Rance
Rance was given to 10 boys in 2025, #8,091 among boys’ names; 3,002 Americans have been recorded with it since 1882 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,250 Americans named Rance and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (75% of everyone recorded); the median is 45 years old and half are between 28 and 61.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Rance by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Rance?
#8,091 among boys’ names, 2025
Rance fell from #3,661 in 2015 to #8,091 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 15.7 to 5.9 per million.
57 babies in 1962, the peak
Rance peaked in 1962, when 57 boys were given it, #1,021 among boys’ names. The 10 births of 2025 are 18% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #8,091 | 5.9 |
| 2024 | 10 | #8,177 | 5.8 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,626 | 6.4 |
| 2022 | 17 | #5,579 | 9.7 |
| 2021 | 10 | #8,024 | 5.7 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,385 | 6.4 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,689 | 7.2 |
| 2018 | 10 | #8,021 | 5.5 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,720 | 8.6 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,635 | 6.9 |
Every recorded year (116)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 30 | #3,661 | 15.7 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,429 | 8.9 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,337 | 9.0 |
| 2012 | 14 | #6,227 | 7.4 |
| 2011 | 28 | #3,764 | 14.7 |
| 2010 | 26 | #3,964 | 13.6 |
| 2009 | 20 | #4,885 | 10.1 |
| 2008 | 25 | #4,113 | 12.3 |
| 2007 | 35 | #3,228 | 16.9 |
| 2006 | 31 | #3,436 | 15.1 |
| 2005 | 33 | #3,149 | 16.5 |
| 2004 | 33 | #3,054 | 16.6 |
| 2003 | 27 | #3,420 | 13.7 |
| 2002 | 30 | #3,068 | 15.5 |
| 2001 | 24 | #3,591 | 12.4 |
| 2000 | 25 | #3,396 | 12.7 |
| 1999 | 24 | #3,345 | 12.5 |
| 1998 | 31 | #2,691 | 16.2 |
| 1997 | 29 | #2,730 | 15.4 |
| 1996 | 25 | #2,999 | 13.2 |
| 1995 | 25 | #2,901 | 13.1 |
| 1994 | 31 | #2,480 | 16.0 |
| 1993 | 27 | #2,673 | 13.8 |
| 1992 | 35 | #2,201 | 17.5 |
| 1991 | 38 | #1,999 | 18.8 |
| 1990 | 52 | #1,602 | 25.3 |
| 1989 | 39 | #1,908 | 19.5 |
| 1988 | 42 | #1,695 | 21.9 |
| 1987 | 40 | #1,700 | 21.4 |
| 1986 | 43 | #1,557 | 23.4 |
| 1985 | 32 | #1,861 | 17.3 |
| 1984 | 31 | #1,828 | 17.2 |
| 1983 | 39 | #1,551 | 21.8 |
| 1982 | 42 | #1,508 | 23.1 |
| 1981 | 31 | #1,851 | 17.3 |
| 1980 | 26 | #2,101 | 14.6 |
| 1979 | 33 | #1,744 | 19.2 |
| 1978 | 48 | #1,319 | 29.2 |
| 1977 | 32 | #1,699 | 19.5 |
| 1976 | 24 | #2,037 | 15.3 |
| 1975 | 45 | #1,297 | 28.8 |
| 1974 | 36 | #1,463 | 22.9 |
| 1973 | 35 | #1,453 | 22.5 |
| 1972 | 25 | #1,811 | 15.4 |
| 1971 | 55 | #1,106 | 31.1 |
| 1970 | 53 | #1,140 | 28.5 |
| 1969 | 48 | #1,134 | 26.8 |
| 1968 | 33 | #1,358 | 19.0 |
| 1967 | 36 | #1,271 | 20.6 |
| 1966 | 34 | #1,320 | 19.1 |
| 1965 | 49 | #1,063 | 26.3 |
| 1964 | 47 | #1,120 | 23.6 |
| 1963 | 53 | #1,044 | 26.1 |
| 1962 | 57 | #1,021 | 27.6 |
| 1961 | 56 | #1,048 | 26.4 |
| 1960 | 48 | #1,137 | 22.5 |
| 1959 | 35 | #1,332 | 16.4 |
| 1958 | 45 | #1,157 | 21.2 |
| 1957 | 35 | #1,340 | 16.2 |
| 1956 | 53 | #1,040 | 25.1 |
| 1955 | 32 | #1,362 | 15.5 |
| 1954 | 35 | #1,288 | 17.2 |
| 1953 | 26 | #1,499 | 13.2 |
| 1952 | 30 | #1,394 | 15.4 |
| 1951 | 29 | #1,396 | 15.4 |
| 1950 | 39 | #1,159 | 21.8 |
| 1949 | 30 | #1,339 | 16.9 |
| 1948 | 22 | #1,597 | 12.5 |
| 1947 | 34 | #1,267 | 18.6 |
| 1946 | 18 | #1,744 | 11.1 |
| 1945 | 22 | #1,433 | 16.3 |
| 1944 | 20 | #1,567 | 14.7 |
| 1943 | 17 | #1,816 | 11.9 |
| 1942 | 19 | #1,666 | 13.8 |
| 1941 | 18 | #1,676 | 14.7 |
| 1940 | 28 | #1,285 | 24.2 |
| 1939 | 15 | #1,854 | 13.6 |
| 1938 | 24 | #1,393 | 21.6 |
| 1937 | 14 | #1,973 | 13.1 |
| 1936 | 16 | #1,780 | 15.4 |
| 1935 | 13 | #2,106 | 12.5 |
| 1934 | 16 | #1,840 | 15.5 |
| 1933 | 11 | #2,336 | 11.1 |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,600 | 9.6 |
| 1931 | 14 | #2,080 | 13.5 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,565 | 10.0 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,721 | 9.3 |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,362 | 11.7 |
| 1927 | 12 | #2,495 | 10.6 |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,088 | 5.4 |
| 1925 | 21 | #1,730 | 18.8 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,206 | 7.9 |
| 1922 | 11 | #2,766 | 10.1 |
| 1921 | 14 | #2,352 | 12.7 |
| 1920 | 13 | #2,427 | 12.2 |
| 1919 | 11 | #2,628 | 11.2 |
| 1918 | 13 | #2,364 | 12.8 |
| 1917 | 10 | #2,690 | 10.8 |
| 1916 | 9 | #2,887 | 10.1 |
| 1915 | 11 | #2,423 | 13.0 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,642 | 7.6 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,227 | 15.6 |
| 1912 | 11 | #1,602 | 25.6 |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,139 | 48.8 |
| 1890 | 6 | #973 | 54.0 |
| 1882 | 5 | #1,063 | 44.0 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Rance a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Rance has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 116 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Rance: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Rance, and how old are they?
2,250 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 75% of the 3,002 Americans ever recorded as Rance. The median Rance alive today is 45 years old; half are between 28 and 61.
The 2020 Census counted 2,062 people named Rance (11 women and girls, 2,051 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,327 born in the U.S. The Census count is 11% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 65 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 495 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 538 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 543 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 428 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 184 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Rance born?
The states with the most babies named Rance are Texas, California and Oklahoma, with 88% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Oklahoma is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 330 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| California | 49 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Oklahoma | 31 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Indiana | 12 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Florida | 10 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Ohio | 10 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Pennsylvania | 10 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Missouri | 6 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Alabama | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Louisiana | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Rance is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Rance is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 1.5 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Rance with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Rance
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Rance and names like it
- Compare Rance and SergeBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sRance peaked in 1962.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Rance since 1910.
- The top names of 1962The year the most babies were named Rance.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Rance alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with RMost given first.