Lance was the #862 boys' name in the US in 2025 (279 babies), and #2,014 in England & Wales and #818 in Canada.
Lance as a boy’s name
US
England & Wales
Scotland
Ireland
Canada
NSW
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
England & Wales
Scotland
Ireland
Canada
NSW
2025
#862 (279)
#2,014 (12)
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#818 (32)
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2024
#840 (291)
#1,595 (16)
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#1,246 (18)
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2023
#813 (302)
#1,461 (17)
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#1,043 (22)
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2022
#788 (320)
#1,420 (18)
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#1,350 (15)
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2021
#803 (305)
#1,688 (14)
#720 (3)
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#1,342 (15)
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2020
#764 (315)
#1,273 (20)
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#878 (27)
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2019
#664 (398)
#1,655 (14)
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#759 (32)
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2018
#651 (394)
#1,610 (15)
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#712 (35)
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2017
#634 (409)
#1,703 (14)
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#706 (35)
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2016
#616 (438)
#1,271 (21)
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#669 (39)
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2015
#604 (454)
#1,442 (17)
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#734 (34)
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2014
#541 (512)
#1,144 (23)
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#806 (29)
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2013
#568 (459)
#1,339 (18)
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#625 (41)
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2012
#493 (541)
#1,051 (26)
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#675 (36)
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2011
#467 (575)
#1,045 (25)
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#699 (34)
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The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1970 at #76.
Holding steady over the last five years.
First recorded in the US in 1899.
How common is it?
about 1 in 6,100 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.
In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.
How common, country by country
Where
Sex
Latest year
Share
Verdict
US
Boys
2025
about 1 in 6,100
uncommon
England & Wales
Boys
2025
about 1 in 23,000
rare
Canada
Boys
2025
about 1 in 5,000
uncommon
Next year
On its recent trend, Lance is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 6,200 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 5,800 to 1 in 6,600.