Pace
Pace was the 3290th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 36 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 2589th with 52 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 443 places. More babies were named Pace in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,290 boys, down 37 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 36boys
- Girls and boys
- 13% girls, 88% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202452 babies
- Total since 1880
- 981babies recorded
Pace popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #14,494 | #3,290 | 6 | 36 |
| 2020 | #14,683 | #3,253 | 6 | 35 |
| 2010 | — | #3,872 | — | 27 |
| 2000 | — | #4,982 | — | 15 |
| 1990 | — | #5,696 | — | 9 |
| 1980 | — | — | — | — |
| 1970 | — | #4,589 | — | 6 |
| 1960 | — | — | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
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| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Pace, counting every spelling?
Pace has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Pace?
36 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Pace (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Pace born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 233 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Pace.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Pace?
About 900 people born in the US named Pace are alive today, with a median age of 12; half are between 6 and 21. That makes Pace a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Pace by state
How common Pace was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Georgia (4.7×). In 47 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Pace: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Pace, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Pace
How popular is the name Pace?
Pace was the 3290th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 36 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 2589th with 52 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 443 places. More babies were named Pace in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Pace a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 13% girls, 88% boys given the name Pace in the US.
Where is Pace most popular?
In 2021–2025, Pace was most common in Georgia (0.11 per 1,000 boys), followed by Texas and New York.