Masculine dossier · first seen 1899

Lance

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Lance
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 93% from peak

Peak era

1970

Peak rank proxy

4,160

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen X

1899Peak 19702024

Peak year

1970

Decline from peak

93%

2024

290

All-time

105,563

Lance once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1970, when 4,160 boys were named Lance.

In 2024, only 290 boys were given the name.

Down 93% from its peak.

All told, about 105,563 Americans have been named Lance and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1899.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 93% from peak

19704,160 boys named Lance

2024290 boys named Lance

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