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Vance: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 200 in 2025. Its best rank was #328 in 1969.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #328 in 1969; #1,080 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Vance in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,080 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1969, at #328.
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Vance: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 200 boys in 2025. Peak: #328 in 1969 · most boys in one year: 555 (1969).
In 2025, 200 US boys were named Vance, making it the 1,080th most common boys’ name of the year, down 83 places from #997 in 2024. That is 26 fewer than the 226 boys named Vance in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #328, reached in 1969. That year also had the most boys given the name: 555. For comparison, it was #759 in 2015 and #417 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Vance in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 7 babies with the name. In all, 27,150 US babies have been given the name, 0.5% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1960s, with 4,081 babies named Vance.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,333 US boys were named Vance; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 265. In 2025 that was about 1 in 8,540 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Vance ranked highest in Kansas in 2025, at #465 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state.
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US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 34 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas | 8 | #465 | #667 |
| Wisconsin | 8 | #615 | #599 |
| Indiana | 10 | #667 | #789 |
| Louisiana | 6 | #766 | #703 |
| Utah | 5 | #803 | #396 |
| Pennsylvania | 9 | #904 | #651 |
| Arizona | 6 | #920 | #521 |
| Minnesota | 5 | #925 | #778 |
| Washington | 6 | #988 | #837 |
| Ohio | 8 | #1,007 | #593 |
| North Carolina | 8 | #1,022 | #886 |
| Florida | 13 | #1,052 | #1,089 |
| Michigan | 6 | #1,101 | #713 |
| California | 19 | #1,118 | #861 |
| New York | 8 | #1,399 | #943 |
| Texas | 13 | #1,472 | #857 |
| Georgia | 5 | #1,534 | #1,369 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 200 | #1,080 |
| 2024 | — | — | 226 | #997 |
| 2023 | — | — | 237 | #955 |
| 2022 | — | — | 229 | #988 |
| 2021 | — | — | 242 | #935 |
| 2020 | — | — | 221 | #974 |
| 2019 | — | — | 245 | #894 |
| 2018 | — | — | 220 | #948 |
| 2017 | — | — | 265 | #836 |
| 2016 | — | — | 248 | #882 |
| 2015 | — | — | 318 | #759 |
| 2014 | — | — | 246 | #883 |
| 2013 | — | — | 245 | #869 |
| 2012 | — | — | 255 | #842 |
| 2011 | — | — | 300 | #756 |
| 2010 | — | — | 289 | #772 |
| 2009 | — | — | 294 | #776 |
| 2008 | — | — | 290 | #768 |
| 2007 | — | — | 318 | #723 |
| 2006 | — | — | 298 | #726 |
| 2005 | — | — | 261 | #762 |
| 2004 | — | — | 231 | #784 |
| 2003 | — | — | 242 | #744 |
| 2002 | — | — | 198 | #841 |
| 2001 | — | — | 170 | #920 |
| 2000 | — | — | 141 | #1,037 |
| 1999 | — | — | 165 | #912 |
| 1998 | — | — | 135 | #1,013 |
| 1997 | — | — | 175 | #831 |
| 1996 | — | — | 162 | #859 |
| 1995 | — | — | 162 | #852 |
| 1994 | — | — | 186 | #778 |
| 1993 | — | — | 218 | #703 |
| 1992 | — | — | 237 | #674 |
| 1991 | — | — | 243 | #654 |
| 1990 | — | — | 246 | #646 |
| 1989 | — | — | 262 | #611 |
| 1988 | 6 | #11,744 | 244 | #602 |
| 1987 | — | — | 212 | #628 |
| 1986 | — | — | 162 | #713 |
| 1985 | — | — | 162 | #692 |
