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 1986
Top girls' names in 1986
Top boys' names in 1986
More about 1986
girls
1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 214,443 of them was named Yancy, which outranked 39.6% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #7,134Zeinab9
- #7,134Zelma9
- #7,134Zora9
- #7,749Yancy8
- #7,749Aamber8
- #7,749Abbigayle8
- #7,749Abigael8
- #8,523Aaisha7
- #8,523Abagael7
- #8,523Abbygail7
Tied with 773 names at #7,749; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,841,515 boys got a published name in 1986; 1 in 49,771 of them was named Yancy, which outranked 78.4% of the 7,830 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,662Thai38
- #1,662Victoria38
- #1,662Willy38
- #1,694Yancy37
- #1,694Brion37
- #1,694Darvin37
- #1,694Daryn37
- #1,725Arlen36
- #1,725Armond36
- #1,725Babyboy36
Tied with 30 names at #1,694; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.