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,078 |
| 1894 | 10 | #667 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 8 | #791 |
| 1891 | 7 | #765 |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 8 | #722 |
| 1888 | 11 | #609 |
| 1887 | 8 | #679 |
| 1886 | 10 | #605 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 5 | #971 |
| 1883 | 6 | #798 |
| 1882 | 8 | #691 |
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