How Many People Are Named Mace?
An estimated 1,590 people in the United States have the first name Mace. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 27 years old, and Mace peaked in popularity in 2016 with 65 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Mace as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Mace paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
1,590
About 1 in 215,569 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
27
years old
Peak Year
2016
65 births
Total Registered
1,923
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Mace
Mace is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 1,923 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Mace as a male name
Ranked #2,851 in 2024
45 male births in 2024
Peak: 2016 (65 births)
Mace: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Mace span from the 1880s to the 2020s, covering 14 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 532 babies were registered. While Mace is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Mace by Decade
How has Mace tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Mace by State
Birth registrations for Mace span all 12 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Texas, New York. The lowest are in Oklahoma, Ohio, Louisiana. On average, about 17 Maces were registered per state.
Mace + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Mace as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Mace
Other first names starting with M with a similar number of bearers.
Mace: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Mace?
We estimate approximately 1,590 people named Mace are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 215,569 Americans share this first name.
Is Mace a common name?
Mace is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 92.7% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,923 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Mace most popular?
Mace reached peak popularity in 2016, when 65 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Mace is approximately 27 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Mace a male name?
Mace is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Mace Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Mace Smith, Mace Johnson, Mace Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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