Vance
Vance is ranked 996th among boys in 2024 (226 births). Its best rank was 328th, in 1969.
- Rank in 2024
- #996down 41 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 2260.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 1969555 births
- Best rank
- #328in 1969
- Since 1880
- 26,811people given the name
The story in the numbers
26,811 boys have been named Vance in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1969, with 555 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 883 → 996).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1967, and the 1960s alone account for 15%. It has spent 142 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Vance | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 91 | |
| 1890s | 177 | |
| 1900s | 229 | |
| 1910s | 1,233 | |
| 1920s | 1,735 | |
| 1930s | 1,501 | |
| 1940s | 2,075 | |
| 1950s | 3,420 | |
| 1960s | 4,064 | |
| 1970s | 2,253 | |
| 1980s | 1,875 | |
| 1990s | 1,929 | |
| 2000s | 2,443 | |
| 2010s | 2,631 | |
| 2020s | 1,155 |
In 1969, its biggest year
Vance was the 328th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1969 were Michael, David, James, John and Robert. See all of 1969.
Names that rose and fell with Vance
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Victorpeak 1990
- Vincentpeak 1962
- Byronpeak 1964
- Vaughnpeak 1949
- Manuelpeak 2005
- Lionelpeak 2023
- Wadepeak 1970
- Marshallpeak 1947
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.