Vance

Vance: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “from the marshland”
Origin: English
Say it: VANS · 1 syllable
Used for: Boys

Vance is an English surname-style name, likely from a place-name or topographic surname related to fenland or marsh. It has also been used as a variant of Vans or Vance-related surnames.

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How popular is Vance?

202468.0 per million US babies

Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

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Babies named Vance in 2024226

2024 rank#992 boys

Peak year1969

Total US babies since 188026,949

Vance has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Vance

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

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Masonstoneworker · English
Graysonson of the steward · English

Vance questions

What does the name Vance mean?

Vance means "from the marshland". It comes from English. Vance is an English surname-style name, likely from a place-name or topographic surname related to fenland or marsh. It has also been used as a variant of Vans or Vance-related surnames.

Is Vance a boy or girl name?

Vance is mainly a boy's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Vance?

226 US babies were named Vance in 2024. Its peak year was 1969.

How do you pronounce Vance?

Vance is usually pronounced VANS.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.