Lance

Boy · recorded 1899–2025

  • #862in 2025
  • 1 in 6,122boys in 2025
  • −31%last ten years
  • 2.5×in Louisiana

Most popular in 1970. Quieter now: down 31% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1899

01,1202,23918991931196219942025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 126 recorded years as a table
Lance, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
189947
190053
190166
190265
190342
190447
190553
190645
190852
190937
191026
191122
191214
191325
191438
191527
191624
191735
191825
191930
192034
192136
192235
192322
192423
192523
192626
192728
192822
192926
193024
193123
193223
193335
193417
193539
193669
193766
1938241
1939263
1940219
1941201
1942245
1943207
1944296
1945297
1946255
1947331
1948347
1949348
1950411
1951399
1952364
1953360
1954452
1955514
1956528
1957537
1958534
1959670
1960880
1961851
1962968
1963919
19641,048
1965943
19661,020
19671,034
19681,146
19691,692
19702,239
19711,795
19721,389
19731,079
1974971
1975959
19761,105
19771,171
19781,200
19791,084
19801,001
1981939
19821,088
19831,095
19841,183
19851,164
19861,114
19871,067
1988989
1989911
1990826
1991779
1992754
1993642
1994579
1995575
1996553
1997487
1998460
1999522
2000622
2001662
2002635
2003591
2004585
2005629
2006488
2007398
2008368
2009322
2010315
2011303
2012285
2013243
2014267
2015237
2016231
2017221
2018217
2019222
2020182
2021174
2022183
2023177
2024169
2025163

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Louisiana 2.5×
  2. Missouri 2.0×
  3. Indiana 1.8×
  4. Washington 1.6×
  5. Pennsylvania 1.4×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
279
Rank in 2025
#862
How rare
1 in 6,122 boys
Since 1899
105,839

Most popular in 1970, at 2,239 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 31% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Louisiana2.5×25
Missouri2.0×28
Indiana1.8×29
Washington1.6×27
Pennsylvania1.4×37

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.