Nancy
#965 for girls in 2025, 265 births · Last seen for boys in 2004 at #11,356
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1950 · 29,617 births
- Debut · girls
- 410 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 80 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,004,448since 1880
Nancy over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #965 | 265 | — | |
| 2024 | #914 | 290 | — | |
| 2023 | #941 | 281 | — | |
| 2022 | #991 | 267 | — | |
| 2021 | #945 | 279 | — | |
| 2020 | #896 | 295 | — | |
| 2019 | #893 | 298 | — | |
| 2018 | #833 | 326 | — | |
| 2017 | #870 | 314 | — | |
| 2016 | #899 | 310 | — | |
| 2015 | #812 | 345 | — | |
| 2014 | #755 | 371 | — | |
| 2013 | #687 | 412 | — | |
| 2012 | #651 | 437 | — | |
| 2011 | #537 | 541 | — | |
| 2010 | #519 | 574 | — | |
| 2009 | #463 | 667 | — | |
| 2008 | #379 | 858 | — | |
| 2007 | #362 | 903 | — | |
| 2006 | #325 | 1,017 | — | |
| 2005 | #317 | 1,017 | — | |
| 2004 | #289 | 1,151 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #267 | 1,179 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | #229 | 1,369 | — | |
| 2001 | #223 | 1,420 | #7,536 | 8 |
| 2000 | #232 | 1,378 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | #225 | 1,421 | #7,139 | 8 |
| 1998 | #207 | 1,480 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | #197 | 1,525 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #172 | 1,825 | — | |
| 1995 | #160 | 2,001 | #4,791 | 12 |
| 1994 | #144 | 2,189 | #4,290 | 14 |
| 1993 | #156 | 1,986 | #4,227 | 14 |
| 1992 | #142 | 2,185 | #2,999 | 22 |
| 1991 | #125 | 2,498 | #2,406 | 29 |
| 1990 | #131 | 2,385 | #2,432 | 28 |
| 1989 | #128 | 2,342 | #1,919 | 38 |
| 1988 | #121 | 2,348 | #2,860 | 19 |
| 1987 | #126 | 2,235 | #1,864 | 34 |
| 1986 | #116 | 2,426 | #2,510 | 21 |
| 1985 | #108 | 2,609 | #2,427 | 21 |
| 1984 | #113 | 2,487 | #1,690 | 34 |
| 1983 | #113 | 2,520 | #2,140 | 24 |
| 1982 | #106 | 2,808 | #1,999 | 27 |
| 1981 | #101 | 2,912 | #2,418 | 20 |
| 1980 | #110 | 2,806 | #2,284 | 22 |
| 1979 | #107 | 2,864 | #2,048 | 25 |
| 1978 | #97 | 3,044 | #2,205 | 21 |
| 1977 | #89 | 3,222 | #2,008 | 24 |
| 1976 | #87 | 3,281 | #2,946 | 13 |
| 1975 | #82 | 3,510 | #2,288 | 19 |
| 1974 | #78 | 3,891 | #2,199 | 19 |
| 1973 | #77 | 3,945 | #2,716 | 13 |
| 1972 | #63 | 4,818 | #2,080 | 19 |
| 1971 | #52 | 6,212 | #1,560 | 31 |
| 1970 | #50 | 7,063 | #1,658 | 27 |
| 1969 | #45 | 7,902 | #1,302 | 37 |
| 1968 | #39 | 8,961 | #1,282 | 35 |
| 1967 | #37 | 10,268 | #1,287 | 34 |
| 1966 | #33 | 11,729 | #1,428 | 29 |
| 1965 | #32 | 12,255 | #1,163 | 42 |
| 1964 | #26 | 14,696 | #1,350 | 34 |
| 1963 | #23 | 16,266 | #1,151 | 45 |
| 1962 | #19 | 18,027 | #1,038 | 54 |
| 1961 | #16 | 20,729 | #1,156 | 46 |
| 1960 | #15 | 21,891 | #1,034 | 55 |
| 1959 | #14 | 23,079 | #1,050 | 54 |
| 1958 | #12 | 24,819 | #1,071 | 51 |
| 1957 | #11 | 27,515 | #1,005 | 57 |
| 1956 | #11 | 28,784 | #1,083 | 49 |
| 1955 | #9 | 30,023 | #1,054 | 51 |
| 1954 | #9 | 30,270 | #1,020 | 54 |
| 1953 | #8 | 30,620 | #1,046 | 48 |
| 1952 | #7 | 31,739 | #896 | 62 |
| 1951 | #7 | 30,346 | #992 | 50 |
| 1950 | #6 | 29,617 | #850 | 64 |
| 1949 | #7 | 29,249 | #1,297 | 31 |
| 1948 | #7 | 29,411 | #1,107 | 41 |
| 1947 | #7 | 32,445 | #923 | 57 |
| 1946 | #7 | 28,345 | #826 | 63 |
| 1945 | #7 | 21,456 | #791 | 61 |
| 1944 | #7 | 23,218 | #790 | 63 |
| 1943 | #9 | 23,988 | #787 | 69 |
| 1942 | #8 | 23,327 | #795 | 65 |
| 1941 | #8 | 20,885 | #786 | 63 |
| 1940 | #7 | 19,737 | #718 | 72 |
| 1939 | #7 | 19,723 | #691 | 74 |
| 1938 | #7 | 18,951 | #622 | 91 |
| 1937 | #7 | 17,074 | #631 | 86 |
| 1936 | #8 | 16,755 | #767 | 63 |
| 1935 | #9 | 14,544 | #940 | 45 |
| 1934 | #10 | 13,520 | #917 | 47 |
| 1933 | #11 | 11,869 | #926 | 46 |
| 1932 | #13 | 10,948 | #992 | 44 |
