Nancy

Where Nancy comes from

Medieval diminutive of Ann and Agnes. Compare Betsy, Patsy.
— Wiktionary's entry for Nancy
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #62 among girls — 410 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1921
    Nancy Reagan born
    First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989
  3. 1940
    Nancy Pelosi born
    American politician
  4. 1950
    Peak, #6
    29,617 babies named Nancy — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1964
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #26.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Nancy Pelosi · American politician, born 1940
  • Nancy Reagan · First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989, 1921–2016
  • Nancy Ajram · Lebanese singer and actress, born 1983
  • Nancy Sinatra · American singer and actress, born 1940
  • Nancy Cartwright · American actress, born 1957

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.