Boy
Lance
Lance is a boy's name, a solidly familiar choice, that has cooled since its 1970s peak, but is still chosen today.
GermanicGermanic "land"
EtymologyAlso linked to "lance" (spear) via knightly tradition
Births by decade
1900s
61
1910s
184
1920s
302
1930s
868
1940s
4,181
1950s
9,736
1960s
20,115
1970s
21,943
1980s
19,572
1990s
12,111
2000s
10,543
2010s
3,974
Peaked in the 1970s · 103,590 total U.S. births since 1900