Ance

Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Ance has been given to 54 babies in the U.S. since 1921. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1944, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Ance, 1952

1 in 759,000

Ance over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ance: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ance means

Ance is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Ance is used in Latvian.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 54 boys were recorded with the name Ance between 1921 and 1952. Its highest annual count was 10 in 1944; its best national rank was #2,315 in 1944.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Ance?

Ance had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1952, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1952: 1 in 759,000; 5 of 3,796,842 births
Among boys only: 1 in 389,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1952: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 526,355 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Ance sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1952 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 526,355 children born in 1952 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ance. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ances were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ance was born before 1924 — so the typical Ance is around 101 today.

Median birth year: 1924; About 101 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 61.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 38.9%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 5; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 61.1% of all recorded uses (33).

Is Ance rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1944 (10)
Years since peak: 81; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 28.9% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,315; 1944

Spellings of Ance

Ance is not the most common spelling — Angel is, with 22.5% against Ance's <0.01%.

Angel22.5%265,886
Andre11.1%130,656
Lance9.0%105,839
Andy8.0%94,185
Jace7.8%91,544
Zane4.8%56,664
Chance4.6%54,622
Dante4.4%51,587

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Ance by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #2,315; 1944
Peak year: 1944; 10 that year
First recorded: 1921
Last recorded: 1952
All-time count: 54
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Ance

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Ancelmo Ancle Anchor Bence Hence Vence Jance Hance Maxence Yance Romance Wince Ponce Trance Sundance Ancel Essence Trence Mance Kaedence Lawence Nance Tyrance Torance

Sibling names for Ance

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Judie Carroll Prudence Gerry Ruthann Donnie Sammie Jerrie

For a brother

Lupe Connie Jerold Gail Truman Domingo Fredric Errol

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