Dace

#5,655 in 2025Boys' name

Diminutive of Dārta

Dace has been given to 542 babies in the U.S. since 1958. In 2025 it ranked #5,655 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2011, with 23 recorded.

Babies named Dace, 2025

1 in 207,000

Dace over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Dace: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Dārta

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Dace means

Dace is a diminutive of Dārta.

Origin, language, and formation

Dace is used in Latvian.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Dārta.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 524 boys were recorded with the name Dace between 1958 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 23 in 2011; its best national rank was #2,394 in 1958.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #7,626 in 2020 to #5,655 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #6,749 in 2015 to #5,655 in 2025.

In the United States, 18 girls were recorded with the name Dace between 1953 and 1963. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1962; its best national rank was #4,948 in 1962.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Dace?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 207,000; 16 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 107,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #5,655; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 143,620 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Dace sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 143,620 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Dace. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Daces were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Dace was born before 2008 — so the typical Dace is around 17 today.

Median birth year: 2008; About 17 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 29.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 67.2%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 524; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 29.4% of all recorded uses (154).

Is Dace rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: +52; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +1,971; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +1,094; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.33×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 69.6%; Peak was 2011 (23)
Years since peak: 14; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 31.4% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,394; 1958

Spellings of Dace

Dace is not the most common spelling — Jack is, with 28.2% against Dace's 0.02%.

Jack28.2%756,943
Dale10.4%278,156
Jake4.8%129,322
Duane4.3%115,442
Dan4.0%106,554
Lance3.9%105,839
Jace3.4%91,544
Wade2.9%76,498

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Dace is used

Across 1910–2025, Dace was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,340,257 across all states with data. It was least common in Utah (1 in —).

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1Texas1 in —
2Utah1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Dace has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Dace around the world

Where Dace ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

South Australia
1989–2009
#708
in 2009

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Dace by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #5,655
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 1,971
Best rank ever: #2,394; 1958
Peak year: 2011; 23 that year
First recorded: 1958
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 524
Count in 2025: 16

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,948; 1962
Peak year: 1962; 8 that year
First recorded: 1953
Last recorded: 1963
All-time count: 18
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Dace

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Dacari Pace Dacian Race Peace Dacen Mace Dacre Dacoda Jhace Dacota Grace Kace Dack Solace Drace Cace Stace Chace Dacarri Brace Reace Eustace Terrace

Sibling names for Dace

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Adelle Hayleigh Shaniya Annabell Kendyl Taniya Jazmyne Leigha

For a brother

Brennen Jerimiah Jorden Gavyn Aaden Jamarcus Nevin Zakary

Explore around Dace

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