Lance
#305 most common boys' name of all time · #670 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · 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
Girls
Boys
peak 4,173/yr
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |