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In 2024, 290 boys in the United States were named Lance, making it the 841st most popular boy's name that year.
It has fallen over the decade, from 541st ten years before.
Its busiest year on record was 1970, with 4,173 births.
Records for Lance go back to 1899, and 105,908 babies have been given the name since.
A shortened form of Lancelot. Its Arthurian legend connections and strong sound have a heroic yet accessible quality. Germanic name meaning "land." Has medieval knight associations and a strong quality.
Lance is of French origin, described as classic and strong in style.
In 2024 the name was recorded only for boys — 290 of them, with no births of the other sex frequent enough to appear in the data.
Each of these is a name in its own right in the 2024 US data, given to at least 100 babies that year.
Names of the same origin for a sister, most common first.
A shortened form of Lancelot. Its Arthurian legend connections and strong sound have a heroic yet accessible quality.
Lance is of French origin, and is usually described as classic and strong in style.
In 2024, 290 boys in the United States were named Lance, making it the 841st most popular boy's name that year.
In 2024 the name was recorded only for boys — 290 of them, with no births of the other sex frequent enough to appear in the data.
Lane, Lani are shorter names in current US use that share the opening of Lance.