Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Wallace” in the USA?

Number of people named “Wallace” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Wallace” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Wallace” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Wallace” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Wallace” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Wallace” by birth year

This chart shows how “Wallace” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 91 0.000451649 91 -100%
1881 88 0.000456697 88 -100%
1882 103 0.000464942 103 -100%
1883 100 0.000460944 100 -100%
1884 102 0.000418958 102 -100%
1885 107 0.000444253 107 -100%
1886 104 0.000407338 104 -100%
1887 88 0.000355711 88 -100%
1888 111 0.00037065 111 -100%
1889 115 0.000397998 115 -100%
1890 138 0.000457862 138 -100%
1891 90 0.000313947 90 -100%
1892 119 0.000355889 119 -100%
1893 114 0.000350529 114 -100%
1894 99 0.000292303 99 -100%
1895 119 0.000339012 119 -100%
1896 130 0.000363653 130 -100%
1897 131 0.000377568 131 -100%
1898 143 0.00037488 5 138 -93%
1899 121 0.000356686 121 -100%
1900 161 0.000357573 161 -100%
1901 132 0.00038171 132 -100%
1902 157 0.000405965 157 -100%
1903 157 0.000411857 157 -100%
1904 163 0.00040398 163 -100%
1905 167 0.00039394 5 162 -94%
1906 162 0.000378106 162 -100%
1907 185 0.000397516 185 -100%
1908 190 0.000388827 190 -100%
1909 190 0.000371657 5 185 -95%
1910 251 0.000424912 251 -100%
1911 257 0.000398896 257 -100%
1912 515 0.000521222 8 507 -97%
1913 630 0.000554036 9 621 -97%
1914 816 0.000576131 6 810 -99%
1915 1089 0.000594294 10 1079 -98%
1916 1132 0.000585189 6 1126 -99%
1917 1228 0.000611935 13 1215 -98%
1918 1353 0.000623183 19 1334 -97%
1919 1492 0.000707027 11 1481 -99%
1920 1894 0.000837074 17 1877 -98%
1921 2110 0.000903832 15 2095 -99%
1922 2221 0.000970227 11 2210 -99%
1923 2815 0.001222594 12 2803 -99%
1924 2301 0.000966153 18 2283 -98%
1925 2089 0.000895298 13 2076 -99%
1926 2028 0.000883312 16 2012 -98%
1927 2026 0.000873518 17 2009 -98%
1928 1857 0.000821341 12 1845 -99%
1929 1714 0.000781877 8 1706 -99%
1930 1629 0.000732699 11 1618 -99%
1931 1552 0.000737507 9 1543 -99%
1932 1537 0.000727991 12 1525 -98%
1933 1377 0.00068869 11 1366 -98%
1934 1313 0.000632218 7 1306 -99%
1935 1206 0.000577061 6 1200 -99%
1936 1256 0.00060455 9 1247 -99%
1937 1203 0.000564611 13 1190 -98%
1938 1185 0.000535575 9 1176 -98%
1939 1084 0.000491958 14 1070 -97%
1940 1172 0.000508971 1172 -100%
1941 1125 0.000461742 8 1117 -99%
1942 1241 0.000454276 9 1232 -99%
1943 1259 0.000446049 5 1254 -99%
1944 1138 0.000423036 7 1131 -99%
1945 1018 0.00038373 10 1008 -98%
1946 1220 0.00038181 11 1209 -98%
1947 1197 0.000332286 7 1190 -99%
1948 1081 0.000313105 5 1076 -99%
1949 1082 0.000310493 6 1076 -99%
1950 1068 0.00030485 6 1062 -99%
1951 1002 0.000272006 1002 -100%
1952 978 0.000257504 978 -100%
1953 1026 0.000266242 8 1018 -98%
1954 978 0.000245685 5 973 -99%
1955 963 0.000239846 10 953 -98%
1956 941 0.00022823 7 934 -99%
1957 871 0.000207275 8 863 -98%
1958 816 0.000197392 6 810 -99%
1959 858 0.00020635 6 852 -99%
1960 783 0.000188501 783 -100%
1961 725 0.000175023 5 720 -99%
1962 743 0.000184122 6 737 -98%
1963 658 0.000166237 658 -100%
1964 633 0.000162825 6 627 -98%
1965 540 0.000148947 540 -100%
1966 526 0.000151338 6 520 -98%
1967 492 0.000144923 5 487 -98%
1968 465 0.000137639 465 -100%
1969 422 0.000121428 10 412 -95%
1970 401 0.000111188 401 -100%
1971 356 0.000103719 356 -100%
1972 326 0.000103723 326 -100%
1973 284 0.000094137 284 -100%
1974 269 0.000088487 269 -100%
1975 294 0.000097371 294 -100%
1976 257 0.000084698 257 -100%
1977 246 0.000077444 5 241 -96%
1978 213 0.000067111 213 -100%
1979 220 0.000066126 220 -100%
1980 247 0.000071708 6 241 -95%
1981 223 0.000064463 223 -100%
1982 205 0.000058438 5 200 -95%
1983 210 0.000060635 210 -100%
1984 197 0.000056467 197 -100%
1985 181 0.000050713 181 -100%
1986 157 0.000044137 5 152 -94%
1987 145 0.000040215 145 -100%
1988 137 0.000037077 137 -100%
1989 161 0.000041879 161 -100%
1990 132 0.000033397 132 -100%
1991 139 0.000035684 139 -100%
1992 139 0.000036186 139 -100%
1993 121 0.000032093 121 -100%
1994 92 0.000024747 92 -100%
1995 98 0.00002676 98 -100%
1996 98 0.00002687 98 -100%
1997 93 0.00002565 93 -100%
1998 105 0.000028547 105 -100%
1999 82 0.000022199 82 -100%
2000 100 0.000026456 100 -100%
2001 103 0.000027515 7 96 -86%
2002 85 0.000022738 85 -100%
2003 72 0.000018936 72 -100%
2004 83 0.000021723 83 -100%
2005 106 0.000027569 106 -100%
2006 96 0.000024266 96 -100%
2007 84 0.000021012 84 -100%
2008 93 0.00002366 93 -100%
2009 73 0.000019109 73 -100%
2010 75 0.000020294 75 -100%
2011 86 0.000023511 86 -100%
2012 104 0.000028436 104 -100%
2013 149 0.00004087 6 143 -92%
2014 138 0.000037233 138 -100%
2015 154 0.000041611 154 -100%
2016 207 0.000056423 9 198 -91%
2017 197 0.000055086 197 -100%
2018 249 0.000070821 249 -100%
2019 257 0.000074043 12 245 -91%
2020 253 0.000075735 9 244 -93%
2021 266 0.000078514 8 258 -94%
2022 239 0.000070645 5 234 -96%
2023 222 0.000067045 6 216 -95%
2024 229 0.0000688 229 -100%

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