Rance
Rance is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 10 births. Its best rank was 973rd, in 1890.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 100.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 196257 births
- Best rank
- #973in 1890
- Since 1882
- 2,992people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,992 boys have been named Rance in the United States since 1882, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1962, with 57 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1971, and the 1960s alone account for 15%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Rance | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | |
| 1890s | 6 | |
| 1900s | 8 | |
| 1910s | 78 | |
| 1920s | 109 | |
| 1930s | 144 | |
| 1940s | 228 | |
| 1950s | 359 | |
| 1960s | 461 | |
| 1970s | 386 | |
| 1980s | 365 | |
| 1990s | 317 | |
| 2000s | 283 | |
| 2010s | 184 | |
| 2020s | 59 |
In 1962, its biggest year
Rance was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1962 were Michael, David, John, James and Robert. See all of 1962.
Names that rose and fell with Rance
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Renepeak 1970
- Cornellpeak 1962
- Eloypeak 1993
- Sergepeak 1972
- Reynaldopeak 1991
- Cardellpeak 1989
- Anthonypeak 1990
- Ladellpeak 1969
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.