Wallace has been given to about 83,851 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1923, which makes it a interwar name.
Wallace ranks 964th among American boys in 2025, with 247 born that year. Its best year was 1923, when 2,815 babies were given the name, ranking 69th. The typical living American called Wallace is about 73 years old today. It is relatively most common in South Dakota, where it accounts for 0.07% of births.
Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.