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How popular is the name Lance?
Births per year, rank history and how many Lances are alive today.
Lance (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 2014th in 2025 and given to 12 babies. The name peaked in 2005, when 37 babies were given the name, the 691st most popular that year. It has declined since 2005; the 2025 figure is roughly 32% of its peak.
The Lance you are most likely to meet is around 31 years old. Half of all Lances born in England and Wales are between 14 and 31, and there are at least 880 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Lance - on average, only one in every 345 such rooms contains a Lance.
How many babies are named Lance each year?
Where does Lance rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Lance most popular?
Lance peaked in 2005, when 37 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Lance?
At least 880 people named Lance born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Lance?
Most living Lances are between 14 and 31; the most common age is about 31.
Is Lance becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2005 peak.