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Wallace Name Popularity

How popular is the name Wallace? Here’s everything we know.

Year Rank # Births % Births
1910 134 203 0.0577%
1911 137 202 0.0542%
1912 128 477 0.0946%
1913 125 596 0.1051%
1914 126 788 0.1131%
1915 124 1,066 0.1173%
1916 124 1,110 0.1149%
1917 123 1,193 0.1192%
1918 123 1,324 0.1234%
1919 106 1,464 0.1398%
1920 93 1,870 0.1682%
1921 88 2,088 0.1823%
1922 87 2,199 0.1974%
1923 69 2,790 0.2491%
1924 86 2,273 0.1957%
1925 92 2,070 0.1831%
1926 93 2,006 0.1824%
1927 96 1,994 0.1801%
1928 104 1,834 0.1714%
1929 106 1,696 0.1637%
1930 112 1,603 0.1535%
1931 114 1,527 0.1547%
1932 116 1,517 0.1535%
1933 120 1,351 0.145%
1934 129 1,290 0.1334%
1935 133 1,187 0.1221%
1936 129 1,233 0.128%
1937 132 1,183 0.1201%
1938 138 1,166 0.1139%
1939 150 1,053 0.1035%
1940 146 1,162 0.1093%
1941 153 1,089 0.0968%
1942 157 1,217 0.0964%
1943 156 1,238 0.0948%
1944 161 1,108 0.0894%
1945 166 991 0.0813%
1946 169 1,203 0.0815%
1947 177 1,173 0.0703%
1948 186 1,054 0.066%
1949 193 1,053 0.0655%
1950 196 1,045 0.0649%
1951 204 978 0.0577%
1952 210 942 0.054%
1953 213 1,000 0.0565%
1954 222 950 0.052%
1955 232 916 0.0498%
1956 240 898 0.0475%
1957 257 827 0.043%
1958 270 773 0.0409%
1959 271 828 0.0436%
1960 283 750 0.0396%
1961 287 696 0.0369%
1962 283 693 0.0377%
1963 301 629 0.035%
1964 309 582 0.0331%
1965 324 511 0.0312%
1966 331 482 0.0309%
1967 340 449 0.0296%
1968 361 426 0.0284%
1969 388 372 0.0241%
1970 413 352 0.0221%
1971 440 301 0.02%
1972 427 300 0.022%
1973 475 227 0.0175%
1974 478 231 0.0178%
1975 474 245 0.0191%
1976 506 204 0.0158%
1977 553 188 0.0139%
1978 575 169 0.0126%
1979 582 168 0.0119%
1980 538 206 0.0141%
1981 581 167 0.0114%
1982 613 153 0.0102%
1983 584 162 0.011%
1984 605 147 0.0099%
1985 648 130 0.0086%
1986 750 96 0.0064%
1987 773 95 0.0062%
1988 810 87 0.0056%
1989 768 116 0.0072%
1990 838 101 0.0061%
1991 873 94 0.0058%
1992 936 83 0.0052%
1993 1,010 69 0.0044%
1994 1,186 47 0.0031%
1995 1,244 42 0.0028%
1996 1,161 54 0.0036%
1997 1,423 32 0.0022%
1998 1,186 55 0.0037%
1999 1,336 41 0.0027%
2000 1,233 58 0.0038%
2001 1,373 45 0.003%
2002 1,657 28 0.0019%
2003 2,270 11 0.0007%
2004 1,729 28 0.0018%
2005 1,551 40 0.0026%
2006 1,542 43 0.0027%
2007 1,696 36 0.0023%
2008 1,807 29 0.0019%
2009 1,828 27 0.0018%
2010 1,922 22 0.0015%
2011 1,645 35 0.0025%
2012 1,415 56 0.0039%
2013 1,286 72 0.0051%
2014 1,242 79 0.0054%
2015 1,175 91 0.0063%
2016 1,021 131 0.0091%
2017 946 153 0.011%
2018 816 205 0.0149%
2019 838 193 0.0143%
2020 977 163 0.0128%
2021 914 198 0.0162%
2022 994 174 0.0132%

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Names Like Wallace

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What names are diminutives of Wallace?

A diminutive is a name that’s like Wallace sounds, you might also like these names that sound like Wallace, but shorter.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Wal

A short diminutive form of Wallace.

Wally

A diminutive form of Wallace.

French


What names are variants of Wallace?

Mix it up with these names that are a variation of the name Wallace.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Wallach

Welshman

Welsh

Wallas

Welshman

Welsh

Wallie

Welshman

Welsh

Wallis

Welshman

Welsh

Wally

A diminutive form of Wallace.

French

Walsh

Welsh

English

Welch

Welshman

Welsh

Welsh

Welshman

Welsh


What names sound like Wallace?

If you like how Wallace sounds, you might also like these names that sound like Wallace.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Ellice

The Lord is my God

Hebrew

Ellyce

English


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1 Comment

  1. I wanted to call him Wally, and just needed a full name! Didn’t like Walter, Oswald, etc. My husband is English so Wallace ties in to his English heritage.


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