Lance
Last seen for girls in 2004 at #16,099 · #862 for boys in 2025, 279 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1970 · 4,160 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 2 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 105,839since 1899
Lance over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | #862 | 279 | |
| 2024 | — | #840 | 291 | |
| 2023 | — | #813 | 302 | |
| 2022 | — | #788 | 320 | |
| 2021 | — | #803 | 305 | |
| 2020 | — | #764 | 315 | |
| 2019 | — | #664 | 398 | |
| 2018 | — | #651 | 394 | |
| 2017 | — | #634 | 409 | |
| 2016 | — | #616 | 438 | |
| 2015 | — | #604 | 454 | |
| 2014 | — | #541 | 512 | |
| 2013 | — | #568 | 459 | |
| 2012 | — | #493 | 541 | |
| 2011 | — | #467 | 575 | |
| 2010 | — | #443 | 604 | |
| 2009 | — | #437 | 639 | |
| 2008 | — | #395 | 751 | |
| 2007 | — | #371 | 826 | |
| 2006 | — | #319 | 1,003 | |
| 2005 | — | #263 | 1,256 | |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | #275 | 1,161 |
| 2003 | — | #269 | 1,167 | |
| 2002 | — | #261 | 1,232 | |
| 2001 | — | #256 | 1,286 | |
| 2000 | — | #267 | 1,221 | |
| 1999 | — | #287 | 1,003 | |
| 1998 | — | #315 | 880 | |
| 1997 | — | #297 | 918 | |
| 1996 | — | #268 | 1,048 | |
| 1995 | — | #257 | 1,095 | |
| 1994 | — | #258 | 1,119 | |
| 1993 | — | #230 | 1,259 | |
| 1992 | — | #204 | 1,507 | |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 | #197 | 1,574 |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | #182 | 1,697 |
| 1989 | #5,545 | 15 | #165 | 1,823 |
| 1988 | #7,111 | 10 | #146 | 1,894 |
| 1987 | #6,335 | 11 | #142 | 1,993 |
| 1986 | #6,156 | 11 | #134 | 2,051 |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | #130 | 2,152 |
| 1984 | #4,737 | 15 | #127 | 2,135 |
| 1983 | #5,824 | 11 | #135 | 1,962 |
| 1982 | #4,945 | 14 | #142 | 1,974 |
| 1981 | #5,885 | 11 | #160 | 1,682 |
| 1980 | #4,743 | 15 | #152 | 1,786 |
| 1979 | #3,541 | 22 | #142 | 1,867 |
| 1978 | #5,563 | 11 | #134 | 1,971 |
| 1977 | #4,652 | 14 | #139 | 1,925 |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 | #144 | 1,734 |
| 1975 | — | #163 | 1,497 | |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 | #159 | 1,527 |
| 1973 | #3,971 | 15 | #148 | 1,682 |
| 1972 | #3,543 | 17 | #126 | 2,253 |
| 1971 | #3,943 | 15 | #98 | 3,175 |
| 1970 | #4,246 | 13 | #76 | 4,160 |
| 1969 | #5,057 | 9 | #103 | 3,026 |
| 1968 | #3,610 | 14 | #144 | 1,991 |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 | #152 | 1,803 |
| 1966 | — | #156 | 1,819 | |
| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 | #169 | 1,754 |
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 | #157 | 2,089 |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | #166 | 1,866 |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | #160 | 2,003 |
| 1961 | — | #173 | 1,807 | |
| 1960 | #4,773 | 8 | #171 | 1,876 |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 | #203 | 1,430 |
| 1958 | — | #231 | 1,133 | |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | #222 | 1,158 |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 | #218 | 1,116 |
| 1955 | — | #221 | 1,059 | |
| 1954 | — | #231 | 921 | |
| 1953 | — | #262 | 710 | |
| 1952 | — | #257 | 707 | |
| 1951 | — | #245 | 751 | |
| 1950 | — | #249 | 735 | |
| 1949 | — | #263 | 617 | |
| 1948 | — | #268 | 609 | |
| 1947 | — | #275 | 606 | |
| 1946 | — | #316 | 414 | |
| 1945 | — | #299 | 400 | |
| 1944 | — | #298 | 404 | |
| 1943 | — | #357 | 295 | |
| 1942 | — | #330 | 338 | |
| 1941 | — | #370 | 247 | |
| 1940 | — | #358 | 254 | |
| 1939 | — | #321 | 291 | |
| 1938 | — | #339 | 267 | |
| 1937 | — | #722 | 70 | |
| 1936 | — | #698 | 72 | |
| 1935 | — | #992 | 41 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,658 | 18 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,103 | 35 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,426 | 24 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,427 | 24 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,428 | 26 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,339 | 28 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,522 | 24 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,322 | 31 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,353 | 29 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,451 | 26 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,492 | 26 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,551 | 24 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,158 | 38 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,122 | 40 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,208 | 36 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,321 | 29 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,446 | 25 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,203 | 32 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,549 | 21 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,410 | 23 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,153 | 25 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,497 | 13 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,269 | 6 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,740 | 5 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,589 | 5 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,277 | 6 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,021 | 8 | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | #1,111 | 6 | |
