Vance
- Gender
- Boy
- US rank, 2025
- #1,075 for boys
Vance is a boys' name, meaning “marsh, bog”. In 2025 it ranked 1,075th for boys in the US (200 babies).
What does Vance mean?
“marsh, bog”
A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly American usage.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Vance a girl's or a boy's name?
Vance is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 200 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Vance in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2023, with 8 boys.
Vance in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 1 | #6,277 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 1 | #6,218 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 1 | #3,776 |
How popular is Vance in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,075th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 200 about 1 in 8,500 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 200 boys in the US were named Vance, making it the 1,075th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 972nd. Its busiest year was 1969, with 555 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Vance than any year since 2002.
Half of all the boys named Vance in the US since 1880 were born between 1948 and 1997, the years shaded on the chart below.
Vance in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 200 | #1,075 |
| 2024 | 226 | #993 |
| 2023 | 237 | #952 |
| 2022 | 229 | #982 |
| 2021 | 242 | #933 |
| 2020 | 221 | #972 |
| 2019 | 245 | #890 |
| 2018 | 220 | #946 |
| 2017 | 265 | #836 |
| 2016 | 248 | #882 |
| 2015 | 318 | #757 |
| 2014 | 246 | #881 |
| 2013 | 245 | #867 |
| 2012 | 255 | #842 |
| 2011 | 300 | #754 |
| 2010 | 289 | #772 |
| 2009 | 294 | #776 |
| 2008 | 290 | #767 |
| 2007 | 318 | #721 |
| 2006 | 298 | #724 |
| 2005 | 261 | #760 |
| 2004 | 231 | #784 |
| 2003 | 242 | #743 |
| 2002 | 198 | #838 |
| 2001 | 170 | #917 |
| 2000 | 141 | #1,033 |
| 1999 | 165 | #903 |
| 1998 | 135 | #1,005 |
| 1997 | 175 | #826 |
| 1996 | 162 | #854 |
| 1995 | 162 | #844 |
| 1994 | 186 | #770 |
| 1993 | 218 | #701 |
| 1992 | 237 | #671 |
| 1991 | 243 | #650 |
| 1990 | 246 | #644 |
| 1989 | 262 | #607 |
| 1988 | 244 | #602 |
| 1987 | 212 | #628 |
| 1986 | 162 | #710 |
| 1985 | 162 | #691 |
| 1984 | 160 | #685 |
| 1983 | 198 | #609 |
| 1982 | 171 | #668 |
| 1981 | 152 | #703 |
| 1980 | 152 | #705 |
| 1979 | 162 | #671 |
| 1978 | 172 | #636 |
| 1977 | 145 | #706 |
| 1976 | 209 | #556 |
| 1975 | 166 | #628 |
| 1974 | 176 | #603 |
| 1973 | 250 | #492 |
| 1972 | 226 | #526 |
| 1971 | 340 | #445 |
| 1970 | 407 | #398 |
| 1969 | 555 | #328 |
| 1968 | 332 | #424 |
| 1967 | 288 | #445 |
| 1966 | 299 | #443 |
| 1965 | 384 | #401 |
| 1964 | 406 | #396 |
| 1963 | 457 | #372 |
| 1962 | 431 | #389 |
| 1961 | 463 | #369 |
| 1960 | 450 | #373 |
| 1959 | 411 | #391 |
| 1958 | 376 | #402 |
| 1957 | 462 | #352 |
| 1956 | 359 | #398 |
| 1955 | 321 | #409 |
| 1954 | 279 | #431 |
| 1953 | 338 | #372 |
| 1952 | 309 | #390 |
| 1951 | 304 | #386 |
| 1950 | 261 | #416 |
| 1949 | 267 | #414 |
| 1948 | 249 | #425 |
| 1947 | 281 | #409 |
| 1946 | 224 | #424 |
| 1945 | 208 | #417 |
| 1944 | 189 | #443 |
| 1943 | 166 | #479 |
| 1942 | 150 | #500 |
| 1941 | 176 | #439 |
| 1940 | 165 | #451 |
| 1939 | 149 | #469 |
| 1938 | 152 | #470 |
| 1937 | 137 | #487 |
| 1936 | 166 | #433 |
| 1935 | 143 | #474 |
| 1934 | 168 | #434 |
| 1933 | 146 | #457 |
| 1932 | 134 | #496 |
| 1931 | 150 | #461 |
| 1930 | 156 | #476 |
| 1929 | 142 | #491 |
| 1928 | 180 | #449 |
| 1927 | 168 | #467 |
| 1926 | 171 | #460 |
| 1925 | 186 | #440 |
| 1924 | 152 | #506 |
| 1923 | 166 | #473 |
| 1922 | 199 | #426 |
| 1921 | 164 | #480 |
| 1920 | 207 | #408 |
| 1919 | 158 | #477 |
| 1918 | 190 | #422 |
| 1917 | 196 | #404 |
| 1916 | 177 | #421 |
| 1915 | 132 | #485 |
| 1914 | 134 | #410 |
| 1913 | 108 | #415 |
| 1912 | 71 | #468 |
| 1911 | 37 | #481 |
| 1910 | 30 | #512 |
| 1909 | 40 | #378 |
| 1908 | 30 | #438 |
| 1907 | 19 | #559 |
| 1906 | 19 | #523 |
| 1905 | 26 | #421 |
| 1904 | 19 | #492 |
| 1903 | 25 | #393 |
| 1902 | 23 | #426 |
| 1901 | 13 | #559 |
| 1900 | 15 | #648 |
| 1899 | 15 | #502 |
| 1898 | 17 | #505 |
| 1897 | 12 | #615 |
| 1896 | 18 | #481 |
| 1895 | 26 | #368 |
| 1894 | 20 | #419 |
| 1893 | 19 | #419 |
| 1892 | 18 | #458 |
| 1891 | 19 | #397 |
| 1890 | 13 | #533 |
| 1889 | 12 | #549 |
| 1888 | 7 | #815 |
| 1887 | 10 | #583 |
| 1886 | 9 | #647 |
| 1885 | 12 | #547 |
| 1884 | 13 | #520 |
| 1883 | 9 | #644 |
| 1882 | 5 | #942 |
| 1881 | 7 | #705 |
| 1880 | 7 | #745 |
Names like Vance
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Vincent, George, Theodore, Jude, Freddie, Frankie, Tommy, Blake, Louie, Reggie, Jesse, Myles
Names related to Vance
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Vance: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/vance, updated 20 October 2026.