boy's name

Pace

  • Origin Italian
  • Gender Boy
  • Syllables 1
  • Letters 4
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 984

Pace is a boy's name with 1 syllable. In 2025 it was given to 42 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Pace is a name of Italian origin.
  • Peaked in 2024, when 52 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 78,939 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1917.
  • 1 syllable, with the stress on syllable 1.

Pace over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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Births named Pace by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 5
1960s 6
1970s 16
1980s 27
1990s 89
2000s 194
2010s 371
2020s (to 2025) 273

How popular is Pace?

In 2025, Pace was given to 42 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Pace is used

United States #3,261 42 in 2025
England & Wales #5,491 3 in 2022

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Pace

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Pace also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Pace over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Pace

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Pace — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Pace

How popular is the name Pace?

In 2025, Pace was given to 42 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Pace a girl's or a boy's name?

Pace is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

How many syllables are in Pace?

Pace has 1 syllable.

When was Pace most popular?

Pace peaked in 2024, when 52 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Pace a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Pace currently ranks #3,261 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.