Given name & surname · also Hebrew, American
Pace
“a charismatic young woman”·“refers to Passover”·“a peaceful man”
Pace is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “a charismatic young woman”, “refers to Passover”, and “a peaceful man”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “a charismatic young woman”, “refers to Passover”, and “a peaceful man”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with American, Hebrew, and English naming traditions.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Pace through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 981
- 917 boys · 64 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 52 babies
- 2025
- 42
- #3,290 for boys · #14,494 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +23%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 36 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,290 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 18.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 6 birth records for girls in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 862 as a first name in 2020; 38,580 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.
Pace’s family of names
In Italian usage, Pace as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with Paci. In English usage, Pace has a conventional equivalent in the German form Pascal. Pace has a related form in Pacey.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 29
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Pace
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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