Rance
Recorded 1882–2025 · United States
Rance was most popular in 1962, when 57 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,386 that year. In 2025 it ranked #16,070, with 10 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,002 people named Rance.
Rance over time
How old is the name Rance?
Rance first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1882, which makes it about 143 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 116 of the 144 years since.
How many people are named Rance?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 3,002 American births named Rance between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,289 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Rance in 2025?
10 American babies were named Rance in 2025, ranking #16,070 that year.
Is Rance getting more or less popular?
Rance is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 12 births a year, against 21 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -45% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Rance a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Rance is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 3,002 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Rance?
Roughly 2,289 Americans named Rance are alive today — 76% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 45 years old, and half are between 28 and 62. That is a wide band, the mark of a name in steady use across generations rather than a passing fashion.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Rance is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org