Wallace
Means “foreign”*
Boy’s name · from a surname · /ˈwɒlɪs/
What Wallace means
Means “foreign”
An Old English byname for a Welshman or Breton, from Anglo-Norman waleis (“foreign”); see wǣlisċ.
Source: Wiktionary, “Wallace” (revision 94544578), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.
How popular is Wallace?
▲ 23 vs 2024
▲ 4 vs 2024
▼ 227 vs 2024
US: Rising: up from #1198 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #3908 in 2015.
Biggest US share so far: 1923, when 2,803 boys got the name (#69 that year). First in the US records in 1880.
How common
- About 1 in 7,087 baby boys in the US in 2025
- About 1 in 30,215 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
- About 1 in 6,547 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 SD (1.3 per 1,000 boys), ID (0.58 per 1,000 boys), WI (0.47 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.
SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.
US vs UK
Wallace is #960 in the US and #2440 in England & Wales (2025).
| Rank 2025 | Babies | How common | Rank 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | #960 | 241 | 1 in 7,087 | #1198 |
| England & Wales | #2440 | 9 | 1 in 30,215 | #3908 |
| Scotland | #762 | 3 | 1 in 6,547 | – |
Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).
Boy or girl?
In 2025, 97.6% of US babies named Wallace were boys.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| US 2025 | 6 | 241 |
| England & Wales 2025 | 0 | 9 |
| US all years since 1880 | 588 | 83,263 |
| England & Wales since 1996 | 0 | 132 |
Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.
How to say it
IPA from Wiktionary.
If you like Wallace
Boys
- Wade#344“a ford”*
- Calvin#132“bald”*
- Bellamy#721“fair + friend”*
- Ridge#529From the word “ridge”*
- Wesley#52“west + wood, clearing”*
- Sterling#345Variant of Stirling, possibly meaning “stream + pool, lake”*
For a sister
- Blake#295“black”*
- Murphy#397“descendant of Murrough”*
- Fallon#778“descendant of Fallamhan”*
- Merritt#703Editor’s note Used for both: 77% of US babies named Merritt in 2025 were girls
- Darcy#857“to burn, consume”*
- Sutton#181“south + town”*
Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Wallace’s. Rank is US 2025.
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