Nance — girls' name

What the Data Says About Nance

The Social Security Administration has registered 761 babies named Nance between 1913 and 1973, spanning 61 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nance currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1973. The name reached its historical peak in 1947, when 32 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nance performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 224 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Nance shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 23 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Nance in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nance 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 761 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.