Name Legacy

Peace

Recorded 1918–2025 · United States

Peace was most popular in 2020, when 94 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,612 that year. In 2025 it ranked #4,625, with 66 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,109 people named Peace.

Most popular in2020
Rank that year#3,612
Births that year94
Total since 18801,109
Given to68% girls

Peace over time

18802025
Births per year. The dot marks Peace’s peak in 2020. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Peace a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Peace is a unisex name — 68.3% of the 1,109 Americans given it were girls and 31.7% were boys. It changed hands: since 2017 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 59% girls and 41% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Peace

Where Peace is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org