Mace

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Mace: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Mace: Recorded every year since 1999, it reached #1,519 in 2002, and it stood at #2,671 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
26times a registrar ranked it
26years from first to last
#1519highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1999–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#2425
2000	#3036
2001	#2587
2002	#1519
2003	#2857
2004	#3009
2005	#2174
2006	#4052
2007	#3589
2008	#2276
2009	#3744
2010	#2629
2011	#4647
2012	#3987
2013	#3822
2014	#2079
2015	#2483
2016	#2027
2017	#3040
2018	#2693
2019	#3013
2020	#1548
2021	#1860
2022	#2320
2023	#2813
2024	#2671

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1999 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1999–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1999
First recorded at #2425 among boys in England and Wales in 1999 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1999–2024
Highest recorded position: #1519 among boys in England and Wales, in 2002 (recorded 1999–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2671 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Mace by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Mace in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	4	1 of 10	4
2000s	50	10 of 10	5
2010s	66	10 of 10	7
2020sbusiest	51	5 of 10	10

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 10 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Mace appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1519 in England and Wales in 2002.

Mace's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#2671	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2813	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2320	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1860	12	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1548	15	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3013	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2693	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3040	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2027	11	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2483	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2079	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3822	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3987	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2629	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3744	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2276	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2174	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2857	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1519	9	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2425	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1999 and 2024, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,519, first reached in 2002.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 15 births, registered in England and Wales in 2020.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
26 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#2,671position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
15births registered in its largest year, 2020Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Aneirin · #1519, 27y
Crispin · #1519, 20y
Gurvir · #1519, 26y
Ilhan · #1519, 27y

Mace and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Mace without appearing here.

Mace moved ahead of

Nils Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2483 and #2319 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #2027 and #4810.
Brooke Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3822 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2079 and #4632.
Garry Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3822 and #2216 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2079 and #4632.
Graeme Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4647 and #4647 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2079 and #4632.

Moved ahead of Mace

Leif Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2276 and #3687 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #3744 and #1568.
Cillian Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1519 and #2254 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #2857 and #1962.
Arlo Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2425 and #2943 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #3036 and #2142.
Rune Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1860 and #2125 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2320 and #1609.

Moved the same way as Mace

Espen Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mace went from #1519 to #2671 and Espen from #3225 to #5119.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1519 in England and Wales in 2002. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Mace at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Mace by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Mace and the names beside it

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Mace at a glance

Mace by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Mace appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Mace and the names beside it

Mace moved ahead of

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