Lancelot
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #6,799 for boys
Lancelot is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “land”. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Lancelot mean?
Germanic
“land”
A male given name from the Germanic languages.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Lancelot a girl's or a boy's name?
Lancelot is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lancelot in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,799th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Lancelot, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 1984, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1908.
2025 had more boys named Lancelot than any year since 2010.
Half of all the boys named Lancelot in the US since 1880 were born between 1975 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lancelot in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 16 | #5,299 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,029 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 16 | #3,848 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 16 | #3,740 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,401 |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,011 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 12 | #3,726 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,328 |
| 1984 | 18 | #2,612 |
| 1983 | 11 | #3,629 |
| 1982 | 12 | #3,481 |
| 1981 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 9 | #3,657 |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,188 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 12 | #2,817 |
| 1971 | 7 | #3,961 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 7 | #3,364 |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 8 | #2,980 |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,550 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 6 | #3,503 |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,450 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,688 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 6 | #3,369 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,389 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,320 |
| 1920 | 6 | #3,814 |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,167 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,515 |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,372 |
Names like Lancelot
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Liam, Luis, Avery, Lucas, Samuel, Josiah, Hugo, Garrett, Levi, Rodrigo, Joshua, Lorenzo
More Germanic names
Amelia, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles, Alice
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Lancelot: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lancelot, updated 20 October 2026.