| 1931 | #17 | 10,036 | #1,111 | 37 |
| 1930 | #24 | 9,068 | #1,463 | 25 |
| 1929 | #32 | 6,872 | #1,480 | 24 |
| 1928 | #43 | 5,537 | #1,611 | 22 |
| 1927 | #56 | 5,022 | #1,692 | 21 |
| 1926 | #57 | 4,566 | #1,846 | 18 |
| 1925 | #60 | 4,325 | #2,313 | 13 |
| 1924 | #69 | 3,989 | #2,229 | 14 |
| 1923 | #75 | 3,673 | #2,614 | 11 |
| 1922 | #78 | 3,518 | #2,143 | 15 |
| 1921 | #87 | 3,323 | #3,517 | 7 |
| 1920 | #95 | 2,982 | #3,815 | 6 |
| 1919 | #100 | 2,628 | #3,391 | 7 |
| 1918 | #102 | 2,510 | #3,096 | 8 |
| 1917 | #98 | 2,411 | #1,986 | 15 |
| 1916 | #102 | 2,166 | — | |
| 1915 | #102 | 1,987 | #3,082 | 7 |
| 1914 | #102 | 1,575 | #2,457 | 8 |
| 1913 | #102 | 1,290 | — | |
| 1912 | #108 | 1,078 | #1,746 | 9 |
| 1911 | #110 | 827 | — | |
| 1910 | #105 | 811 | — | |
| 1909 | #118 | 610 | — | |
| 1908 | #109 | 651 | — | |
| 1907 | #113 | 582 | — | |
| 1906 | #112 | 557 | — | |
| 1905 | #118 | 535 | — | |
| 1904 | #115 | 508 | — | |
| 1903 | #109 | 527 | — | |
| 1902 | #103 | 571 | — | |
| 1901 | #102 | 519 | #1,058 | 5 |
| 1900 | #99 | 673 | — | |
| 1899 | #107 | 475 | — | |
| 1898 | #106 | 546 | — | |
| 1897 | #96 | 553 | — | |
| 1896 | #96 | 527 | — | |
| 1895 | #93 | 566 | — | |
| 1894 | #98 | 515 | — | |
| 1893 | #88 | 538 | — | |
| 1892 | #81 | 591 | — | |
| 1891 | #83 | 523 | — | |
| 1890 | #84 | 512 | — | |
| 1889 | #86 | 470 | #789 | 7 |
| 1888 | #76 | 582 | — | |
| 1887 | #71 | 511 | — | |
| 1886 | #72 | 492 | — | |
| 1885 | #67 | 527 | — | |
| 1884 | #68 | 520 | — | |
| 1883 | #71 | 412 | — | |
| 1882 | #67 | 439 | — | |
| 1881 | #59 | 429 | — | |
| 1880 | #62 | 410 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Nancy was already there! It came in at #62, and was given to 410 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2014–2025, when fewer than 380 girls a year got the name.
See more about Nancy
- 51 spots since 2024 (#914 → #965)
- 69 spots since 2020 (#896 → #965)
- 153 spots since 2015 (#812 → #965)
- Biggest jump: 50 spots in 2023 (#991 → #941)
- Biggest drop: 114 spots in 2012 (#537 → #651)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1950 at #6 (29,617 births)
- Births halved by 1964, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: 22 yrs · run 1934–1955
- Top 100: 80 yrs · run 1919–1978
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 55 girls born in 1947 were named Nancy (1.8%)
- Latest: 1 in 6,065 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- Its best rank, #6 in 1950, was only 1 in 58 (1.7%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 28.6% of all girls named Nancy (286,812) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 4,792 | #59 (1881) | #70 |
| 1890s | 5,346 | #81 (1892) | #93 |
| 1900s | 5,733 | #99 (1900) | #110 |
| 1910s | 17,283 | #98 (1917) | #103 |
| 1920s | 43,807 | #32 (1929) | #65 |
| 1930s | 142,488 | #7 (1939) | #11 |
| 1940s | 252,061 | #7 (1947) | #7 |
| 1950s | 286,812 | #6 (1950) | #9 |
| 1960s | 142,724 | #15 (1960) | #29 |
| 1970s | 41,850 | #50 (1970) | #78 |
| 1980s | 25,493 | #101 (1981) | #114 |
| 1990s | 19,495 | #125 (1991) | #166 |
| 2000s | 10,959 | #223 (2001) | #309 |
| 2010s | 3,928 | #519 (2010) | #746 |
| 2020s | 1,677 | #896 (2020) | #942 |
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.
Nancy in 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 503 of them was named Nancy, which outranked 99.2% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 78,183 of them was named Nancy, which outranked 67.4% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,134Webster22
- #2,134Zacharia22
- #2,134Zachry22
- #2,205Nancy21
- #2,205Andrian21
- #2,205Ayinde21
- #2,205Barrington21
- #2,279Adnan20
- #2,279Alicia20
- #2,279Antawn20
Tied with 73 names at #2,205; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.