Rance

#7,679 for boys in 2025, 10 births

Peak · boys
#884
1890 · 6 births
Debut · boys
1882
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,002
since 1882

Rance over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Rance has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201940peak #884, 1890boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#7,67910
2024#7,76510
2023#7,28911
2022#5,44517
2021#7,58710
2020#7,03411
2019#6,40613
2018#7,61710
2017#5,52616
2016#6,34913
2015#3,59130
2014#5,25217
2013#5,17117
2012#6,00114
2011#3,69528
2010#3,89426
2009#4,74820
2008#4,04425
2007#3,18835
2006#3,38431
2005#3,09133
2004#3,01433
2003#3,36627
2002#3,02230
2001#3,51224
2000#3,29925
1999#3,27924
1998#2,65131
1997#2,68029
1996#2,91125
1995#2,84725
1994#2,44431
1993#2,64127
1992#2,17435
1991#1,98338
1990#1,58752
1989#1,89139
1988#1,67142
1987#1,68440
1986#1,53543
1985#1,83432
1984#1,79631
1983#1,53439
1982#1,48742
1981#1,81131
1980#2,05826
1979#1,71133
1978#1,29948
1977#1,67032
1976#1,99924
1975#1,28045
1974#1,43936
1973#1,43535
1972#1,77125
1971#1,10155
1970#1,13253
1969#1,12448
1968#1,33933
1967#1,25336
1966#1,29934
1965#1,05549
1964#1,11447
1963#1,03753
1962#1,01357
1961#1,04256
1960#1,13148
1959#1,32435
1958#1,14845
1957#1,31835
1956#1,03253
1955#1,33932
1954#1,26835
1953#1,48026
1952#1,37830
1951#1,37329
1950#1,13939
1949#1,32230
1948#1,55922
1947#1,25234
1946#1,69218
1945#1,40622
1944#1,52520
1943#1,76417
1942#1,62919
1941#1,63318
1940#1,27528
1939#1,79515
1938#1,36424
1937#1,91314
1936#1,72316
1935#2,02913
1934#1,78316
1933#2,21411
1932#2,46510
1931#2,00314
1930#2,44411
1929#2,58910
1928#2,27013
1927#2,40812
1926#3,7086
1925#1,67921
1924#3,0239
1923—
1922#2,63011
1921#2,26514
1920#2,33613
1919#2,51111
1918#2,26013
1917#2,56210
1916#2,7309
1915#2,31011
1914#3,2645
1913#2,0928
1912#1,52711
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First appearance
1882

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

Quietest stretch: 1882–1889, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Rance is popular in 1940

No state had 5 or more boys named Rance in 1940, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Rance
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 86 spots since 2024 (#7,765 → #7,679)
  • 645 spots since 2020 (#7,034 → #7,679)
  • 4,088 spots since 2015 (#3,591 → #7,679)
Rise & fade · boys
8 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1890 at #884 (6 births)
  • Births halved by 1891, 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 · 1882–1890
Share of babies · boys
1 in 18,504
  • Highest: 1 in 18,504 boys born in 1890 were named Rance (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 170,808 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 15.4% of all boys named Rance (461) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#943 (1882)#943
1890s6#884 (1890)#884
1900s8#1,083 (1909)#1,083
1910s78#1,527 (1912)#2,407
1920s109#1,679 (1925)#2,545
1930s144#1,364 (1938)#1,973
1940s228#1,252 (1947)#1,506
1950s359#1,032 (1956)#1,280
1960s461#1,013 (1962)#1,141
1970s386#1,101 (1971)#1,484
1980s365#1,487 (1982)#1,730
1990s317#1,587 (1990)#2,520
2000s283#3,014 (2004)#3,467
2010s184#3,591 (2015)#5,350
2020s69#5,445 (2022)#7,133

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.

Rance in 1940

boys
#1,275
28 births · 1 in 41,399 boys

Top boys' names in 1940

  1. #1James62,481
  2. #2Robert61,198
  3. #3John54,786
  4. #4William44,779
  5. #5Richard37,425
  6. #6Charles31,689
  7. #7David27,690
  8. #8Thomas23,991
  9. #9Donald23,115
  10. #10Ronald20,741
  11. #1,275Rance28
More about 1940

boys

1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 41,399 of them was named Rance, which outranked 67.6% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rance
  1. #1,251Porfirio29
  2. #1,251Shelly29
  3. #1,251Titus29
  4. #1,275Rance28
  5. #1,275Armond28
  6. #1,275Arnoldo28
  7. #1,275Brown28
  8. #1,288Butch27
  9. #1,288Calvert27
  10. #1,288Clemens27

Tied with 12 names at #1,275; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1939
Risers
  1. ↑ 565Whitney#1,458 → #893
  2. ↑ 447Gonzalo#1,297 → #850
  3. ↑ 419Weston#1,323 → #904
  4. ↑ 368Ashley#1,272 → #904
  5. ↑ 366Agustin#1,238 → #872
Fallers
  1. ↓ 886Montie#916 → #1,802
  2. ↓ 446Verlon#888 → #1,334
  3. ↓ 394Issac#857 → #1,251
  4. ↓ 392Otho#942 → #1,334
  5. ↓ 384Pearl#867 → #1,251

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

See the top 100 for 1940 →