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Ace

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Meaning of Ace: Latin: 'one or expert'

Ace is a boy's name most strongly associated with Latin naming. It has 3 letters and 1 syllable, and it is climbing quickly in the charts right now — 166th most popular boys' name in the United States in 2025 and 352nd in England & Wales.

US rank 2025

#166

2,250 babies in 2025

England & Wales 2024

#352

125 babies in 2024

US babies since 1880

26,483

First recorded 1882 · peak 2022

Trend

rising

Style: trending

Popularity over time

1981: 28 babies1982: 23 babies1983: 35 babies1984: 29 babies1985: 32 babies1986: 35 babies1987: 44 babies1988: 48 babies1989: 32 babies1990: 29 babies19901991: 35 babies1992: 42 babies1993: 41 babies1994: 35 babies1995: 33 babies1996: 46 babies1997: 40 babies1998: 30 babies1999: 40 babies2000: 54 babies20002001: 52 babies2002: 48 babies2003: 61 babies2004: 117 babies2005: 137 babies2006: 242 babies2007: 279 babies2008: 322 babies2009: 421 babies2010: 402 babies20102011: 443 babies2012: 501 babies2013: 549 babies2014: 829 babies2015: 750 babies2016: 1,050 babies2017: 1,248 babies2018: 1,448 babies2019: 1,690 babies2020: 1,926 babies20202021: 2,467 babies2022: 2,517 babies2023: 2,342 babies2024: 2,233 babies2025: 2,250 babies
US babies named Ace per year (Social Security Administration). Peak bar = 2,517.

Gender split

99% boys · 1% girls, based on US, UK and international usage.

Origins & cultures

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