How Many People Are Named Vance?
people named Vance are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 18,096 people in the US has this name
Based on 27,150 babies named Vance in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
555 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an English surname which was derived from Old English fenn meaning "marsh, fen".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Vance (99.9%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Vance alive today is about 41 years old, and 37% are under 30. Half of them were between 18 and 62 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Vance first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1969, to 555 babies. In 2025, 200 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Vance has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #328, in 1969. In 2025 it ranked #1,080.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,080 |
| Best rank | #328 (1969) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #396 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Vance alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Vance were born in California than in any other state: about 2,025 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Vance was given 3 times as often in North Carolina, 2.7 times in Hawaii and 2.2 times in Utah.
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