Vance
Last seen for girls in 1988 at #10,386 · #1,075 for boys in 2025, 200 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1969 · 555 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 27,012since 1880
Vance over time
Rank among boys' names. Vance has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,075 | 200 | |
| 2024 | — | #993 | 226 | |
| 2023 | — | #952 | 237 | |
| 2022 | — | #982 | 229 | |
| 2021 | — | #933 | 242 | |
| 2020 | — | #972 | 221 | |
| 2019 | — | #890 | 245 | |
| 2018 | — | #946 | 220 | |
| 2017 | — | #836 | 265 | |
| 2016 | — | #882 | 248 | |
| 2015 | — | #757 | 318 | |
| 2014 | — | #881 | 246 | |
| 2013 | — | #867 | 245 | |
| 2012 | — | #842 | 255 | |
| 2011 | — | #754 | 300 | |
| 2010 | — | #772 | 289 | |
| 2009 | — | #776 | 294 | |
| 2008 | — | #767 | 290 | |
| 2007 | — | #721 | 318 | |
| 2006 | — | #724 | 298 | |
| 2005 | — | #760 | 261 | |
| 2004 | — | #784 | 231 | |
| 2003 | — | #744 | 242 | |
| 2002 | — | #839 | 198 | |
| 2001 | — | #918 | 170 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,035 | 141 | |
| 1999 | — | #905 | 165 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,008 | 135 | |
| 1997 | — | #828 | 175 | |
| 1996 | — | #856 | 162 | |
| 1995 | — | #847 | 162 | |
| 1994 | — | #772 | 186 | |
| 1993 | — | #702 | 218 | |
| 1992 | — | #673 | 237 | |
| 1991 | — | #652 | 243 | |
| 1990 | — | #646 | 246 | |
| 1989 | — | #609 | 262 | |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | #602 | 244 |
| 1987 | — | #628 | 212 | |
| 1986 | — | #710 | 162 | |
| 1985 | — | #691 | 162 | |
| 1984 | — | #685 | 160 | |
| 1983 | — | #609 | 198 | |
| 1982 | — | #668 | 171 | |
| 1981 | — | #703 | 152 | |
| 1980 | — | #705 | 152 | |
| 1979 | — | #671 | 162 | |
| 1978 | — | #636 | 172 | |
| 1977 | — | #706 | 145 | |
| 1976 | — | #556 | 209 | |
| 1975 | — | #628 | 166 | |
| 1974 | — | #603 | 176 | |
| 1973 | — | #492 | 250 | |
| 1972 | — | #526 | 226 | |
| 1971 | — | #445 | 340 | |
| 1970 | — | #398 | 407 | |
| 1969 | — | #328 | 555 | |
| 1968 | — | #424 | 332 | |
| 1967 | — | #445 | 288 | |
| 1966 | — | #443 | 299 | |
| 1965 | — | #401 | 384 | |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 | #396 | 406 |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | #372 | 457 |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | #389 | 431 |
| 1961 | — | #369 | 463 | |
| 1960 | — | #373 | 450 | |
| 1959 | — | #391 | 411 | |
| 1958 | — | #402 | 376 | |
| 1957 | — | #352 | 462 | |
| 1956 | — | #399 | 359 | |
| 1955 | — | #410 | 321 | |
| 1954 | — | #432 | 279 | |
| 1953 | — | #373 | 338 | |
| 1952 | — | #391 | 309 | |
| 1951 | — | #387 | 304 | |
| 1950 | — | #417 | 261 | |
| 1949 | — | #415 | 267 | |
| 1948 | — | #425 | 249 | |
| 1947 | — | #409 | 281 | |
| 1946 | #3,994 | 7 | #424 | 224 |
| 1945 | — | #417 | 208 | |
| 1944 | — | #443 | 189 | |
| 1943 | — | #479 | 166 | |
| 1942 | — | #500 | 150 | |
| 1941 | — | #439 | 176 | |
| 1940 | — | #451 | 165 | |
| 1939 | — | #469 | 149 | |
| 1938 | — | #470 | 152 | |
| 1937 | — | #487 | 137 | |
| 1936 | — | #433 | 166 | |
| 1935 | — | #474 | 143 | |
| 1934 | — | #434 | 168 | |
| 1933 | — | #457 | 146 | |
| 1932 | #3,568 | 7 | #496 | 134 |
| 1931 | — | #461 | 150 | |
| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 | #476 | 156 |
| 1929 | — | #491 | 142 | |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | #449 | 180 |
| 1927 | — | #467 | 168 | |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 | #460 | 171 |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | #440 | 186 |
| 1924 | — | #506 | 152 | |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | #473 | 166 |
