Lance
Boy · LAHNS · Germanic
Lance is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “land”. In 2025 it ranked 2,087th for boys in the UK (12 babies) and 862nd for boys in the US (279 babies).
What does Lance mean?
Germanic: from the Germanic name Lanzo, via Norman French
“land”
From the Old Germanic Lanzo, a short form of names beginning with land; later linked with Sir Lancelot.
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Is Lance a girl's or a boy's name?
Lance is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the UK and 279 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lance in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,087among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 25,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the UK were named Lance, making it the 2,087th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,356th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 39 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the fewest boys named Lance since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Lance in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,011th in England and Wales.
Lance in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,087 |
| 2024 | 16 | #1,664 |
| 2023 | 17 | #1,571 |
| 2022 | 18 | #1,501 |
| 2021 | 17 | #1,547 |
| 2020 | 20 | #1,356 |
| 2019 | 15 | #1,683 |
| 2018 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2017 | 15 | #1,738 |
| 2016 | 21 | #1,347 |
| 2015 | 17 | #1,535 |
| 2014 | 25 | #1,162 |
| 2013 | 18 | #1,445 |
| 2012 | 26 | #1,128 |
| 2011 | 25 | #1,125 |
| 2010 | 21 | #1,288 |
| 2009 | 27 | #1,057 |
| 2008 | 27 | #1,047 |
| 2007 | 24 | #1,102 |
| 2006 | 36 | #784 |
| 2005 | 39 | #730 |
| 2004 | 25 | #921 |
| 2003 | 27 | #828 |
| 2002 | 20 | #951 |
| 2001 | 19 | #949 |
| 2000 | 20 | #882 |
| 1999 | 20 | #870 |
| 1998 | 29 | #671 |
| 1997 | 28 | #652 |
| 1996 | 36 | #529 |
How popular is Lance in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #862among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 279about 1 in 6,100 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 279 boys in the US were named Lance, making it the 862nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 764th. Its busiest year was 1970, with 4,160 boys. It first appears in the records in 1899.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Lance than any year since 1941.
Half of all the boys named Lance in the US since 1880 were born between 1965 and 1991, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lance in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 279 | #862 |
| 2024 | 291 | #840 |
| 2023 | 302 | #813 |
| 2022 | 320 | #788 |
| 2021 | 305 | #803 |
| 2020 | 315 | #764 |
| 2019 | 398 | #664 |
| 2018 | 394 | #651 |
| 2017 | 409 | #634 |
| 2016 | 438 | #616 |
| 2015 | 454 | #604 |
| 2014 | 512 | #541 |
| 2013 | 459 | #568 |
| 2012 | 541 | #493 |
| 2011 | 575 | #467 |
| 2010 | 604 | #443 |
| 2009 | 639 | #437 |
| 2008 | 751 | #395 |
| 2007 | 826 | #371 |
| 2006 | 1,003 | #319 |
| 2005 | 1,256 | #263 |
| 2004 | 1,161 | #275 |
| 2003 | 1,167 | #269 |
| 2002 | 1,232 | #261 |
| 2001 | 1,286 | #256 |
| 2000 | 1,221 | #267 |
| 1999 | 1,003 | #287 |
| 1998 | 880 | #315 |
| 1997 | 918 | #297 |
| 1996 | 1,048 | #268 |
| 1995 | 1,095 | #257 |
| 1994 | 1,119 | #258 |
| 1993 | 1,259 | #230 |
| 1992 | 1,507 | #204 |
| 1991 | 1,574 | #197 |
| 1990 | 1,697 | #182 |
| 1989 | 1,823 | #165 |
| 1988 | 1,894 | #146 |
| 1987 | 1,993 | #142 |
| 1986 | 2,051 | #134 |
| 1985 | 2,152 | #130 |
| 1984 | 2,135 | #127 |
| 1983 | 1,962 | #135 |
| 1982 | 1,974 | #142 |
| 1981 | 1,682 | #160 |
| 1980 | 1,786 | #152 |
| 1979 | 1,867 | #142 |
| 1978 | 1,971 | #134 |
| 1977 | 1,925 | #139 |
| 1976 | 1,734 | #144 |
| 1975 | 1,497 | #163 |
| 1974 | 1,527 | #159 |
| 1973 | 1,682 | #148 |
| 1972 | 2,253 | #126 |
| 1971 | 3,175 | #98 |
| 1970 | 4,160 | #76 |
| 1969 | 3,026 | #103 |
| 1968 | 1,991 | #144 |
| 1967 | 1,803 | #152 |
| 1966 | 1,819 | #156 |
| 1965 | 1,754 | #169 |
| 1964 | 2,089 | #157 |
| 1963 | 1,866 | #166 |
| 1962 | 2,003 | #160 |
| 1961 | 1,807 | #173 |
| 1960 | 1,876 | #171 |
| 1959 | 1,430 | #203 |
| 1958 | 1,133 | #231 |
| 1957 | 1,158 | #222 |
| 1956 | 1,116 | #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 | #370 |
| 1940 | 254 | #358 |
| 1939 | 291 | #321 |
| 1938 | 267 | #339 |
| 1937 | 70 | #722 |
| 1936 | 72 | #698 |
| 1935 | 41 | #992 |
| 1934 | 18 | #1,658 |
| 1933 | 35 | #1,103 |
| 1932 | 24 | #1,426 |
| 1931 | 24 | #1,427 |
| 1930 | 26 | #1,428 |
| 1929 | 28 | #1,339 |
| 1928 | 24 | #1,522 |
| 1927 | 31 | #1,322 |
| 1926 | 29 | #1,353 |
| 1925 | 26 | #1,451 |
| 1924 | 26 | #1,492 |
| 1923 | 24 | #1,551 |
| 1922 | 38 | #1,158 |
| 1921 | 40 | #1,122 |
| 1920 | 36 | #1,208 |
| 1919 | 29 | #1,321 |
| 1918 | 25 | #1,445 |
| 1917 | 32 | #1,203 |
| 1916 | 21 | #1,548 |
| 1915 | 23 | #1,409 |
| 1914 | 25 | #1,153 |
| 1913 | 13 | #1,496 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,268 |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,739 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,588 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,277 |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,021 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,110 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,001 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,063 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,129 |
| 1902 | 8 | #861 |
| 1901 | 7 | #857 |
| 1900 | 8 | #967 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,050 |
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