first name
VANCE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 17,227 people named Vance, 73.4% reported their origin as White, 13.2% as Black and 4.8% as Hispanic or Latino. 99.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Vance peaked in 1969, when 555 babies got the name.
At least 27,150 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Vance by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #856. The largest share of babies named Vance, 24.6%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Vance is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Vance has been most common in North Carolina (3×), Hawaii (2.9×), and Utah (2.2×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.16×).
20,202 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Vance
Spelled almost the same
One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Vance, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Vance ranks #754 of 156,621, with 44,920 people. See Vance as a last name
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