The name Vance is of English origin, and means swampland.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Vance has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Vance
Use of the Name Vance for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
21,242
12,718
4,496
1,498
833
467
226
The table below indicates the number of times the name Vance has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Vance
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
804
7
1881
777
7
1882
1883
674
9
1884
544
13
1885
576
12
1886
690
9
1887
630
10
1888
911
7
1889
577
12
1890
563
13
1891
409
19
1892
478
18
1893
432
19
1894
436
20
1895
382
26
1896
497
18
1897
648
12
1898
521
17
1899
519
15
1900
678
15
1901
592
13
1902
438
23
1903
399
25
1904
512
19
1905
429
26
1906
544
19
1907
589
19
1908
450
30
1909
384
40
1910
521
30
1911
489
37
1912
469
71
1913
418
108
1914
410
135
1915
487
131
1916
424
177
1917
405
196
1918
424
191
1919
478
158
1920
408
209
1921
483
163
1922
427
201
1923
478
162
1924
501
153
1925
443
184
1926
458
173
1927
466
169
1928
454
176
1929
490
144
1930
474
158
1931
463
149
1932
498
134
1933
464
145
1934
433
169
1935
475
142
1936
435
166
1937
489
137
1938
471
152
1939
470
150
1940
452
165
1941
442
176
1942
504
148
1943
478
166
1944
443
189
1945
419
207
1946
424
225
1947
408
280
1948
425
248
1949
418
266
1950
416
262
1951
388
303
1952
388
314
1953
379
334
1954
431
279
1955
408
321
1956
401
357
1957
352
460
1958
403
375
1959
392
410
1960
373
449
1961
368
466
1962
388
430
1963
374
455
1964
396
407
1965
404
380
1966
443
299
1967
445
288
1968
427
329
1969
328
554
1970
397
405
1971
446
337
1972
524
227
1973
497
247
1974
611
174
1975
630
165
1976
558
210
1977
708
145
1978
641
171
1979
675
161
1980
715
148
1981
703
152
1982
671
170
1983
608
198
1984
688
159
1985
695
161
1986
711
162
1987
626
211
1988
598
245
1989
611
261
1990
646
247
1991
656
243
1992
673
238
1993
703
218
1994
781
185
1995
846
163
1996
858
162
1997
831
175
1998
1999
907
165
2000
2001
916
170
2002
844
196
2003
743
241
2004
789
226
Totals:
21,242
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Vance as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are slightly lower than actual counts because the name Vance appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 122 times during the last 125 years.