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How popular is “Vance” in the USA?

Number of people named “Vance” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Vance” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Vance” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Vance” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Vance” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Vance” by birth year

This chart shows how “Vance” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 7 0.000034742 7 -100%
1881 7 0.000036328 7 -100%
1882 5 0.00002257 5 -100%
1883 9 0.000041485 9 -100%
1884 13 0.000053397 13 -100%
1885 12 0.000049823 12 -100%
1886 9 0.00003525 9 -100%
1887 10 0.000040422 10 -100%
1888 7 0.000023374 7 -100%
1889 12 0.00004153 12 -100%
1890 13 0.000043132 13 -100%
1891 19 0.000066278 19 -100%
1892 18 0.000053832 18 -100%
1893 24 0.000073796 5 19 -58%
1894 20 0.000059051 20 -100%
1895 26 0.00007407 26 -100%
1896 18 0.000050352 18 -100%
1897 12 0.000034586 12 -100%
1898 17 0.000044566 17 -100%
1899 15 0.000044217 15 -100%
1900 15 0.000033314 15 -100%
1901 13 0.000037593 13 -100%
1902 23 0.000059473 23 -100%
1903 25 0.000065582 25 -100%
1904 19 0.00004709 19 -100%
1905 26 0.000061332 26 -100%
1906 19 0.000044346 19 -100%
1907 19 0.000040826 19 -100%
1908 30 0.000061394 30 -100%
1909 40 0.000078244 40 -100%
1910 30 0.000050786 30 -100%
1911 42 0.000065189 5 37 -76%
1912 76 0.000076918 5 71 -87%
1913 108 0.000094978 108 -100%
1914 140 0.000098846 6 134 -91%
1915 141 0.000076947 9 132 -87%
1916 183 0.000094602 6 177 -93%
1917 202 0.00010066 6 196 -94%
1918 197 0.000090737 7 190 -93%
1919 164 0.000077716 6 158 -93%
1920 216 0.000095464 9 207 -92%
1921 170 0.000072821 6 164 -93%
1922 204 0.000089116 5 199 -95%
1923 171 0.000074268 5 166 -94%
1924 152 0.000063822 152 -100%
1925 191 0.000081858 5 186 -95%
1926 176 0.000076658 5 171 -94%
1927 168 0.000072434 168 -100%
1928 185 0.000081824 5 180 -95%
1929 142 0.000064776 142 -100%
1930 163 0.000073315 7 156 -91%
1931 150 0.00007128 150 -100%
1932 141 0.000066784 7 134 -90%
1933 146 0.00007302 146 -100%
1934 168 0.000080893 168 -100%
1935 143 0.000068424 143 -100%
1936 166 0.000079901 166 -100%
1937 137 0.000064299 137 -100%
1938 152 0.000068698 152 -100%
1939 149 0.000067621 149 -100%
1940 165 0.000071655 165 -100%
1941 176 0.000072237 176 -100%
1942 150 0.000054908 150 -100%
1943 166 0.000058812 166 -100%
1944 189 0.000070258 189 -100%
1945 208 0.000078404 208 -100%
1946 231 0.000072294 7 224 -94%
1947 281 0.000078005 281 -100%
1948 249 0.000072121 249 -100%
1949 267 0.000076619 267 -100%
1950 261 0.0000745 261 -100%
1951 304 0.000082525 304 -100%
1952 309 0.000081358 309 -100%
1953 338 0.000087709 338 -100%
1954 279 0.000070088 279 -100%
1955 321 0.000079949 321 -100%
1956 359 0.000087072 359 -100%
1957 462 0.000109944 462 -100%
1958 376 0.000090955 376 -100%
1959 411 0.000098846 411 -100%
1960 450 0.000108334 450 -100%
1961 463 0.000111774 463 -100%
1962 436 0.000108045 5 431 -98%
1963 462 0.00011672 5 457 -98%
1964 412 0.000105978 6 406 -97%
1965 384 0.000105918 384 -100%
1966 299 0.000086027 299 -100%
1967 288 0.000084833 288 -100%
1968 331 0.000097975 331 -100%
1969 555 0.000159697 555 -100%
1970 407 0.000112851 407 -100%
1971 340 0.000099057 340 -100%
1972 226 0.000071906 226 -100%
1973 250 0.000082867 250 -100%
1974 176 0.000057895 176 -100%
1975 166 0.000054978 166 -100%
1976 209 0.000068879 209 -100%
1977 145 0.000045648 145 -100%
1978 172 0.000054193 172 -100%
1979 162 0.000048693 162 -100%
1980 152 0.000044128 152 -100%
1981 152 0.000043939 152 -100%
1982 171 0.000048746 171 -100%
1983 198 0.00005717 198 -100%
1984 160 0.000045862 160 -100%
1985 162 0.000045389 162 -100%
1986 162 0.000045543 162 -100%
1987 212 0.000058797 212 -100%
1988 250 0.000067658 6 244 -95%
1989 262 0.00006815 262 -100%
1990 246 0.000062239 246 -100%
1991 243 0.000062383 243 -100%
1992 237 0.000061698 237 -100%
1993 218 0.000057821 218 -100%
1994 186 0.000050032 186 -100%
1995 162 0.000044236 162 -100%
1996 162 0.000044418 162 -100%
1997 175 0.000048266 175 -100%
1998 135 0.000036703 135 -100%
1999 165 0.000044669 165 -100%
2000 141 0.000037303 141 -100%
2001 170 0.000045413 170 -100%
2002 198 0.000052965 198 -100%
2003 242 0.000063645 242 -100%
2004 231 0.000060457 231 -100%
2005 261 0.000067883 261 -100%
2006 298 0.000075325 298 -100%
2007 318 0.000079546 318 -100%
2008 290 0.000073779 290 -100%
2009 294 0.00007696 294 -100%
2010 289 0.000078198 289 -100%
2011 300 0.000082017 300 -100%
2012 255 0.000069722 255 -100%
2013 245 0.000067203 245 -100%
2014 246 0.000066372 246 -100%
2015 318 0.000085925 318 -100%
2016 248 0.000067599 248 -100%
2017 265 0.000074101 265 -100%
2018 220 0.000062573 220 -100%
2019 245 0.000070586 245 -100%
2020 221 0.000066156 221 -100%
2021 242 0.00007143 242 -100%
2022 229 0.000067689 229 -100%
2023 237 0.000071575 237 -100%
2024 226 0.000067898 226 -100%

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