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.

Rance

#2,435 most common boys' name of all time · #5,877 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1882–2025

Rank among boys
#2,435
Rank overall
#5,877 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
116 of 146
All-time
3,002
Since 2016
121
Peak year
1962 #1,018
Best rank
#961 1890
Girls Boys peak 57/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Rance first appears in 1882. 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 — 10 10 #7,698
2024 — 10 10 #7,780
2023 — 11 11 #7,302
2022 — 17 17 #5,452
2021 — 10 10 #7,605
2020 — 11 11 #7,051
2019 — 13 13 #6,416
2018 — 10 10 #7,633
2017 — 16 16 #5,540
2016 — 13 13 #6,368
2015 — 30 30 #3,597
2014 — 17 17 #5,261
2013 — 17 17 #5,181
2012 — 14 14 #6,011
2011 — 28 28 #3,697
2010 — 26 26 #3,901
2009 — 20 20 #4,757
2008 — 25 25 #4,050
2007 — 35 35 #3,191
2006 — 31 31 #3,391
2005 — 33 33 #3,101
2004 — 33 33 #3,021
2003 — 27 27 #3,369
2002 — 30 30 #3,027
2001 — 24 24 #3,517
2000 — 25 25 #3,306
1999 — 24 24 #3,285
1998 — 31 31 #2,656
1997 — 29 29 #2,687
1996 — 25 25 #2,924
1995 — 25 25 #2,859
1994 — 31 31 #2,453
1993 — 27 27 #2,645
1992 — 35 35 #2,179
1991 — 38 38 #1,986
1990 — 52 52 #1,590
1989 — 39 39 #1,897
1988 — 42 42 #1,679
1987 — 40 40 #1,689
1986 — 43 43 #1,543
1985 — 32 32 #1,841
1984 — 31 31 #1,806
1983 — 39 39 #1,538
1982 — 42 42 #1,494
1981 — 31 31 #1,826
1980 — 26 26 #2,067
1979 — 33 33 #1,722
1978 — 48 48 #1,306
1977 — 32 32 #1,676
1976 — 24 24 #2,010
1975 — 45 45 #1,286
1974 — 36 36 #1,452
1973 — 35 35 #1,441
1972 — 25 25 #1,781
1971 — 55 55 #1,105
1970 — 53 53 #1,135
1969 — 48 48 #1,129
1968 — 33 33 #1,344
1967 — 36 36 #1,259
1966 — 34 34 #1,310
1965 — 49 49 #1,059
1964 — 47 47 #1,118
1963 — 53 53 #1,044
1962 — 57 57 #1,018
1961 — 56 56 #1,046
1960 — 48 48 #1,134
1959 — 35 35 #1,330
1958 — 45 45 #1,152
1957 — 35 35 #1,331
1956 — 53 53 #1,037
1955 — 32 32 #1,349
1954 — 35 35 #1,280
1953 — 26 26 #1,486
1952 — 30 30 #1,387
1951 — 29 29 #1,386
1950 — 39 39 #1,151
1949 — 30 30 #1,332
1948 — 22 22 #1,575
1947 — 34 34 #1,259
1946 — 18 18 #1,713
1945 — 22 22 #1,426
1944 — 20 20 #1,543
1943 — 17 17 #1,785
1942 — 19 19 #1,642
1941 — 18 18 #1,652
1940 — 28 28 #1,280
1939 — 15 15 #1,817
1938 — 24 24 #1,376
1937 — 14 14 #1,938
1936 — 16 16 #1,746
1935 — 13 13 #2,056
1934 — 16 16 #1,811
1933 — 11 11 #2,248
1932 — 10 10 #2,507
1931 — 14 14 #2,026
1930 — 11 11 #2,481
1929 — 10 10 #2,618
1928 — 13 13 #2,304
1927 — 12 12 #2,430
1926 — 6 6 #3,759
1925 — 21 21 #1,699
1924 — 9 9 #3,046
1922 — 11 11 #2,661
1921 — 14 14 #2,288
1920 — 13 13 #2,361
1919 — 11 11 #2,543
1918 — 13 13 #2,287
1917 — 10 10 #2,594
1916 — 9 9 #2,758
1915 — 11 11 #2,345
1914 — 5 5 #3,301
1913 — 8 8 #2,132
1912 — 11 11 #1,559
1909 — 8 8 #1,118
1890 — 6 6 #961
1882 — 5 5 #1,081