Rance
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- RANS
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Rance is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
Where does Rance come from?
English surname of uncertain origin
Is Rance a girl's or a boy's name?
Rance is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rance in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,675th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 170,000 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, 10 boys in the US were named Rance, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 1962, with 57 boys. It first appears in the records in 1882.
Half of all the boys named Rance in the US since 1880 were born between 1955 and 1992, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rance in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 17 | #5,441 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 30 | #3,590 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2011 | 28 | #3,694 |
| 2010 | 26 | #3,893 |
| 2009 | 20 | #4,746 |
| 2008 | 25 | #4,041 |
| 2007 | 35 | #3,186 |
| 2006 | 31 | #3,382 |
| 2005 | 33 | #3,087 |
| 2004 | 33 | #3,010 |
| 2003 | 27 | #3,361 |
| 2002 | 30 | #3,018 |
| 2001 | 24 | #3,507 |
| 2000 | 25 | #3,293 |
| 1999 | 24 | #3,275 |
| 1998 | 31 | #2,648 |
| 1997 | 29 | #2,676 |
| 1996 | 25 | #2,906 |
| 1995 | 25 | #2,842 |
| 1994 | 31 | #2,439 |
| 1993 | 27 | #2,635 |
| 1992 | 35 | #2,169 |
| 1991 | 38 | #1,977 |
| 1990 | 52 | #1,582 |
| 1989 | 39 | #1,886 |
| 1988 | 42 | #1,666 |
| 1987 | 40 | #1,682 |
| 1986 | 43 | #1,534 |
| 1985 | 32 | #1,833 |
| 1984 | 31 | #1,795 |
| 1983 | 39 | #1,533 |
| 1982 | 42 | #1,486 |
| 1981 | 31 | #1,810 |
| 1980 | 26 | #2,058 |
| 1979 | 33 | #1,711 |
| 1978 | 48 | #1,299 |
| 1977 | 32 | #1,670 |
| 1976 | 24 | #1,998 |
| 1975 | 45 | #1,280 |
| 1974 | 36 | #1,439 |
| 1973 | 35 | #1,435 |
| 1972 | 25 | #1,771 |
| 1971 | 55 | #1,101 |
| 1970 | 53 | #1,132 |
| 1969 | 48 | #1,124 |
| 1968 | 33 | #1,339 |
| 1967 | 36 | #1,252 |
| 1966 | 34 | #1,298 |
| 1965 | 49 | #1,055 |
| 1964 | 47 | #1,113 |
| 1963 | 53 | #1,036 |
| 1962 | 57 | #1,012 |
| 1961 | 56 | #1,041 |
| 1960 | 48 | #1,130 |
| 1959 | 35 | #1,323 |
| 1958 | 45 | #1,147 |
| 1957 | 35 | #1,317 |
| 1956 | 53 | #1,031 |
| 1955 | 32 | #1,338 |
| 1954 | 35 | #1,267 |
| 1953 | 26 | #1,479 |
| 1952 | 30 | #1,377 |
| 1951 | 29 | #1,372 |
| 1950 | 39 | #1,138 |
| 1949 | 30 | #1,321 |
| 1948 | 22 | #1,558 |
| 1947 | 34 | #1,251 |
| 1946 | 18 | #1,691 |
| 1945 | 22 | #1,405 |
| 1944 | 20 | #1,524 |
| 1943 | 17 | #1,763 |
| 1942 | 19 | #1,629 |
| 1941 | 18 | #1,633 |
| 1940 | 28 | #1,275 |
| 1939 | 15 | #1,795 |
| 1938 | 24 | #1,364 |
| 1937 | 14 | #1,913 |
| 1936 | 16 | #1,723 |
| 1935 | 13 | #2,029 |
| 1934 | 16 | #1,783 |
| 1933 | 11 | #2,213 |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,465 |
| 1931 | 14 | #2,003 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,443 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,588 |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,270 |
| 1927 | 12 | #2,408 |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,706 |
| 1925 | 21 | #1,678 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,022 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 11 | #2,629 |
| 1921 | 14 | #2,264 |
| 1920 | 13 | #2,335 |
| 1919 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 1918 | 13 | #2,259 |
| 1917 | 10 | #2,561 |
| 1916 | 9 | #2,729 |
| 1915 | 11 | #2,309 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,263 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,091 |
| 1912 | 11 | #1,526 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,083 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 6 | #884 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 5 | #942 |
Names like Rance
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Andre, Lance, Jose, Wade, Kyle, Royce, Bruce, Michael, Ruben, Scott, Jorge, Mark
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, “Rance: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rance, updated 20 October 2026.