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Vance

Boy's name · #1080 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Popularity over time

Few names move less than Vance — on the books since 1880, #1080 in 2025, and dependable in between. Roughly 27,000 boys have carried the name since. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 26 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#1,374 in Canada (2025) · #4,271 in England & Wales (2024) · #8,919 in Ecuador (2012) · #290 in New Zealand (1983).

Famous Vances

• Vance D. Brand — American naval officer, aviator, aeronautical engineer and astronaut (born 1931)
• Vance Joy — Australian singer-songwriter (born 1987)
• Vance Joseph — American football player and coach (born 1972)
• Vance DeGeneres — American actor, musician, film producer and screenwriter (born 1954)
• Vance Worley — American baseball player (born 1987)

In stories & tradition

• Vance Astrovik — Fictional mutant superhero appearing in Marvel Comics
• Vance Astro — Marvel Comics
• Vance Duke — The Dukes of Hazzard (TV series)

What Vances become

Among 109 notable people named Vance:

Sports figures appear 1.89× more often than among typical names — e.g. Vanče Šikov, Macedonian footballer (born 1985).

Similar names: Roderick · Van · Lance · Reginald · Wallace · Derick

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