Wallace
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Wallace is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “Welshman, foreigner”. In 2025 it ranked 2,087th for boys in the UK (12 babies) and 960th for boys in the US (241 babies).
What does Wallace mean?
Scottish: from a Scottish surname, Anglo-Norman waleis, a Welshman or Briton
“Welshman, foreigner”
Made famous by Sir William Wallace, the Scottish patriot who led resistance to English rule and was executed in 1305.
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Is Wallace a girl's or a boy's name?
Wallace is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the UK and 6 girls and 241 boys in the US.
How popular is Wallace in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,087among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 25,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the UK were named Wallace, making it the 2,087th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,581st. Its busiest year was 2021, with 27 boys.
Half of all the boys named Wallace in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.
Wallace in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,087 |
| 2024 | 14 | #1,825 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,155 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 27 | #1,134 |
| 2020 | 16 | #1,581 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,388 |
| 2017 | 13 | #1,922 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,382 |
| 2011 | 2 | #6,146 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 1 | #6,016 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,139 |
| 2006 | 9 | #1,995 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,399 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,106 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,049 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 8 | #1,582 |
| 1998 | 7 | #1,727 |
| 1997 | 2 | #3,812 |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Wallace in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #960among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 241about 1 in 7,100 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 241 boys in the US were named Wallace, making it the 960th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 916th. Its busiest year was 1923, with 2,803 boys. 6 girls were also named Wallace in 2025 (13,203rd for girls).
Half of all the boys named Wallace in the US since 1880 were born between 1923 and 1954, the years shaded on the chart below.
Wallace in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 241 | #960 |
| 2024 | 229 | #983 |
| 2023 | 216 | #1,016 |
| 2022 | 234 | #967 |
| 2021 | 258 | #892 |
| 2020 | 244 | #916 |
| 2019 | 245 | #890 |
| 2018 | 249 | #876 |
| 2017 | 197 | #1,023 |
| 2016 | 198 | #1,018 |
| 2015 | 154 | #1,198 |
| 2014 | 138 | #1,285 |
| 2013 | 143 | #1,238 |
| 2012 | 104 | #1,535 |
| 2011 | 86 | #1,718 |
| 2010 | 75 | #1,897 |
| 2009 | 74 | #1,924 |
| 2008 | 93 | #1,655 |
| 2007 | 84 | #1,760 |
| 2006 | 96 | #1,543 |
| 2005 | 106 | #1,401 |
| 2004 | 83 | #1,579 |
| 2003 | 72 | #1,699 |
| 2002 | 85 | #1,480 |
| 2001 | 96 | #1,341 |
| 2000 | 100 | #1,287 |
| 1999 | 82 | #1,418 |
| 1998 | 105 | #1,174 |
| 1997 | 93 | #1,239 |
| 1996 | 98 | #1,175 |
| 1995 | 98 | #1,155 |
| 1994 | 92 | #1,196 |
| 1993 | 121 | #980 |
| 1992 | 139 | #893 |
| 1991 | 139 | #889 |
| 1990 | 132 | #889 |
| 1989 | 161 | #779 |
| 1988 | 137 | #808 |
| 1987 | 145 | #760 |
| 1986 | 152 | #733 |
| 1985 | 181 | #651 |
| 1984 | 197 | #606 |
| 1983 | 210 | #582 |
| 1982 | 200 | #605 |
| 1981 | 223 | #571 |
| 1980 | 240 | #551 |
| 1979 | 219 | #575 |
| 1978 | 213 | #574 |
| 1977 | 241 | #536 |
| 1976 | 257 | #497 |
| 1975 | 294 | #471 |
| 1974 | 269 | #487 |
| 1973 | 284 | #464 |
| 1972 | 326 | #439 |
| 1971 | 356 | #430 |
| 1970 | 401 | #405 |
| 1969 | 411 | #387 |
| 1968 | 465 | #360 |
| 1967 | 487 | #340 |
| 1966 | 520 | #330 |
| 1965 | 539 | #326 |
| 1964 | 628 | #308 |
| 1963 | 658 | #301 |
| 1962 | 737 | #283 |
| 1961 | 720 | #289 |
| 1960 | 783 | #283 |
| 1959 | 852 | #270 |
| 1958 | 810 | #270 |
| 1957 | 863 | #256 |
| 1956 | 935 | #240 |
| 1955 | 953 | #231 |
| 1954 | 973 | #222 |
| 1953 | 1,018 | #212 |
| 1952 | 978 | #209 |
| 1951 | 1,002 | #204 |
| 1950 | 1,062 | #197 |
| 1949 | 1,076 | #193 |
| 1948 | 1,075 | #186 |
| 1947 | 1,190 | #179 |
| 1946 | 1,209 | #169 |
| 1945 | 1,008 | #167 |
| 1944 | 1,131 | #162 |
| 1943 | 1,254 | #156 |
| 1942 | 1,232 | #157 |
| 1941 | 1,117 | #155 |
| 1940 | 1,172 | #146 |
| 1939 | 1,070 | #151 |
| 1938 | 1,176 | #139 |
| 1937 | 1,190 | #133 |
| 1936 | 1,247 | #130 |
| 1935 | 1,200 | #133 |
| 1934 | 1,306 | #129 |
| 1933 | 1,366 | #120 |
| 1932 | 1,525 | #117 |
| 1931 | 1,543 | #114 |
| 1930 | 1,618 | #111 |
| 1929 | 1,706 | #106 |
| 1928 | 1,845 | #104 |
| 1927 | 2,009 | #96 |
| 1926 | 2,012 | #95 |
| 1925 | 2,076 | #92 |
| 1924 | 2,283 | #87 |
| 1923 | 2,803 | #69 |
| 1922 | 2,210 | #87 |
| 1921 | 2,095 | #88 |
| 1920 | 1,877 | #93 |
| 1919 | 1,481 | #107 |
| 1918 | 1,334 | #124 |
| 1917 | 1,215 | #123 |
| 1916 | 1,126 | #124 |
| 1915 | 1,079 | #126 |
| 1914 | 810 | #127 |
| 1913 | 621 | #126 |
| 1912 | 507 | #128 |
| 1911 | 257 | #132 |
| 1910 | 251 | #131 |
| 1909 | 185 | #142 |
| 1908 | 190 | #134 |
| 1907 | 185 | #128 |
| 1906 | 162 | #129 |
| 1905 | 162 | #137 |
| 1904 | 163 | #130 |
| 1903 | 157 | #124 |
| 1902 | 157 | #123 |
| 1901 | 132 | #126 |
| 1900 | 161 | #137 |
| 1899 | 121 | #131 |
| 1898 | 138 | #133 |
| 1897 | 131 | #126 |
| 1896 | 130 | #130 |
| 1895 | 119 | #136 |
| 1894 | 99 | #155 |
| 1893 | 114 | #131 |
| 1892 | 119 | #135 |
| 1891 | 90 | #146 |
| 1890 | 138 | #114 |
| 1889 | 115 | #122 |
| 1888 | 111 | #138 |
| 1887 | 88 | #144 |
| 1886 | 104 | #133 |
| 1885 | 107 | #129 |
| 1884 | 102 | #137 |
| 1883 | 100 | #123 |
| 1882 | 103 | #137 |
| 1881 | 88 | #140 |
| 1880 | 91 | #150 |
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