Mance — boys' name
247 babies named Mance in U.S. Social Security records since 1882, with the highest year being 1914. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
21% of everyone ever named Mance was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Mance in 1914 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mance
The Social Security Administration has registered 247 babies named Mance between 1882 and 2012, spanning 131 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Mance currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1914, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mance performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 51 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Mance shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mance 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 247 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.
Mance at a glance
Last recorded 2012Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mance popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–1882
- Peak year (1914)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 131 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2012.
247 total births across 131 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1914 with 9 births in a single year.
Mance by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 51 births that decade — 21% of Mance's all-time total
Mance decade highlights
- Peak decade 51 births
- Runner-up 47 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Mance's strongest decade
51 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 21% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1882–2012 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.