Name meaning & stats
Vance
Vance means “dweller of the marshland”. 22,075 US babies since 1940, peak 1969.
What it means
“dweller of the marshland”
Well documented
Originally a surname.
In US birth records
Peak year: 1969
22,075 US babies were named Vance between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Vance (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
Vance is the main spelling
- Vance 97%
- Vansh 3%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1969)