Lancer
#11,550 most common boys' name of all time · #29,547 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1916–2025
Rank among boys
#11,550
Rank overall
#29,547 of 105,966
First appeared
1916
Years on the list
21 of 146
All-time
206
Since 2016
15
Peak year
1970 #1,537
Best rank
#1,537 1970
Girls
Boys
peak 31/yr
Lancer 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,148 |
| 2019 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,313 |
| 2017 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,416 |
| 2008 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,741 |
| 1990 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,360 |
| 1989 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,384 |
| 1987 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,183 |
| 1985 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,819 |
| 1980 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,236 |
| 1979 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,532 |
| 1977 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,477 |
| 1976 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,581 |
| 1975 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,522 |
| 1974 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,857 |
| 1973 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,534 |
| 1972 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,897 |
| 1971 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,318 |
| 1970 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,537 |
| 1969 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,955 |
| 1968 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,830 |
| 1916 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,419 |