Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Dace

#6,940 most common boys' name of all time · #17,451 across all names · 97% male / 3% female · used 1953–2025

Rank among boys
#6,940
Rank overall
#17,451 of 105,966
First appeared
1953
Years on the list
50 of 146
All-time
542
Since 2016
142
Peak year
2011 #4,255
Best rank
#2,498 1958
Girls Boys peak 23/yr
1960198020002020

Dace first appears in 1953. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 16 16 #5,655
2024 — 16 16 #5,719
2023 — 12 12 #6,979
2022 — 13 13 #6,544
2021 — 18 18 #5,168
2020 — 10 10 #7,620
2019 — 19 19 #5,005
2018 — 9 9 #8,287
2017 — 16 16 #5,594
2016 — 13 13 #6,441
2015 — 12 12 #6,751
2014 — 13 13 #6,382
2013 — 15 15 #5,716
2012 — 21 21 #4,570
2011 — 23 23 #4,255
2010 — 13 13 #6,429
2009 — 17 17 #5,387
2008 — 15 15 #5,840
2007 — 12 12 #6,720
2006 — 16 16 #5,357
2005 — 13 13 #5,970
2004 — 16 16 #5,076
2003 — 12 12 #5,968
2002 — 6 6 #9,635
2001 — 6 6 #9,488
2000 — 8 8 #7,588
1999 — 12 12 #5,403
1998 — 10 10 #5,955
1997 — 8 8 #6,789
1996 — 9 9 #6,123
1994 — 7 7 #7,170
1993 — 15 15 #4,082
1992 — 7 7 #6,866
1990 — 6 6 #7,434
1987 — 5 5 #7,336
1986 — 10 10 #4,275
1985 — 9 9 #4,510
1983 — 9 9 #4,326
1981 — 6 6 #5,796
1980 — 6 6 #5,835
1978 — 6 6 #5,359
1974 — 5 5 #5,586
1973 — 5 5 #5,475
1971 — 5 5 #5,317
1968 — 6 6 #3,987
1963 5 — 5 —
1962 8 — 8 —
1961 — 6 6 #3,987
1958 — 12 12 #2,498
1953 5 — 5 —