Yancey
Last seen for girls in 2004 at #10,690 · Last seen for boys in 2020 at #9,554
Given to boys 97.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1894 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,503since 1894
Yancey over time
Rank among boys' names. Yancey has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | #9,554 | 7 | |
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | #8,819 | 8 | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | #12,185 | 5 | |
| 2015 | — | #9,568 | 7 | |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | #10,770 | 6 | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | #7,591 | 10 | |
| 2009 | — | #10,994 | 6 | |
| 2008 | — | #9,871 | 7 | |
| 2007 | — | #8,915 | 8 | |
| 2006 | — | #7,998 | 9 | |
| 2005 | — | #10,151 | 6 | |
| 2004 | #10,690 | 9 | #5,007 | 16 |
| 2003 | — | #5,271 | 14 | |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | #7,643 | 8 |
| 2001 | — | #4,476 | 17 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,764 | 21 | |
| 1999 | — | #4,537 | 15 | |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | #3,708 | 19 |
| 1997 | — | #3,601 | 19 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,202 | 22 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,559 | 18 | |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | #4,803 | 12 |
| 1993 | — | #3,141 | 21 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,920 | 15 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,105 | 20 | |
| 1990 | — | #5,823 | 8 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,271 | 12 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,523 | 14 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,725 | 19 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,226 | 25 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,226 | 24 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,437 | 20 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,140 | 24 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,999 | 27 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,204 | 23 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,808 | 31 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,510 | 39 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,616 | 34 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,743 | 30 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,828 | 27 | |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | #1,361 | 41 |
| 1974 | — | #1,335 | 41 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,268 | 42 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,391 | 37 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,181 | 48 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,222 | 46 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,414 | 32 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,282 | 35 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,340 | 32 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,613 | 23 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,720 | 21 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,975 | 17 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,839 | 19 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,805 | 20 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,521 | 28 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,382 | 33 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,360 | 33 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,642 | 10 | |
| 1957 | — | #3,993 | 5 | |
| 1956 | — | — | ||
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | — | #3,095 | 7 | |
| 1951 | — | #3,714 | 5 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,580 | 9 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,802 | 8 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,788 | 8 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,862 | 8 | |
| 1946 | — | #3,525 | 5 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,009 | 12 | |
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | — | #2,732 | 8 | |
| 1942 | — | #3,560 | 5 | |
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | — | #2,671 | 8 | |
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | #3,534 | 5 | |
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | #2,629 | 8 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,951 | 7 | |
| 1934 | — | #3,277 | 6 | |
| 1933 | — | #3,642 | 5 | |
| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | — | #3,390 | 6 | |
| 1930 | — | #3,022 | 8 | |
| 1929 | — | #3,959 | 5 | |
| 1928 | — | — | ||
| 1927 | — | #3,451 | 7 | |
| 1926 | — | #3,708 | 6 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,936 | 9 | |
| 1924 | — | #4,347 | 5 | |
| 1923 | — | #4,239 | 5 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,486 | 12 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,632 | 11 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,336 | 13 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,511 | 11 | |
| 1918 | — | #3,728 | 6 | |
| 1917 | — | #3,545 | 6 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,730 | 9 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,829 | 8 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,457 | 8 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,092 | 8 | |
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | #1,373 | 5 | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | #1,074 | 5 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Yancey! It came in at #1,074, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1894–1912, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Yancey
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2020
- Debuted 1894
- Peaked 1894 at #1,074 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1895, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 23,154 boys born in 1894 were named Yancey (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 246,582 boys born in 2020 (0.00%)
- 25.6% of all boys named Yancey (385) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,074 (1894) | #1,074 |
| 1900s | 5 | #1,373 (1908) | #1,373 |
| 1910s | 56 | #2,092 (1913) | #2,842 |
| 1920s | 73 | #2,336 (1920) | #3,344 |
| 1930s | 45 | #2,629 (1936) | #3,206 |
| 1940s | 62 | #2,009 (1945) | #2,869 |
| 1950s | 69 | #1,360 (1959) | #2,897 |
| 1960s | 260 | #1,282 (1968) | #1,589 |
| 1970s | 385 | #1,181 (1971) | #1,446 |
| 1980s | 219 | #1,808 (1980) | #2,556 |
| 1990s | 169 | #3,105 (1991) | #3,940 |
| 2000s | 112 | #3,764 (2000) | #7,409 |
| 2010s | 36 | #7,591 (2010) | #9,787 |
| 2020s | 7 | #9,554 (2020) | #9,554 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Yancey in 1975
Top girls' names in 1975
Top boys' names in 1975
More about 1975
girls
1,457,861 girls got a published name in 1975; 1 in 208,266 of them was named Yancey, which outranked 32.4% of the 10,618 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #6,484Zoey8
- #6,484Zuleyka8
- #6,484Zully8
- #7,173Yancey7
- #7,173Aarti7
- #7,173Abigale7
- #7,173Acquanetta7
- #7,984Aaryn6
- #7,984Abagail6
- #7,984Adine6
Tied with 810 names at #7,173; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,561,357 boys got a published name in 1975; 1 in 38,082 of them was named Yancey, which outranked 78.5% of the 6,337 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,345Rosario42
- #1,345Stevan42
- #1,345Williams42
- #1,361Yancey41
- #1,361Artis41
- #1,361Eben41
- #1,361Ephraim41
- #1,378Abe40
- #1,378Alphonse40
- #1,378Amador40
Tied with 16 names at #1,361; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.