Mance

Last seen for boys in 2012 at #12,274

Peak · boys
1882 · 5 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
247
since 1882

Mance over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Mance has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201882peak #943, 1882boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2012#12,2745
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1982#6,3855
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1973#5,1015
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1964#3,0508
1963#4,0485
1962#4,0335
1961#3,0978
1960
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1957#3,9935
1956#3,9425
1955
1954#3,8275
1953
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1951#3,3646
1950
1949#2,6069
1948#3,6685
1947#2,6719
1946
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1944#3,1096
1943#3,5385
1942
1941#3,5055
1940#2,6718
1939#2,8297
1938#3,5345
1937#3,5185
1936
1935#3,2526
1934
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1931
1930#3,5926
1929#3,2477
1928#4,1515
1927
1926#3,3857
1925#4,1975
1924#3,8676
1923#3,8226
1922#3,2528
1921#3,5177
1920
1919#3,1158
1918#3,3687
1917
1916#3,5166
1915#2,8298
1914#2,2719
1913
1912#2,5445
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1892#1,0665
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1889#9745
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1882#9435
1881
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First appearance
1882

The first year at least five boys were named Mance! It came in at #943, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1882–1913, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Mance
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2012
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1882 at #943 (5 births)
  • Births halved by 1883, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1882–1889
Share of babies · boys
1 in 22,116
  • Highest: 1 in 22,116 boys born in 1889 were named Mance (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 379,389 boys born in 2012 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #943 in 1882, was only 1 in 22,737 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 20.6% of all boys named Mance (51) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s10#943 (1882)#959
1890s5#1,066 (1892)#1,066
1900s0
1910s43#2,271 (1914)#2,941
1920s51#3,247 (1929)#3,680
1930s29#2,829 (1939)#3,345
1940s47#2,606 (1949)#3,110
1950s21#3,364 (1951)#3,782
1960s26#3,050 (1964)#3,557
1970s5#5,101 (1973)#5,101
1980s5#6,385 (1982)#6,385
1990s0
2000s0
2010s5#12,274 (2012)#12,274

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Mance in 1882

boys
#943
5 births · 1 in 22,737 boys

Top boys' names in 1882

  1. #1John9,557
  2. #2William9,298
  3. #3James5,892
  4. #4George5,193
  5. #5Charles5,091
  6. #6Frank3,176
  7. #7Joseph2,670
  8. #8Thomas2,610
  9. #9Henry2,579
  10. #10Robert2,500
  11. #943Mance5
More about 1882

boys

113,686 boys got a published name in 1882; 1 in 22,737 of them was named Mance, which outranked 14.2% of the 1,099 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 42.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mance
  1. #837Wilhelm6
  2. #837Wood6
  3. #837Yee6
  4. #943Mance5
  5. #943Ab5
  6. #943Adolf5
  7. #943Alby5

Tied with 156 names at #943; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1881
Risers
  1. 467Clarance#866#399
  2. 429Webster#866#437
  3. 365Neil#781#416
  4. 352Cliff#866#514
  5. 352Elmore#866#514
Fallers
  1. 501Verne#442#943
  2. 483Newell#460#943
  3. 456Merritt#487#943
  4. 440Solon#503#943
  5. 395Almon#442#837

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1882