Yancy
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #8,443 · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to boys 82.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1959 · 123 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,433since 1886
Yancy over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. 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 | — | #10,695 | 6 | |
| 2024 | #8,443 | 12 | — | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 | — | |
| 2021 | #8,978 | 11 | #12,146 | 5 |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 | — | |
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 | — | |
| 2018 | #11,427 | 8 | #8,154 | 9 |
| 2017 | #8,776 | 12 | #8,140 | 9 |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 | #9,664 | 7 |
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 | #9,568 | 7 |
| 2014 | #8,053 | 14 | #7,048 | 11 |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | — | |
| 2012 | #11,257 | 9 | #7,559 | 10 |
| 2011 | #8,196 | 14 | #6,578 | 12 |
| 2010 | #12,276 | 8 | #8,139 | 9 |
| 2009 | #9,975 | 11 | #9,864 | 7 |
| 2008 | #6,799 | 19 | #7,187 | 11 |
| 2007 | #10,818 | 10 | #6,622 | 12 |
| 2006 | #7,868 | 15 | #5,781 | 14 |
| 2005 | #6,245 | 19 | #5,278 | 15 |
| 2004 | #6,489 | 18 | #5,492 | 14 |
| 2003 | #6,885 | 16 | #4,276 | 19 |
| 2002 | #6,698 | 16 | #3,794 | 22 |
| 2001 | #5,364 | 21 | #4,890 | 15 |
| 2000 | #8,534 | 11 | #3,536 | 23 |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 | #4,341 | 16 |
| 1998 | #6,719 | 14 | #2,711 | 30 |
| 1997 | #5,626 | 17 | #3,351 | 21 |
| 1996 | #5,771 | 16 | #3,021 | 24 |
| 1995 | #6,641 | 13 | #2,847 | 25 |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 | #3,215 | 21 |
| 1993 | #7,038 | 12 | #2,641 | 27 |
| 1992 | #6,652 | 13 | #1,914 | 42 |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | #2,052 | 36 |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 | #2,128 | 34 |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 | #2,690 | 23 |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 | #2,035 | 31 |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 | #1,760 | 37 |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 | #1,694 | 37 |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 | #1,724 | 35 |
| 1984 | — | #1,481 | 42 | |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | #1,562 | 38 |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 | #1,774 | 32 |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #1,520 | 40 |
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 | #1,524 | 40 |
| 1979 | — | #1,487 | 40 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,410 | 43 | |
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 | #1,490 | 38 |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #1,304 | 46 |
| 1975 | — | #1,007 | 66 | |
| 1974 | #5,360 | 10 | #1,052 | 61 |
| 1973 | — | #914 | 77 | |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | #1,024 | 62 |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 | #985 | 68 |
| 1970 | — | #989 | 67 | |
| 1969 | #5,057 | 9 | #1,027 | 56 |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 | #1,147 | 43 |
| 1967 | — | #1,087 | 46 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,131 | 43 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,106 | 45 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,189 | 42 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,238 | 39 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,069 | 51 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,303 | 37 | |
| 1960 | — | #923 | 67 | |
| 1959 | — | #686 | 123 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,557 | 25 | |
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | — | #3,535 | 6 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,964 | 8 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,743 | 9 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,905 | 8 | |
| 1952 | — | #3,373 | 6 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,844 | 8 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,580 | 9 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,941 | 15 | |
| 1948 | — | #3,668 | 5 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,862 | 8 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,271 | 11 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,996 | 6 | |
| 1944 | — | #3,430 | 5 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,964 | 7 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,940 | 7 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,207 | 11 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,179 | 11 | |
| 1939 | — | #3,480 | 5 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,084 | 12 | |
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | #3,645 | 5 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,742 | 8 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,214 | 11 | |
| 1932 | — | #3,776 | 5 | |
| 1931 | — | #3,095 | 7 | |
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | — | #2,589 | 10 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,162 | 14 | |
| 1927 | — | #3,151 | 8 | |
| 1926 | — | #3,385 | 7 | |
| 1925 | — | #3,408 | 7 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,505 | 7 | |
| 1923 | — | #3,175 | 8 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,486 | 12 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,804 | 10 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,765 | 10 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,665 | 10 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,827 | 18 | |
| 1917 | — | #3,545 | 6 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,949 | 15 | |
| 1915 | — | #3,082 | 7 | |
| 1914 | — | — | ||
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | — | #1,746 | 9 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | #1,137 | 5 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #968 | 8 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | #1,074 | 5 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | #819 | 6 | |
| 1886 | — | #959 | 5 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Yancy! It came in at #959, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1888–1899, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Yancy
- 1,127 spots since 2015 (#9,568 → #10,695)
- Biggest jump: 871 spots in 1959 (#1,557 → #686)
- Biggest drop: 380 spots in 1961 (#923 → #1,303)
- Debuted 1886
- Peaked 1959 at #686 (123 births)
- Births halved by 1961, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 1886–1887
- Highest: 1 in 16,902 boys born in 1887 were named Yancy (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #686 in 1959, was only 1 in 17,354 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 23.3% of all boys named Yancy (568) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2024, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 11 | #819 (1887) | #889 |
| 1890s | 5 | #1,074 (1894) | #1,074 |
| 1900s | 13 | #968 (1900) | #1,053 |
| 1910s | 65 | #1,746 (1912) | #2,469 |
| 1920s | 93 | #2,162 (1928) | #2,943 |
| 1930s | 53 | #2,084 (1938) | #3,005 |
| 1940s | 86 | #1,941 (1949) | #2,746 |
| 1950s | 202 | #686 (1959) | #2,576 |
| 1960s | 469 | #923 (1960) | #1,122 |
| 1970s | 568 | #914 (1973) | #1,166 |
| 1980s | 355 | #1,481 (1984) | #1,776 |
| 1990s | 276 | #1,914 (1992) | #2,822 |
| 2000s | 152 | #3,536 (2000) | #5,672 |
| 2010s | 74 | #6,578 (2011) | #8,106 |
| 2020s | 11 | #10,695 (2025) | #11,421 |
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.
Yancy in 1965
Top boys' names in 1965
More about 1965
boys
1,860,143 boys got a published name in 1965; 1 in 41,337 of them was named Yancy, which outranked 75.0% of the 4,425 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,094Skip46
- #1,094Talmadge46
- #1,094Tyree46
- #1,106Yancy45
- #1,106Adalberto45
- #1,106Alphonse45
- #1,106Anson45
- #1,129Alva44
- #1,129Cortez44
- #1,129Deborah44
Tied with 22 names at #1,106; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.