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Lance

Meaning not yet sourced

Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1970, with 4,160 babies; 279 in 2025

CommonRare
Rank 2015: #604, 2016: #616, 2017: #634, 2018: #651, 2019: #664, 2020: #764, 2021: #803, 2022: #788, 2023: #813, 2024: #840, 2025: #8621 in 6,122 boys in the US, 2025#862 · falling · was #604 in 2015
CommonRare
Rank 2015: #1,442, 2016: #1,271, 2017: #1,703, 2018: #1,610, 2019: #1,655, 2020: #1,273, 2021: #1,688, 2022: #1,420, 2023: #1,461, 2024: #1,595, 2025: #2,0141 in 22,661 boys in E&W, 2025#2,014 · falling · was #1,442 in 2015

Boy’s name · from a surname, Germanic · /lɑːns/

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What Lance means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Lance yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1970, with 4,160 babies; 279 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Lance?

US 2025
#862
279 babies
▼ 22 vs 2024
England & Wales 2025
#2014
12 babies
▼ 419 vs 2024
Scotland
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Not listed

US: Falling: down from #604 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #1442 in 2015.

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US, 1880–2025England & Wales, 1996–2025Babies per 1,000 boys born. Dot: biggest US share (1970)

Biggest US share so far: 1970, when 4,160 boys got the name (#76 that year). First in the US records in 1899.

How common

  • About 1 in 6,122 baby boys in the US in 2025
  • About 1 in 22,661 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in ND (1.49 per 1,000 boys), IA (0.58 per 1,000 boys), LA (0.52 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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FewerMore · grey: under 5 babies, not listed

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Lance is #862 in the US and #2014 in England & Wales (2025).

Rank 2025BabiesHow commonRank 2015
US#8622791 in 6,122#604
England & Wales#2014121 in 22,661#1442
Scotland––––

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Lance were boys.

GirlsBoys
US 20250279
England & Wales 2025012
US all years since 1880345105,839
England & Wales since 19960648

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

/lɑːns/
/læns/

IPA from Wiktionary.

If you like Lance

Boys

  • Ryan#99Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1985, with 29,905 babies; 3,532 in 2025
  • Eric#273Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1970, with 23,571 babies; 1,256 in 2025
  • Kyle#508“narrows”
  • Nelson#824“son of Nicholas”
  • Tyler#219“tiler”
  • Garrett#564Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #269 in 2015, #564 in 2025

For a sister

  • Ashley#164“ash tree + wood, clearing”
  • Kelly#851Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1977, with 18,234 babies; 319 in 2025
  • Alicia#460Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1984, with 7,820 babies; 672 in 2025
  • Kimberly#302Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #108 in 2015, #302 in 2025
  • Leslie#712“garden of hollies”
  • Tiffany#878Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1988, with 18,364 babies; 304 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, Germanic, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Lance’s. Rank is US 2025.

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