Meaning and history
From an English surname derived from Old English fenn, meaning “marsh” or “fen.”
20062006: 298 births, rank #724
2007: 318 births, rank #721
2008: 290 births, rank #767
2009: 294 births, rank #776
2010: 289 births, rank #772
20112011: 300 births, rank #754
2012: 255 births, rank #842
2013: 245 births, rank #867
2014: 246 births, rank #881
2015: 318 births, rank #757
20162016: 248 births, rank #882
2017: 265 births, rank #836
2018: 220 births, rank #946
2019: 245 births, rank #890
2020: 221 births, rank #972
20212021: 242 births, rank #933
2022: 229 births, rank #982
2023: 237 births, rank #952
2024: 226 births, rank #993
20252025: 200 births, rank #1,075
Vance moved from #955 to #997 for boys between 2023 and 2024. Its highest annual birth count came in 1969, with 555 births.