| 1984 | — | — | 160 | #688 |
| 1983 | — | — | 198 | #610 |
| 1982 | — | — | 171 | #671 |
| 1981 | — | — | 152 | #704 |
| 1980 | — | — | 152 | #707 |
| 1979 | — | — | 162 | #672 |
| 1978 | — | — | 172 | #639 |
| 1977 | — | — | 145 | #708 |
| 1976 | — | — | 209 | #558 |
| 1975 | — | — | 166 | #628 |
| 1974 | — | — | 176 | #606 |
| 1973 | — | — | 250 | #496 |
| 1972 | — | — | 226 | #528 |
| 1971 | — | — | 340 | #446 |
| 1970 | — | — | 407 | #398 |
| 1969 | — | — | 555 | #328 |
| 1968 | — | — | 332 | #424 |
| 1967 | — | — | 288 | #446 |
| 1966 | — | — | 299 | #443 |
| 1965 | — | — | 384 | #402 |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,737 | 406 | #396 |
| 1963 | 5 | #7,604 | 457 | #372 |
| 1962 | 5 | #7,527 | 431 | #389 |
| 1961 | — | — | 463 | #370 |
| 1960 | — | — | 450 | #373 |
| 1959 | — | — | 411 | #392 |
| 1958 | — | — | 376 | #402 |
| 1957 | — | — | 462 | #352 |
| 1956 | — | — | 359 | #399 |
| 1955 | — | — | 321 | #410 |
| 1954 | — | — | 279 | #435 |
| 1953 | — | — | 338 | #375 |
| 1952 | — | — | 309 | #391 |
| 1951 | — | — | 304 | #387 |
| 1950 | — | — | 261 | #417 |
| 1949 | — | — | 267 | #417 |
| 1948 | — | — | 249 | #425 |
| 1947 | — | — | 281 | #410 |
| 1946 | 7 | #4,393 | 224 | #425 |
| 1945 | — | — | 208 | #417 |
| 1944 | — | — | 189 | #444 |
| 1943 | — | — | 166 | #479 |
| 1942 | — | — | 150 | #500 |
| 1941 | — | — | 176 | #442 |
| 1940 | — | — | 165 | #451 |
| 1939 | — | — | 149 | #469 |
| 1938 | — | — | 152 | #471 |
| 1937 | — | — | 137 | #489 |
| 1936 | — | — | 166 | #437 |
| 1935 | — | — | 143 | #475 |
| 1934 | — | — | 168 | #434 |
| 1933 | — | — | 146 | #460 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,879 | 134 | #497 |
| 1931 | — | — | 150 | #461 |
| 1930 | 7 | #4,015 | 156 | #478 |
| 1929 | — | — | 142 | #493 |
| 1928 | 5 | #5,374 | 180 | #449 |
| 1927 | — | — | 168 | #469 |
| 1926 | 5 | #5,564 | 171 | #460 |
| 1925 | 5 | #5,712 | 186 | #441 |
| 1924 | — | — | 152 | #507 |
| 1923 | 5 | #5,675 | 166 | #476 |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,729 | 199 | #428 |
| 1921 | 6 | #5,058 | 164 | #482 |
| 1920 | 9 | #3,573 | 207 | #412 |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,769 | 158 | #478 |
| 1918 | 7 | #4,256 | 190 | #426 |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,555 | 196 | #406 |
| 1916 | 6 | #4,371 | 177 | #423 |
| 1915 | 9 | #3,115 | 132 | #487 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,580 | 134 | #411 |
| 1913 | — | — | 108 | #417 |
| 1912 | 5 | #3,405 | 71 | #469 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,837 | 37 | #488 |
| 1910 | — | — | 30 | #523 |
| 1909 | — | — | 40 | #385 |
| 1908 | — | — | 30 | #450 |
| 1907 | — | — | 19 | #589 |
| 1906 | — | — | 19 | #545 |
| 1905 | — | — | 26 | #429 |
| 1904 | — | — | 19 | #512 |
| 1903 | — | — | 25 | #399 |
| 1902 | — | — | 23 | #439 |
| 1901 | — | — | 13 | #592 |
| 1900 | — | — | 15 | #678 |
| 1899 | — | — | 15 | #519 |
| 1898 | — | — | 17 | #521 |
| 1897 | — | — | 12 | #648 |
| 1896 | — | — | 18 | #496 |
| 1895 | — | — | 26 | #382 |
| 1894 | — | — | 20 | #436 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,639 | 19 | #432 |
| 1892 | — | — | 18 | #477 |
| 1891 | — | — | 19 | #409 |
| 1890 | — | — | 13 | #563 |
| 1889 | — | — | 12 | #577 |
| 1888 | — | — | 7 | #910 |
| 1887 | — | — | 10 | #630 |
| 1886 | — | — | 9 | #690 |
| 1885 | — | — | 12 | #576 |
| 1884 | — | — | 13 | #544 |
| 1883 | — | — | 9 | #674 |
| 1882 | — | — | 5 | #1,088 |
| 1881 | — | — | 7 | #777 |
| 1880 | — | — | 7 | #803 |
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).