Vance
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Vance
Short and sharp with a nature related meaning, Vance was trending upwards in recent years thanks to the musicians Foy Vance and Vance Joy. 2024 saw it take a downwards dip however, likely due to its association with the vice president, JD Vance, a controversial association which it might not recover from for a while. Time, however, will tell.
Chynna Phillips and William Baldwin used it for their son in 2002.
Vance is also given to girls.
Pronounced VANCE.
As of October 2026, Vance ranked #1080 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #328 in 1969, Nameberry popularity #716.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #883 | 246 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #759 | 318 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #882 | 248 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #836 | 265 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #948 | 220 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #894 | 245 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #974 | 221 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #935 | 242 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #987 | 229 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #955 | 237 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #996 | 226 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #1,080 | 200 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Vance for boys
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Vance on lists
Famous Vances
- (Rupert) Vance HartkeBoy
U.S. Senator from Indiana
- Vance Michael McAllisterBoy
U.S. Congressman from Louisiana
- Vance Gabriel PlauchéBoy
U.S. Congressman from Louisiana
- Vance Joy (born James Keogh)Boy
Australian singer,songwriter
- Vance Elliott DeGeneresBoy
American musician, actor and producer; brother of TV personality Ellen DeGeneres
- Edward Vivian "Vance" PalmerBoy
Australian novelist
- Vance DeVoe BrandBoy
American astronaut
- Vance Richard WorleyBoy
American baseball pitcher
- Vance Aaron LawBoy
American baseball player
- Vance BaldwinBoy
son of Billy Baldwin and Chynna Phillips
- Vivian VanceBoy
Co,Star of I Love Lucy.
Vance in pop culture
- Vance DukeBoy
character on TV's "The Dukes of Hazzard"
- Vance NorrisBoy
character in "The Thing" series
- Vance WestonBoy
egocentric young writer in "Hudson River Bracketed" (1929) and "The Gods Arrive" (1932) by Edith Wharton
- Vance Astrovik aka JusticeBoy
Marvel Comics superhero
- Victor "Vic" VanceBoy
character in video game "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories"
- Leon VanceBoy
character on TV's "NCIS"
- Emmeline VanceBoy
character in the 'Harry Potter' series.
- Bob Vance (Vance Refrigeration)Boy
character from "The Office"