| 1905 | — | #1,002 | 7 | |
| 1904 | — | #1,064 | 6 | |
| 1903 | — | #1,130 | 5 | |
| 1902 | — | #862 | 8 | |
| 1901 | — | #858 | 7 | |
| 1900 | — | #968 | 8 | |
| 1899 | — | #1,051 | 5 | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
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| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Lance! It came in at #1,051, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1907, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Lance is popular in 1977
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Dakota#49 · 1 in 172
- Louisiana#57 · 1 in 266
- South Dakota#60 · 1 in 240
- Hawaii#60 · 1 in 264
- Wyoming#65 · 1 in 276
Best ever in a state: #26 in Hawaii, 1962.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | #49 | 31 | 1 in 172 |
| Louisiana | #57 | 124 | 1 in 266 |
| Hawaii | #60 | 24 | 1 in 264 |
| South Dakota | #60 | 21 | 1 in 240 |
| Wyoming | #65 | 11 | 1 in 276 |
| Montana | #73 | 17 | 1 in 325 |
| Utah | #73 | 52 | 1 in 337 |
| Nebraska | #78 | 28 | 1 in 408 |
| Minnesota | #79 | 61 | 1 in 472 |
| Vermont | #82 | 8 | 1 in 345 |
| Arkansas | #83 | 39 | 1 in 395 |
| Nevada | #85 | 9 | 1 in 421 |
| Iowa | #89 | 42 | 1 in 503 |
| Kansas | #96 | 31 | 1 in 503 |
| Missouri | #101 | 60 | 1 in 586 |
| South Carolina | #101 | 42 | 1 in 492 |
| Washington | #101 | 46 | 1 in 562 |
| New Hampshire | #106 | 8 | 1 in 686 |
| Wisconsin | #106 | 45 | 1 in 714 |
| Idaho | #107 | 15 | 1 in 527 |
| Maine | #107 | 11 | 1 in 637 |
| Oklahoma | #115 | 33 | 1 in 602 |
| Mississippi | #120 | 32 | 1 in 599 |
| Colorado | #122 | 28 | 1 in 701 |
| Oregon | #135 | 20 | 1 in 874 |
| Ohio | #137 | 71 | 1 in 1,091 |
| Indiana | #138 | 38 | 1 in 1,065 |
| Illinois | #139 | 90 | 1 in 904 |
| Arizona | #140 | 27 | 1 in 689 |
| Pennsylvania | #141 | 72 | 1 in 1,030 |
| New Mexico | #144 | 15 | 1 in 632 |
| West Virginia | #152 | 12 | 1 in 1,189 |
| Kentucky | #154 | 25 | 1 in 1,128 |
| Alabama | #155 | 31 | 1 in 865 |
| Texas | #158 | 150 | 1 in 748 |
| North Carolina | #161 | 38 | 1 in 1,013 |
| Tennessee | #161 | 30 | 1 in 1,064 |
| Maryland | #166 | 21 | 1 in 1,031 |
| Virginia | #167 | 30 | 1 in 1,085 |
| Michigan | #171 | 51 | 1 in 1,261 |
| New Jersey | #174 | 34 | 1 in 1,226 |
| Georgia | #178 | 37 | 1 in 1,023 |
| New York | #180 | 100 | 1 in 1,136 |
| California | #195 | 140 | 1 in 1,182 |
| Florida | #195 | 42 | 1 in 1,191 |
| Massachusetts | #210 | 15 | 1 in 2,201 |
| District of Columbia | #264 | 5 | 1 in 1,580 |
| Connecticut | #291 | 5 | 1 in 3,198 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Lance
- 22 spots since 2024 (#840 → #862)
- 98 spots since 2020 (#764 → #862)
- 258 spots since 2015 (#604 → #862)
- Biggest jump: 666 spots in 1935 (#1,658 → #992)
- Biggest drop: 268 spots in 1903 (#862 → #1,130)
- Debuted 1899
- Peaked 1970 at #76 (4,160 births)
- Births halved by 1973, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 2 yrs · run 1970–1971
- Top 1,000: 94 yrs · run 1935–2025
- Highest: 1 in 447 boys born in 1970 were named Lance (0.22%)
- Latest: 1 in 6,122 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 20.6% of all boys named Lance (21,791) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,051 (1899) | #1,051 |
| 1900s | 61 | #858 (1901) | #1,033 |
| 1910s | 184 | #1,153 (1914) | #1,518 |
| 1920s | 302 | #1,122 (1921) | #1,352 |
| 1930s | 868 | #321 (1939) | #1,011 |
| 1940s | 4,184 | #263 (1949) | #313 |
| 1950s | 9,720 | #203 (1959) | #234 |
| 1960s | 20,034 | #103 (1969) | #155 |
| 1970s | 21,791 | #76 (1970) | #133 |
| 1980s | 19,452 | #127 (1984) | #143 |
| 1990s | 12,100 | #182 (1990) | #250 |
| 2000s | 10,542 | #256 (2001) | #311 |
| 2010s | 4,784 | #443 (2010) | #568 |
| 2020s | 1,812 | #764 (2020) | #812 |
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.
Lance in 1977
Top girls' names in 1977
Top boys' names in 1977
More about 1977
girls
1,533,146 girls got a published name in 1977; 1 in 109,510 of them was named Lance, which outranked 58.9% of the 11,329 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,425Yakima15
- #4,425Yolande15
- #4,425Zina15
- #4,652Lance14
- #4,652Abbi14
- #4,652Adi14
- #4,652Adrain14
- #4,942Acacia13
- #4,942Afi13
- #4,942Aishah13
Tied with 289 names at #4,652; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,643,220 boys got a published name in 1977; 1 in 854 of them was named Lance, which outranked 98.0% of the 6,861 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.