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 | #426 | 199 |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | #480 | 164 |
| 1920 | #3,340 | 9 | #408 | 207 |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | #477 | 158 |
| 1918 | #3,869 | 7 | #422 | 190 |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 | #404 | 196 |
| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 | #421 | 177 |
| 1915 | #2,900 | 9 | #485 | 132 |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 | #410 | 134 |
| 1913 | — | #415 | 108 | |
| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 | #468 | 71 |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 | #481 | 37 |
| 1910 | — | #512 | 30 | |
| 1909 | — | #378 | 40 | |
| 1908 | — | #438 | 30 | |
| 1907 | — | #559 | 19 | |
| 1906 | — | #523 | 19 | |
| 1905 | — | #421 | 26 | |
| 1904 | — | #492 | 19 | |
| 1903 | — | #393 | 25 | |
| 1902 | — | #426 | 23 | |
| 1901 | — | #559 | 13 | |
| 1900 | — | #649 | 15 | |
| 1899 | — | #502 | 15 | |
| 1898 | — | #505 | 17 | |
| 1897 | — | #615 | 12 | |
| 1896 | — | #481 | 18 | |
| 1895 | — | #368 | 26 | |
| 1894 | — | #419 | 20 | |
| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 | #419 | 19 |
| 1892 | — | #458 | 18 | |
| 1891 | — | #397 | 19 | |
| 1890 | — | #533 | 13 | |
| 1889 | — | #549 | 12 | |
| 1888 | — | #815 | 7 | |
| 1887 | — | #583 | 10 | |
| 1886 | — | #647 | 9 | |
| 1885 | — | #547 | 12 | |
| 1884 | — | #520 | 13 | |
| 1883 | — | #644 | 9 | |
| 1882 | — | #943 | 5 | |
| 1881 | — | #706 | 7 | |
| 1880 | — | #745 | 7 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Vance was already there! It came in at #745, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1882, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.
See more about Vance
- 82 spots since 2024 (#993 → #1,075)
- 103 spots since 2020 (#972 → #1,075)
- 318 spots since 2015 (#757 → #1,075)
- Biggest jump: 299 spots in 1883 (#943 → #644)
- Biggest drop: 237 spots in 1882 (#706 → #943)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1969 at #328 (555 births)
- Births halved by 1972, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 143 yrs · run 1880–1997
- Highest: 1 in 3,222 boys born in 1969 were named Vance (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 8,540 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 15.0% of all boys named Vance (4,065) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 91 | #520 (1884) | #670 |
| 1890s | 177 | #368 (1895) | #470 |
| 1900s | 229 | #378 (1909) | #484 |
| 1910s | 1,233 | #404 (1917) | #450 |
| 1920s | 1,735 | #408 (1920) | #460 |
| 1930s | 1,501 | #433 (1936) | #466 |
| 1940s | 2,075 | #409 (1947) | #440 |
| 1950s | 3,420 | #352 (1957) | #395 |
| 1960s | 4,065 | #328 (1969) | #394 |
| 1970s | 2,253 | #398 (1970) | #566 |
| 1980s | 1,875 | #602 (1988) | #661 |
| 1990s | 1,929 | #646 (1990) | #789 |
| 2000s | 2,443 | #721 (2007) | #807 |
| 2010s | 2,631 | #754 (2011) | #843 |
| 2020s | 1,355 | #933 (2021) | #985 |
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.
Vance in 1946
Top girls' names in 1946
Top boys' names in 1946
More about 1946
girls
1,571,305 girls got a published name in 1946; 1 in 224,472 of them was named Vance, which outranked 29.8% of the 5,686 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,665Wylma8
- #3,665Yetta8
- #3,665Youlanda8
- #3,994Vance7
- #3,994Abbey7
- #3,994Adah7
- #3,994Alan7
- #4,417Adean6
- #4,417Adelyn6
- #4,417Adrien6
Tied with 422 names at #3,994; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,624,023 boys got a published name in 1946; 1 in 7,250 of them was named Vance, which outranked 89.4% of the 4,018 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).