Wallace

“Welshman; foreigner” — Old English, from Anglo-Norman origin

Boy's name · #964 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Few names move less than Wallace — on the books since 1880, #964 in 2025, and dependable in between. Roughly 83,000 boys share it. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records. It is also an American family name — about 197,000 people carry it as a surname, according to US census data.

Around the world: about 1 in 5,500 boys in Canada (2024) · about 1 in 6,500 boys in Scotland (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 26 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Wallaces

Wallace Stevens — American poet (1879–1955)
Wallace Shawn — American actor
Wallace Beery — American actor (1885-1949)
Wallace Carothers — American organic chemist (1896–1937)
Wallace Stegner — American historian, writer, and environmentalist (1909-1993)

In stories & tradition

Wallace (Wally West) — The Flash
Wallace Breen — Half-Life 2 · Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar
Wallace Fennel — Veronica Mars

What Wallaces become

Among 470 notable people named Wallace:

Military figures appear 2.03× more often than among typical names — e.g. Wallace Gregson, Retired American Marine Corps general, civil servant and author.

Similar names: Edmund · Walter · Vance · Alvin · Walton · Everette

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