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.

Lance

#305 most common boys' name of all time · #670 across all names · >99% boys / <1% girls · used 1899–2025

Rank among boys
#305
Rank overall
#670 of 105,966
First appeared
1899
Years on the list
126 of 146
All-time
106,184
Since 2016
3,451
Peak year
1970 #76
Best rank
#76 1970
📖The word “lance” appears in the Bible↗
Girls Boys peak 4,173/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Lance first appears in 1899. 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
2025 — 279 279 #862
2024 — 291 291 #840
2023 — 302 302 #814
2022 — 320 320 #788
2021 — 305 305 #803
2020 — 315 315 #765
2019 — 398 398 #665
2018 — 394 394 #651
2017 — 409 409 #635
2016 — 438 438 #616
2015 — 454 454 #604
2014 — 512 512 #542
2013 — 459 459 #568
2012 — 541 541 #494
2011 — 575 575 #467
2010 — 604 604 #443
2009 — 639 639 #438
2008 — 751 751 #395
2007 — 826 826 #372
2006 — 1,003 1,003 #319
2005 — 1,256 1,256 #263
2004 5 1,161 1,166 #275
2003 — 1,167 1,167 #269
2002 — 1,232 1,232 #261
2001 — 1,286 1,286 #256
2000 — 1,221 1,221 #267
1999 — 1,003 1,003 #287
1998 — 880 880 #316
1997 — 918 918 #297
1996 — 1,048 1,048 #268
1995 — 1,095 1,095 #257
1994 — 1,119 1,119 #258
1993 — 1,259 1,259 #230
1992 — 1,507 1,507 #204
1991 7 1,574 1,581 #197
1990 5 1,697 1,702 #182
1989 15 1,823 1,838 #165
1988 10 1,894 1,904 #146
1987 11 1,993 2,004 #142
1986 11 2,051 2,062 #134
1985 8 2,152 2,160 #130
1984 15 2,135 2,150 #127
1983 11 1,962 1,973 #135
1982 14 1,974 1,988 #142
1981 11 1,682 1,693 #160
1980 15 1,786 1,801 #152
1979 22 1,867 1,889 #142
1978 11 1,971 1,982 #135
1977 14 1,925 1,939 #139
1976 8 1,734 1,742 #144
1975 — 1,497 1,497 #163
1974 7 1,527 1,534 #159
1973 15 1,682 1,697 #148
1972 17 2,253 2,270 #126
1971 15 3,175 3,190 #98
1970 13 4,160 4,173 #76
1969 9 3,026 3,035 #103
1968 14 1,991 2,005 #144
1967 8 1,803 1,811 #152
1966 — 1,819 1,819 #156
1965 9 1,754 1,763 #169
1964 8 2,089 2,097 #157
1963 7 1,866 1,873 #166
1962 5 2,003 2,008 #160
1961 — 1,807 1,807 #173
1960 8 1,876 1,884 #171
1959 6 1,430 1,436 #203
1958 — 1,133 1,133 #231
1957 5 1,158 1,163 #222
1956 6 1,116 1,122 #218
1955 — 1,059 1,059 #221
1954 — 921 921 #231
1953 — 710 710 #262
1952 — 707 707 #257
1951 — 751 751 #245
1950 — 735 735 #249
1949 — 617 617 #263
1948 — 609 609 #268
1947 — 606 606 #275
1946 — 414 414 #316
1945 — 400 400 #299
1944 — 404 404 #298
1943 — 295 295 #357
1942 — 338 338 #330
1941 — 247 247 #371
1940 — 254 254 #359
1939 — 291 291 #322
1938 — 267 267 #339
1937 — 70 70 #726
1936 — 72 72 #708
1935 — 41 41 #1,006
1934 — 18 18 #1,695
1933 — 35 35 #1,119
1932 — 24 24 #1,456
1931 — 24 24 #1,451
1930 — 26 26 #1,452
1929 — 28 28 #1,359
1928 — 24 24 #1,553
1927 — 31 31 #1,338
1926 — 29 29 #1,367
1925 — 26 26 #1,475
1924 — 26 26 #1,522
1923 — 24 24 #1,575
1922 — 38 38 #1,178
1921 — 40 40 #1,137
1920 — 36 36 #1,222
1919 — 29 29 #1,341
1918 — 25 25 #1,487
1917 — 32 32 #1,219
1916 — 21 21 #1,583
1915 — 23 23 #1,435
1914 — 25 25 #1,185
1913 — 13 13 #1,554
1912 — 6 6 #2,385
1911 — 5 5 #1,877
1910 — 5 5 #1,741
1909 — 6 6 #1,415
1908 — 8 8 #1,099
1906 — 6 6 #1,231
1905 — 7 7 #1,086
1904 — 6 6 #1,187
1903 — 5 5 #1,282
1902 — 8 8 #930
1901 — 7 7 #938
1900 — 8 8 #1,045
1899 — 5 5 #1,197