Lance
Lance is ranked 841st among boys in 2024 (290 births). Its best rank was 76th, in 1970.
- Rank in 2024
- #841down 23 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 2900.02% of boys
- Peak year
- 19704,160 births
- Best rank
- #76in 1970
- Since 1899
- 105,563people given the name
The story in the numbers
105,563 boys have been named Lance in the United States since 1899, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1970, with 4,160 births — 0.22% of all boys recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 541 → 841).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1977, and the 1970s alone account for 21%. It has spent 91 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 2 of them in the top 100.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Lance | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | |
| 1900s | 61 | |
| 1910s | 184 | |
| 1920s | 302 | |
| 1930s | 868 | |
| 1940s | 4,184 | |
| 1950s | 9,720 | |
| 1960s | 20,036 | |
| 1970s | 21,797 | |
| 1980s | 19,452 | |
| 1990s | 12,100 | |
| 2000s | 10,542 | |
| 2010s | 4,783 | |
| 2020s | 1,529 |
In 1970, its biggest year
Lance was the 76th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1970 were Michael, James, David, John and Robert. See all of 1970.
Names that rose and fell with Lance
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Reinaldopeak 1963
- Lonnellpeak 1970
- Donnellpeak 1982
- Brienpeak 1963
- Wilfredopeak 1980
- Brentpeak 1970
- Cedricpeak 1982
- Ericpeak 1970
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.