Nanci
Last seen for girls in 2022 at #15,306
- Peak · girls
- 1952 · 220 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,474since 1928
Nanci over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Nanci has never cracked the top 500 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #11,931 | 8 |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 |
| 2012 | #11,257 | 9 |
| 2011 | #7,118 | 17 |
| 2010 | #6,641 | 19 |
| 2009 | #8,454 | 14 |
| 2008 | #6,350 | 21 |
| 2007 | #3,983 | 39 |
| 2006 | #4,463 | 32 |
| 2005 | #3,646 | 40 |
| 2004 | #3,566 | 41 |
| 2003 | #3,131 | 47 |
| 2002 | #2,976 | 49 |
| 2001 | #2,571 | 59 |
| 2000 | #2,708 | 54 |
| 1999 | #3,188 | 40 |
| 1998 | #3,173 | 39 |
| 1997 | #3,448 | 33 |
| 1996 | #2,591 | 48 |
| 1995 | #2,309 | 57 |
| 1994 | #2,353 | 55 |
| 1993 | #2,417 | 52 |
| 1992 | #2,191 | 61 |
| 1991 | #2,163 | 61 |
| 1990 | #2,258 | 56 |
| 1989 | #2,478 | 46 |
| 1988 | #3,690 | 25 |
| 1987 | #2,332 | 45 |
| 1986 | #2,195 | 47 |
| 1985 | #2,362 | 42 |
| 1984 | #2,018 | 50 |
| 1983 | #2,069 | 48 |
| 1982 | #2,327 | 42 |
| 1981 | #2,061 | 50 |
| 1980 | #2,096 | 49 |
| 1979 | #1,917 | 54 |
| 1978 | #2,159 | 43 |
| 1977 | #2,026 | 47 |
| 1976 | #1,729 | 55 |
| 1975 | #1,838 | 50 |
| 1974 | #1,563 | 61 |
| 1973 | #1,607 | 57 |
| 1972 | #1,280 | 80 |
| 1971 | #1,253 | 88 |
| 1970 | #1,118 | 105 |
| 1969 | #1,117 | 98 |
| 1968 | #951 | 118 |
| 1967 | #914 | 125 |
| 1966 | #830 | 144 |
| 1965 | #878 | 129 |
| 1964 | #876 | 140 |
| 1963 | #973 | 119 |
| 1962 | #967 | 121 |
| 1961 | #848 | 155 |
| 1960 | #832 | 153 |
| 1959 | #826 | 154 |
| 1958 | #818 | 152 |
| 1957 | #749 | 177 |
| 1956 | #650 | 216 |
| 1955 | #654 | 205 |
| 1954 | #651 | 201 |
| 1953 | #594 | 222 |
| 1952 | #585 | 220 |
| 1951 | #603 | 203 |
| 1950 | #675 | 158 |
| 1949 | #690 | 149 |
| 1948 | #661 | 159 |
| 1947 | #638 | 168 |
| 1946 | #761 | 116 |
| 1945 | #737 | 102 |
| 1944 | #762 | 100 |
| 1943 | #935 | 70 |
| 1942 | #987 | 63 |
| 1941 | #1,166 | 41 |
| 1940 | #1,186 | 38 |
| 1939 | #903 | 60 |
| 1938 | #1,288 | 32 |
| 1937 | #1,416 | 27 |
| 1936 | #1,691 | 20 |
| 1935 | #2,439 | 12 |
| 1934 | #2,003 | 16 |
| 1933 | #1,970 | 16 |
| 1932 | #3,274 | 8 |
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 |
| 1930 | #3,345 | 8 |
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| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 |
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First appearance
1928
The first year at least five girls were named Nanci! It came in at #4,195, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1929, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
- Biggest jump: 385 spots in 1939 (#1,288 → #903)
- Biggest drop: 283 spots in 1940 (#903 → #1,186)
Rise & fade · girls
24 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1928
- Peaked 1952 at #585 (220 births)
- Births halved by 1969, 17 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 28 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 28 yrs · run 1942–1968
Share of babies · girls
1 in 8,429
- Highest: 1 in 8,429 girls born in 1952 were named Nanci (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 328,026 girls born in 2022 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
- 29.5% of all girls named Nanci (1,908) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 6 | #4,195 (1928) | #4,195 |
| 1930s | 205 | #903 (1939) | #2,218 |
| 1940s | 1,006 | #638 (1947) | #852 |
| 1950s | 1,908 | #585 (1952) | #681 |
| 1960s | 1,302 | #830 (1966) | #919 |
| 1970s | 640 | #1,118 (1970) | #1,649 |
| 1980s | 444 | #2,018 (1984) | #2,363 |
| 1990s | 502 | #2,163 (1991) | #2,609 |
| 2000s | 396 | #2,571 (2001) | #4,185 |
| 2010s | 60 | #6,641 (2010) | #10,019 |
| 2020s | 5 | #15,306 (2022) | #15,306 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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