Unisex name · since 1990
Jance
78 babies named Jance in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,083 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 78
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jance is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 78 have been recorded since 1990.
Jance has 78 recorded births among boys since 1990, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2019.
- #19,083 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 78 born since 1990
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jance ranks #19,083 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 78 born since 1990, peaking in the 2000s.
- #19,083 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 78
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jance's 78 recorded births place it above 57.94% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jance's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jance splits its recorded history at 2007: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1996 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1990 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jance popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2019
- Peak year (1990)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Jance popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 1960 (Jance as girls' name)
Jance by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (40 births, 51% of the file).
2000s was Jance's strongest decade.
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Jance births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 12
1990s
12 births
- 2000s
2000s
40 births
- 2010s
2010s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 40 births (51% of all-time use).
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- Jance's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (40 total births) through the 2010s (26) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jance: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~29 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1990–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jance draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.