Dace
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Dace is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).
Where does Dace come from?
English: English surname, and the name of a small freshwater fish
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Is Dace a girl's or a boy's name?
Dace is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dace in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,606among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Dace, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 23 boys. It first appears in the records in 1958.
Half of all the boys named Dace in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dace in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,655 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 19 | #4,947 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 21 | #4,530 |
| 2011 | 23 | #4,219 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 17 | #5,332 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 16 | #5,299 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 16 | #5,002 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 15 | #4,013 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,328 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 12 | #2,368 |
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