# Mace (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/mace/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /meɪs/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,977 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,977 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 180, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, from the personal name Masse, probably shortened from Matthew. Compare Massey, Massett. * As a French and Breton surname, from Macé, vernacular form of Mathieu. Compare Maze. * Also as a French surname, from Macé in Orne, from Late Latin Macciacum, from the personal name Maccius. * Also as a French surname, variant of Massé; see Masse.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 45 | 2,688 |
| 2012 | 59 | 2,227 |
| 2013 | 49 | 2,509 |
| 2014 | 61 | 2,223 |
| 2015 | 52 | 2,449 |
| 2016 | 65 | 2,141 |
| 2017 | 47 | 2,655 |
| 2018 | 51 | 2,534 |
| 2019 | 60 | 2,304 |
| 2020 | 55 | 2,407 |
| 2021 | 60 | 2,315 |
| 2022 | 64 | 2,260 |
| 2023 | 50 | 2,642 |
| 2024 | 45 | 2,859 |
| 2025 | 54 | 2,503 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2014 | 10 | 2,079 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,483 |
| 2016 | 11 | 2,027 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,040 |
| 2018 | 7 | 2,693 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,013 |
| 2020 | 15 | 1,548 |
| 2021 | 12 | 1,860 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,320 |
| 2023 | 7 | 2,813 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2,671 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,440 |

## People named Mace

- Mace Neufeld, American film and television producer (1928–2022)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.