Boys' name · peaked in 1969
Vance name popularity since 1925
24,452 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Vance. Half of them were born in 1970 or earlier, so the typical Vance is about 56 years old in 2026. Vance peaked in 1969 as the #328 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 24,452
- Named Vance, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,080 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.8% boys
- 58 girls · 24,394 boys
- Most popular in
- North Carolina
- 2.64× its national share
Peak year is the year Vance made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Vance births per year, 1925–2025
1969 was the biggest year for Vance both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Steepest fall: Between 1969 and 1974, Vance's share of baby boys fell by 64%, from 1 in 3,220 to 1 in 8,930.
- Fastest rise: Between 2000 and 2005, it became 1.8× more common, from 1 in 13,900 baby boys to 1 in 7,650.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Vance's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Vance.
Decade by decade
Babies named Vance in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 15 | 847 | – |
| 1930s | 14 | 1,501 | #475 |
| 1940s | 7 | 2,075 | #417 |
| 1950s | 0 | 3,420 | #410 |
| 1960s | 16 | 4,065 | #402 |
| 1970s | 0 | 2,253 | #628 |
| 1980s | 6 | 1,875 | #692 |
| 1990s | 0 | 1,929 | #852 |
| 2000s | 0 | 2,443 | #762 |
| 2010s | 0 | 2,631 | #759 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 1,355 | #1,080 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
27.3% of babies named Vance from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Vance is most popular
The index compares Vance's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Vance.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 2.64× | 1,424 |
| Utah | 2.19× | 354 |
| Kansas | 1.62× | 315 |
| Washington | 1.38× | 440 |
| Louisiana | 1.21× | 412 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Vance's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Vance.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Vance (1969).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data