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.

Nance

#8,368 most common girls' name of all time · #13,972 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1913–1973

Rank among girls
#8,368
Rank overall
#13,972 of 105,966
First appeared
1913
Years on the list
53 of 146
All-time
771
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1947 #1,711
Best rank
#1,626 1932
Girls Boys peak 32/yr
192019401960

Nance first appears in 1913. 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
1973 5 — 5 #8,617
1970 7 — 7 #6,499
1968 6 — 6 #6,410
1967 7 — 7 #5,615
1966 6 — 6 #5,980
1965 7 — 7 #5,423
1964 6 — 6 #6,193
1963 12 — 12 #3,868
1962 15 — 15 #3,348
1961 9 — 9 #4,650
1960 19 — 19 #2,853
1959 15 — 15 #3,162
1958 12 — 12 #3,618
1957 22 — 22 #2,443
1956 23 — 23 #2,354
1955 23 — 23 #2,312
1954 31 — 31 #1,889
1953 23 — 23 #2,205
1952 23 — 23 #2,155
1951 23 — 23 #2,088
1950 29 — 29 #1,784
1949 24 — 24 #1,990
1948 20 — 20 #2,226
1947 32 — 32 #1,711
1946 29 — 29 #1,662
1945 10 — 10 #3,025
1944 6 — 6 #4,263
1943 17 — 17 #2,214
1942 18 — 18 #2,096
1941 17 — 17 #2,072
1940 14 — 14 #2,258
1939 16 — 16 #2,103
1938 14 — 14 #2,306
1937 19 — 19 #1,831
1936 18 5 23 #1,850
1935 13 — 13 #2,398
1934 17 — 17 #1,984
1933 15 — 15 #2,145
1932 23 5 28 #1,626
1931 11 — 11 #2,701
1930 16 — 16 #2,185
1929 8 — 8 #3,560
1928 13 — 13 #2,586
1927 7 — 7 #4,082
1926 7 — 7 #4,109
1923 9 — 9 #3,536
1922 5 — 5 #5,275
1921 5 — 5 #5,359
1920 5 — 5 #5,273
1919 9 — 9 #3,371
1918 9 — 9 #3,427
1914 5 — 5 #3,956
1913 7 — 7 #2,807