Wallace

maleStatistical record

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

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

Wallace: Recorded since 1998, its highest recorded position is #535, reached in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
21times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#535highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1998–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#2901
1999	#2425
2001	#3134
2002	#2005
2003	#2189
2005	#2754
2006	#2870
2007	#3095
2010	#3865
2012	#3416
2013	#3822
2015	#3908
2017	#2324
2018	#3412
2019	#3937
2020	#2228
2021	#1391
2022	#2755
2023	#2546
2024	#2443

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 20 of the 27 years from 1998 to 2024.

In 2024: #535 among boys in Scotland, #2443 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1998–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #2901 among boys in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2443 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Wallace 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 Wallace in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	7	2 of 10	4
2000s	30	6 of 10	5
2010s	35	7 of 10	5
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 →

Wallace appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #535 in Scotland in 2024.

Wallace'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	#2443	9	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2546	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2755	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1391	18	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2228	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3937	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3412	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2324	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3908	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3822	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3416	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3865	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3095	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2870	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2754	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2189	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2005	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2425	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#535	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1998 and 2024, ranked in 20 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #535, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 18 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 26 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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 →
8 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
7separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#535position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
26 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 21 to 40 years →
18births registered in its largest year, 2021Under 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.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Walid · #353, 48y
Walker · #478, 16y
Wallis · #1364, 16y
Walter · #97, 80y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, 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.

Ford · #535, 24y
Forest · #535, 17y
Torran · #535, 15y
Bence · #534, 18y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Benji · #535, 25y
Dax · #535, 24y
Ford · #535, 24y
Forest · #535, 17y

Wallace was ranked #535 in Scotland · Boys in 2024. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Wallace 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 Wallace without appearing here.

Wallace moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2546 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2443 and #5119.
Nils Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3937 and #3411 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #1391 and #3990.
Brooke Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3822 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #2324 and #4812.
Graeme Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2870 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #2324 and #4812.

Moved ahead of Wallace

Leif Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1391 and #1782 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2755 and #967.
Aksel Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1391 and #1688 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2755 and #1224.
Arlo Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2425 and #2943 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #3134 and #1949.
Rune Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1391 and #2125 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2755 and #1609.

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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #535 in Scotland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Wallace

Wallace at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Wallace by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Wallace appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Wallace

Wallace and the names beside it

Wallace moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Wallace

Wallace at a glance

Wallace by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Wallace appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Wallace

Wallace and the names beside it

Wallace moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Wallace