Lance

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Lance closed 2025 at #862 on the boys' board: 279 boys, 0.016% of the market. The position is down 31% over ten years, well off its 1970 high of 4,160 (#76 that year); 105,842 boys have carried the name since 1899.

1899

First listed

105,842

All-time boys

1970

Busiest year (4,160 babies)

279

Babies born

#862

Rank (M)

0.016%

Share of boys

-31%

10-yr change

-72%

30-yr change

Lance M View in Terminal

State distribution · Lance M · 2021–25 · tile brightness = rate vs. national

AKMEVTNHWA×1.4IDMTND×1.7MN×1.7WI×1.0MI×0.9NY×0.8MARIOR×0.4NVWYSD×1.6IA×1.1IL×1.1IN×1.7OH×1.6PA×1.3NJ×0.3CTCA×0.8UT×1.5CO×0.9NEMO×1.8KY×1.7WVVA×1.1MD×0.7DEAZ×0.5NMKS×1.3AR×1.5TN×1.0NC×1.2SCDCOK×0.8LA×2.8MS×1.1AL×0.9GA×0.9HITX×1.0FL×1.0

LA · 50 babies×2.8 national

MO · 44 babies×1.8 national

IN · 48 babies×1.7 national

KY · 30 babies×1.7 national

MN · 36 babies×1.7 national

OH · 72 babies×1.6 national

Trades near Lance · 2025 boys' board

Rank	Name	Babies	Share of boys
#857	EvrenFM	284	0.017%
#858	AvyaanM	282	0.017%
#859	RexM	281	0.016%
#860	AslanM	280	0.016%
#861	EddieFM	280	0.016%
#862	LanceM	279	0.016%
#863	StanleyM	278	0.016%
#864	ConnerFM	277	0.016%
#865	JesiahFM	277	0.016%
#866	ZevM	277	0.016%
#867	AlessioM	276	0.016%

Origin

Lance: Diminutive of Lancelot; from Germanic languages, also transferred from a surname.

Germanic · 283 listings Surnames · 647 listings

Same shelf:

Rank	Name	Babies	Share of boys
#3	OliverFM	14,939	0.87%
#6,222	EmmaFM	14	0.001%
#10,771	AmeliaFM	6	0.000%
#5	HenryFM	12,020	0.70%
#9	WilliamFM	10,545	0.62%
#9,161	EvelynFM	8	0.000%

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