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Rance: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 10 in 2025. Its best rank was #973 in 1890.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #973 in 1890; #8,095 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Rance in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#8,095 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1890, at #973.
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Rance: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 10 boys in 2025. Peak: #973 in 1890 · most boys in one year: 57 (1962).
In 2025, 10 US boys were named Rance, making it the 8,095th most common boys’ name of the year, up 87 places from #8,182 in 2024. That is 0 more than the 10 boys named Rance in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #973, reached in 1890. The most boys given the name in a single year was 57, in 1962. For comparison, it was #3,662 in 2015 and #1,160 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Rance in 116 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1882 with 5 babies. In all, 3,002 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 1960s, with 461 babies named Rance.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 121 US boys were named Rance; the busiest of those years was 2022, with 17. In 2025 that was about 1 in 170,808 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
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Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 10 | #8,095 |
| 2024 | — | — | 10 | #8,182 |
| 2023 | — | — | 11 | #7,631 |
| 2022 | — | — | 17 | #5,583 |
| 2021 | — | — | 10 | #8,029 |
| 2020 | — | — | 11 | #7,390 |
| 2019 | — | — | 13 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | — | — | 10 | #8,025 |
| 2017 | — | — | 16 | #5,724 |
| 2016 | — | — | 13 | #6,640 |
| 2015 | — | — | 30 | #3,662 |
| 2014 | — | — | 17 | #5,433 |
| 2013 | — | — | 17 | #5,341 |
| 2012 | — | — | 14 | #6,233 |
| 2011 | — | — | 28 | #3,766 |
| 2010 | — | — | 26 | #3,965 |
| 2009 | — | — | 20 | #4,887 |
| 2008 | — | — | 25 | #4,116 |
| 2007 | — | — | 35 | #3,230 |
| 2006 | — | — | 31 | #3,438 |
| 2005 | — | — | 33 | #3,153 |
| 2004 | — | — | 33 | #3,058 |
| 2003 | — | — | 27 | #3,425 |
| 2002 | — | — | 30 | #3,072 |
| 2001 | — | — | 24 | #3,596 |
| 2000 | — | — | 25 | #3,402 |
| 1999 | — | — | 24 | #3,349 |
| 1998 | — | — | 31 | #2,694 |
| 1997 | — | — | 29 | #2,734 |
| 1996 | — | — | 25 | #3,004 |
| 1995 | — | — | 25 | #2,906 |
| 1994 | — | — | 31 | #2,485 |
| 1993 | — | — | 27 | #2,679 |
| 1992 | — | — | 35 | #2,206 |
| 1991 | — | — | 38 | #2,005 |
| 1990 | — | — | 52 | #1,607 |
| 1989 | — | — | 39 | #1,913 |
| 1988 | — | — | 42 | #1,700 |
| 1987 | — | — | 40 | #1,702 |
| 1986 | — | — | 43 | #1,558 |
| 1985 | — | — | 32 | #1,862 |
| 1984 | — | — | 31 | #1,829 |
| 1983 | — | — | 39 | #1,552 |
| 1982 | — | — | 42 | #1,509 |
| 1981 | — | — | 31 | #1,852 |
| 1980 | — | — | 26 | #2,101 |
| 1979 | — | — | 33 | #1,744 |
| 1978 | — | — | 48 | #1,319 |
| 1977 | — | — | 32 | #1,699 |
| 1976 | — | — | 24 | #2,038 |
| 1975 | — | — | 45 | #1,297 |
| 1974 | — | — | 36 | #1,463 |
| 1973 | — | — | 35 | #1,453 |
| 1972 | — | — | 25 | #1,811 |
| 1971 | — | — | 55 | #1,106 |
| 1970 | — | — | 53 | #1,140 |
| 1969 | — | — | 48 | #1,134 |
| 1968 | — | — | 33 | #1,358 |
| 1967 | — | — | 36 | #1,272 |
| 1966 | — | — | 34 | #1,321 |
| 1965 | — | — | 49 | #1,063 |
| 1964 | — | — | 47 | #1,121 |
| 1963 | — | — | 53 | #1,045 |
| 1962 | — | — | 57 | #1,022 |
| 1961 | — | — | 56 | #1,049 |
| 1960 | — | — | 48 | #1,138 |
| 1959 | — | — | 35 | #1,333 |
| 1958 | — | — | 45 | #1,158 |
| 1957 | — | — | 35 | #1,341 |
| 1956 | — | — | 53 | #1,041 |
| 1955 | — | — | 32 | #1,363 |
| 1954 | — | — | 35 | #1,289 |
| 1953 | — | — | 26 | #1,500 |
| 1952 | — | — | 30 | #1,395 |
| 1951 | — | — | 29 | #1,397 |
| 1950 | — | — | 39 | #1,160 |
| 1949 | — | — | 30 | #1,340 |
| 1948 | — | — | 22 | #1,598 |
| 1947 | — | — | 34 | #1,268 |
| 1946 | — | — | 18 | #1,745 |
| 1945 | — | — | 22 | #1,434 |
| 1944 | — | — | 20 | #1,568 |
| 1943 | — | — | 17 | #1,817 |
| 1942 | — | — | 19 | #1,666 |
| 1941 | — | — | 18 | #1,676 |
| 1940 | — | — | 28 | #1,285 |
| 1939 | — | — | 15 | #1,854 |
| 1938 | — | — | 24 | #1,393 |
| 1937 | — | — | 14 | #1,973 |
| 1936 | — | — | 16 | #1,780 |
| 1935 | — | — | 13 | #2,106 |
| 1934 | — | — | 16 | #1,840 |
| 1933 | — | — | 11 | #2,337 |
| 1932 | — | — | 10 | #2,600 |
| 1931 | — | — | 14 | #2,080 |
| 1930 | — | — | 11 | #2,567 |
| 1929 | — | — | 10 | #2,722 |
| 1928 | — | — | 13 | #2,362 |
| 1927 | — | — | 12 | #2,495 |
| 1926 | — | — | 6 | #4,090 |
| 1925 | — | — | 21 | #1,731 |
| 1924 | — | — | 9 | #3,207 |
| 1922 | — | — | 11 | #2,767 |
| 1921 | — | — | 14 | #2,353 |
| 1920 | — | — | 13 | #2,428 |
| 1919 | — | — | 11 | #2,629 |
| 1918 | — | — | 13 | #2,365 |
| 1917 | — | — | 10 | #2,691 |
| 1916 | — | — | 9 | #2,888 |
| 1915 | — | — | 11 | #2,424 |
| 1914 | — | — | 5 | #3,643 |
| 1913 | — | — | 8 | #2,228 |
| 1912 | — | — | 11 | #1,603 |
| 1909 | — | — | 8 | #1,139 |
| 1890 | — | — | 6 | #973 |
| 1882 | — | — | 5 | #1,064 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).