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✦ Two distinct US naming histories

Lance

Used in both girl and boy records

Lance appears in both girl and boy US naming records. Compare the two independent popularity histories, ranks, and peak years.

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Lance by gender

Each record below preserves the original rank, use count, active years, and peak year for that gender. The spelling is shared; the data histories are not combined.

GIRL RECORDLance as a girl’s nameUS records 1956–2004
#12466girl rank1979peak year
Read girl record ↗BOY RECORDLance as a boy’s nameUS records 1899–2024
#300boy rank1970peak year
Read boy record ↗

Popularity ledger

Girl and boy use over time

GirlBoy

Trace the annual recorded uses of Lance in the national name files. Hover a peak marker, move across the chart, or use the arrow keys to inspect an exact annual count and rank.

At a glance

RecordPeak yearHighest rankObserved usage
Girl197922 uses#353919791956–200433 listed years
Boy19704,163 uses#7619701899–2020121 listed years

Annual counts and within-year ranks from the SSA national-name archive, 1880–2020. Names with fewer than five births in a year are not listed in the source files.