Given name & surname
Mace
“one who wields the medieval weapon”
Mace is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “one who wields the medieval weapon.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “one who wields the medieval weapon.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mace through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,977
- 1,977 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 65 babies
- 2025
- 54
- #2,503 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −2%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 54 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,503 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 1.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 65 in 2016. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,369 as a first name in 2020; 11,737 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Mace’s family of names
Mace has a related form in Macy. Mace has a related form in Macie. Mace has a related form in Macey.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 14
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Mace
Characters named Mace: Mace Windu (Star Wars).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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