Rance — #7741 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Rance

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,992 babies named Rance between 1882 and 2024, spanning 143 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rance currently holds the #7741 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1962, when 57 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rance performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 461 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Rance shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 330 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Oklahoma. In total, SSA state-level files list Rance in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rance 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 2,992 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.