Ace Boy
How popular is Ace?
#164 boy name in 2025
2,239 baby boys were named Ace in the US in 2025, making it the 164th most popular boy name. Another 11 girls got the name (#8,858 for girls).
Ace popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #164 for boys (▲ 1 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 2,239 boys, 11 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+201% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #419 in 2015, #199 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2022 (2,492 boys) |
| Highest rank | #152 in 2022 |
| First recorded | 1882 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 99% boys, 1% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Ace counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Ace family of names ranked #174 for boys in 2025 (#173 the year before), with 2,307 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ace | 2,239 | 97% |
| Ayce | 68 | 3% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Ace is most popular
Babies named Ace per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Hawaii: 5.3 per 1,000 (82 boys)
- Nevada: 3.1 per 1,000 (175 boys)
- Mississippi: 2.7 per 1,000 (152 boys)
- Louisiana: 2.7 per 1,000 (272 boys)
- Georgia: 2.6 per 1,000 (657 boys)
Ace by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 56 | #605 |
| 1890s | 35 | #667 |
| 1900s | 33 | #696 |
| 1910s | 156 | #1,192 |
| 1920s | 192 | #1,416 |
| 1930s | 176 | #1,372 |
| 1940s | 199 | #1,362 |
| 1950s | 180 | #1,518 |
| 1960s | 153 | #1,584 |
| 1970s | 218 | #1,474 |
| 1980s | 336 | #1,520 |
| 1990s | 371 | #1,909 |
| 2000s | 1,733 | #609 |
| 2010s | 8,857 | #224 |
| 2020s | 13,624 | #152 |
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Questions
- Is Ace a boy or girl name?
- Ace is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 99% of babies named Ace were boys.
- How popular is the name Ace?
- 2,239 baby boys were named Ace in the US in 2025, making it the 164th most popular boy name. Another 11 girls got the name (#8,858 for girls).
- When was Ace most popular?
- Ace peaked in 2022, when 2,492 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #152 in 2022.
- How many people are named Ace?
- 26,483 babies have been named Ace in the US since 1880. We estimate about 25,513 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 6.
- Where is Ace most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Ace was most common in Hawaii, at 5.3 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.