Ace

boys’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

Ace is ranked 165th among boys in 2024 (2,203 births). Its best rank was 152nd, in 2022.

Rank in 2024: #165down 8 from 2023
Births in 2024: 2,2030.13% of boys
Peak year: 20222,491 births
Best rank: #152in 2022
Since 1882: 24,064people given the name

Babies named Ace, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

24,064 boys have been named Ace in the United States since 1882, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2022, with 2,491 births — 0.14% of all boys recorded that year.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2022, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2019, and the 2020s alone account for 47%. It has spent 31 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Ace
1880s	56
1890s	35
1900s	33
1910s	156
1920s	192
1930s	176
1940s	199
1950s	180
1960s	153
1970s	218
1980s	336
1990s	371
2000s	1,733
2010s	8,854
2020s	11,372

In 2022, its biggest year

Ace was the 152nd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2022 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2022.

Names that rose and fell with Ace

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.