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✦ Two distinct US naming histories

Lace

Used in both girl and boy records

Lace appears in both girl and boy US naming records. Compare the two independent popularity histories, ranks, and peak years.

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Lace by gender

Each record below preserves the original rank, use count, active years, and peak year for that gender. The spelling is shared; the data histories are not combined.

GIRL RECORDLace as a girl’s nameUS records 1969–2024
#11192girl rank1991peak year
Read girl record ↗BOY RECORDLace as a boy’s nameUS records 1915–1962
#26610boy rank1962peak year
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Popularity ledger

Girl and boy use over time

GirlBoy

Trace the annual recorded uses of Lace in the national name files. Hover a peak marker, move across the chart, or use the arrow keys to inspect an exact annual count and rank.

At a glance

RecordPeak yearHighest rankObserved usage
Girl198831 uses#308219851969–201930 listed years
Boy19626 uses#363619621915–19623 listed years

Annual counts and within-year ranks from the SSA national-name archive, 1880–2020. Names with fewer than five births in a year are not listed in the source files.