Club or aromatic spice
As a surname-turned-given-name, Mace has two distinct paths: it can refer to a medieval weapon of war (the club) or the aromatic outer shell of the nutmeg seed. It also serves as a shortened form of Mason or the French name Maceo.
Less common today
Mace isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #2,134 in 2016.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
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