About the name Wallace
Wallace is a boy name with Anglo-Norman roots, meaning “foreign”.
It has a vintage feel. In 2025, Wallace ranked #964 for boys in the US, with 241 babies given the name. Its peak year since 1940 was 1943. Since 2000, 98% of US babies named Wallace were boys.
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman, meaning “foreign”.
Name meaning adapted from Wiktionary (“Wallace”) by Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- US rank 2025
- #964
- In 2015
- #1204
- Babies in 2025
- 241
Popularity of Wallace, 1940–2025
Latest SSA data: 2025.
Popularity data: U.S. Social Security Administration national baby names (public domain; names given to at least 5 babies of one sex per year).
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