Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Hance

#16,873 most common boys' name of all time · #44,079 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1916–2018

Rank among boys
#16,873
Rank overall
#44,079 of 105,966
First appeared
1916
Years on the list
14 of 146
All-time
80
Since 2016
5
Peak year
1991 #5,594
Best rank
#3,561 1933
Girls Boys peak 9/yr
19201940196019802000

Hance first appears in 1916. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2018 — 5 5 #12,314
2013 — 5 5 #12,302
2004 — 7 7 #9,070
1997 — 6 6 #8,290
1991 — 9 9 #5,594
1982 — 7 7 #5,162
1971 — 5 5 #5,145
1967 — 5 5 #4,214
1955 — 5 5 #4,160
1948 — 5 5 #4,005
1941 — 5 5 #3,855
1940 — 5 5 #3,785
1933 — 6 6 #3,561
1916 — 5 5 #4,390