How Many People Are Named Nance?
people named Nance are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 815,715 people in the US has this name
Based on 771 babies named Nance in Social Security records from 1913 to 1973, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
32 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Nance (99.7%) were girls. The share has stayed close to this since the 1930s: 94.2% of the babies were girls then and 100% in the 1950s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Nance alive today is about 73 years old, and 93% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 67 and 78 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Nance first appears in the records in 1913 and was given most often in 1947, to 32 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1973.
Babies given the name each year, 1913 to 1973
🏆 Rank History
Nance has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,617, in 1932.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,617 (1932) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,308 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Nance alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Nance were born in Pennsylvania than in any other state: about 14 of those alive today.
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