Lance is a familiar boys' name that peaked in 1970 and has since faded.
Lance is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #862 for boy births in the United States (and #1,783 across all names), given to 279 babies. Lance first appears in 1899 and peaked in 1970 (4,160 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 279 | 279 | — | #862 |
| 2024 | 291 | 291 | — | #840 |
| 2023 | 302 | 302 | — | #814 |
| 2022 | 320 | 320 | — | #788 |
| 2021 | 305 | 305 | — | #804 |
| 2020 | 315 | 315 | — | #765 |
| 2019 | 398 | 398 | — | #664 |
| 2018 | 394 | 394 | — | #651 |
| 2017 | 409 | 409 | — | #636 |
| 2016 | 438 | 438 | — | #617 |
| 2015 | 454 | 454 | — | #604 |
| 2014 | 512 | 512 | — | #541 |
| 2013 | 459 | 459 | — | #568 |
| 2012 | 541 | 541 | — | #494 |
| 2011 | 575 | 575 | — | #468 |
| 2010 | 604 | 604 | — | #444 |
| 2009 | 639 | 644 | — | #438 |
| 2008 | 751 | 757 | — | #395 |
| 2007 | 826 | 826 | — | #372 |
| 2006 | 1,003 | 1,003 | — | #319 |
| 2005 | 1,256 | 1,256 | — | #264 |
| 2004 | 1,166 | 1,166 | #17,616 | #275 |
| 2003 | 1,167 | 1,167 | — | #269 |
| 2002 | 1,232 | 1,232 | — | #261 |
| 2001 | 1,286 | 1,292 | — | #256 |
| 2000 | 1,221 | 1,221 | — | #267 |
| 1999 | 1,003 | 1,003 | — | #287 |
| 1998 | 880 | 880 | — | #316 |
| 1997 | 918 | — | — | #298 |
| 1996 | 1,048 | — | — | #268 |
| 1995 | 1,095 | — | — | #257 |
| 1994 | 1,119 | — | — | #258 |
| 1993 | 1,259 | — | — | #230 |
| 1992 | 1,507 | — | — | #204 |
| 1991 | 1,581 | — | #10,911 | #197 |
| 1990 | 1,702 | — | #14,186 | #182 |
| 1989 | 1,838 | — | #5,693 | #165 |
| 1988 | 1,904 | — | #7,435 | #146 |
| 1987 | 2,004 | — | #6,555 | #142 |
| 1986 | 2,062 | — | #6,384 | #134 |
| 1985 | 2,160 | — | #7,953 | #130 |
| 1984 | 2,150 | — | #4,861 | #127 |
| 1983 | 1,973 | — | #6,015 | #135 |
| 1982 | 1,988 | — | #5,075 | #142 |
| 1981 | 1,693 | — | #6,109 | #160 |
| 1980 | 1,801 | — | #4,854 | #152 |
| 1979 | 1,889 | — | #3,604 | #142 |
| 1978 | 1,982 | — | #5,765 | #134 |
| 1977 | 1,939 | — | #4,789 | #139 |
| 1976 | 1,742 | — | #6,948 | #144 |
| 1975 | 1,497 | — | — | #163 |
| 1974 | 1,534 | — | #7,281 | #159 |
| 1973 | 1,697 | — | #4,067 | #148 |
| 1972 | 2,270 | — | #3,632 | #126 |
| 1971 | 3,190 | — | #4,040 | #98 |
| 1970 | 4,173 | — | #4,374 | #76 |
| 1969 | 3,035 | — | #5,258 | #103 |
| 1968 | 2,005 | — | #3,697 | #144 |
| 1967 | 1,811 | — | #5,212 | #152 |
| 1966 | 1,819 | — | — | #156 |
| 1965 | 1,763 | — | #4,660 | #169 |
| 1964 | 2,097 | — | #5,233 | #157 |
| 1963 | 1,873 | — | #5,611 | #166 |
| 1962 | 2,008 | — | #7,076 | #160 |
| 1961 | 1,807 | — | — | #173 |
| 1960 | 1,884 | — | #4,973 | #171 |
| 1959 | 1,436 | — | #5,923 | #203 |
| 1958 | 1,133 | — | — | #231 |
| 1957 | 1,163 | — | #6,591 | #222 |
| 1956 | 1,122 | — | #5,630 | #218 |
| 1955 | 1,059 | — | — | #221 |
| 1954 | 921 | — | — | #231 |
| 1953 | 710 | — | — | #262 |
| 1952 | 707 | — | — | #257 |
| 1951 | 751 | — | — | #245 |
| 1950 | 735 | — | — | #249 |
| 1949 | 617 | — | — | #263 |
| 1948 | 609 | — | — | #268 |
| 1947 | 606 | — | — | #275 |
| 1946 | 414 | — | — | #316 |
| 1945 | 400 | — | — | #299 |
| 1944 | 404 | — | — | #298 |
| 1943 | 295 | — | — | #357 |
| 1942 | 338 | — | — | #330 |
| 1941 | 247 | — | — | #371 |
| 1940 | 254 | — | — | #358 |
| 1939 | 291 | — | — | #322 |
| 1938 | 267 | — | — | #339 |
| 1937 | 70 | — | — | #726 |
| 1936 | 72 | — | — | #705 |
| 1935 | 41 | — | — | #1,002 |
| 1934 | 18 | — | — | #1,703 |
| 1933 | 35 | — | — | #1,113 |
| 1932 | 24 | — | — | #1,444 |
| 1931 | 24 | — | — | #1,441 |
| 1930 | 26 | — | — | #1,447 |
| 1929 | 28 | — | — | #1,358 |
| 1928 | 24 | — | — | #1,547 |
| 1927 | 31 | — | — | #1,339 |
| 1926 | 29 | — | — | #1,368 |
| 1925 | 26 | — | — | #1,478 |
| 1924 | 26 | — | — | #1,513 |
| 1923 | 24 | — | — | #1,574 |
| 1922 | 38 | — | — | #1,173 |
| 1921 | 40 | — | — | #1,132 |
| 1920 | 36 | — | — | #1,216 |
| 1919 | 29 | — | — | #1,335 |
| 1918 | 25 | — | — | #1,479 |
| 1917 | 32 | — | — | #1,212 |
| 1916 | 21 | — | — | #1,573 |
| 1915 | 23 | — | — | #1,436 |
| 1914 | 25 | — | — | #1,177 |
| 1913 | 13 | — | — | #1,547 |
| 1912 | 6 | — | — | #2,428 |
| 1911 | 5 | — | — | #1,883 |
| 1910 | 5 | — | — | #1,734 |
| 1909 | 6 | — | — | #1,379 |
| 1908 | 8 | — | — | #1,070 |
| 1906 | 6 | — | — | #1,189 |
| 1905 | 7 | — | — | #1,040 |
| 1904 | 6 | — | — | #1,141 |
| 1903 | 5 | — | — | #1,220 |
| 1902 | 8 | — | — | #894 |
| 1901 | 7 | — | — | #901 |
| 1900 | 8 | — | — | #1,007 |
| 1899 | 5 | — | — | #1,141 |