Ace

What Ace means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Ace yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #419 in 2015, #164 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Ace?

US: Rising: up from #419 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #753 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2022, when 2,492 boys got the name (#152 that year). First in the US records in 1882.

How common

• About 1 in 763 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 2,324 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 2,182 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in HI (6.85 per 1,000 boys), ND (2.98 per 1,000 boys), NV (2.83 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Ace is #164 in the US and #360 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.5% of US babies named Ace were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Asa622 US · 83 E&W
• Eze15 US · 10 E&W
• Aza19 US
• Azi12 US
• Ase12 US
• Ice6 US
• Acee5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Ace

Boys

• Oliver#3Editor’s note Up from #19 in 2015 to #3 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 110 US boys in the 2025 records
• Waylon#56Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #222 in 2015, #56 in 2025
• Leo#19“lion”^*
• Lennox#289Editor’s note Used for both: 75% of US babies named Lennox in 2025 were boys
• Henry#5Editor’s note Up from #29 in 2015 to #5 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 140 US boys in the 2025 records
• Kash#286Editor’s note Up from #382 in 2015 to #286 in 2025 in the US

For a sister

• Ada#219“noble”^*
• Hazel#21From the word “hazel”^*
• Lucia#83Variant of Lucy, meaning “light”^*
• Ember#154Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #366 in 2015, #154 in 2025
• Wren#231Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #703 in 2015, #231 in 2025
• Nora#20Form of Eleanor, possibly meaning “other”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Ace’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.