Mance
- Last seen for boys in 2012 at #12,274
- Peak · boys
- 1882 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 247since 1882
Mance over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Mance has never cracked the top 900 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
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| 2012 | #12,274 | 5 |
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| 1982 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | — | |
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| 1973 | #5,101 | 5 |
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| 1964 | #3,050 | 8 |
| 1963 | #4,048 | 5 |
| 1962 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #3,097 | 8 |
| 1960 | — | |
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| 1957 | #3,993 | 5 |
| 1956 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,827 | 5 |
| 1953 | — | |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | #3,364 | 6 |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,606 | 9 |
| 1948 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | #2,671 | 9 |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | #3,109 | 6 |
| 1943 | #3,538 | 5 |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #2,671 | 8 |
| 1939 | #2,829 | 7 |
| 1938 | #3,534 | 5 |
| 1937 | #3,518 | 5 |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | #3,252 | 6 |
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| 1930 | #3,592 | 6 |
| 1929 | #3,247 | 7 |
| 1928 | #4,151 | 5 |
| 1927 | — | |
| 1926 | #3,385 | 7 |
| 1925 | #4,197 | 5 |
| 1924 | #3,867 | 6 |
| 1923 | #3,822 | 6 |
| 1922 | #3,252 | 8 |
| 1921 | #3,517 | 7 |
| 1920 | — | |
| 1919 | #3,115 | 8 |
| 1918 | #3,368 | 7 |
| 1917 | — | |
| 1916 | #3,516 | 6 |
| 1915 | #2,829 | 8 |
| 1914 | #2,271 | 9 |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,544 | 5 |
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| 1892 | #1,066 | 5 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | #974 | 5 |
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| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | #943 | 5 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
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.
Where Mance is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Mance in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 10 | #943 (1882) | #959 |
| 1890s | 5 | #1,066 (1892) | #1,066 |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 43 | #2,271 (1914) | #2,941 |
| 1920s | 51 | #3,247 (1929) | #3,680 |
| 1930s | 29 | #2,829 (1939) | #3,345 |
| 1940s | 47 | #2,606 (1949) | #3,110 |
| 1950s | 21 | #3,364 (1951) | #3,782 |
| 1960s | 26 | #3,050 (1964) | #3,557 |
| 1970s | 5 | #5,101 (1973) | #5,101 |
| 1980s | 5 | #6,385 (1982) | #6,385 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 5 | #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.
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