Lance — #841 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Lance

The Social Security Administration has registered 105,563 babies named Lance between 1899 and 2024, spanning 126 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lance currently holds the #841 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 4,160 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lance performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 21,797 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Lance shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 11,615 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Lance in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lance in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 105,563 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.