Vance — #992 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Vance

The Social Security Administration has registered 26,811 babies named Vance between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Vance currently holds the #992 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1969, when 555 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Vance performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 4,064 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Vance shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 2,404 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Vance in 45 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Vance 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 26,811 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.