Nancy
Rank in 2025
#965
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
265
girls 265
Peak year
1947
32,445 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
1,007,393
since 1880
Born a Nancy? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Nancy was most popular in 1947, when 32,445 babies recorded as girls got the name (18.3 per 1,000). In 2025, 265 babies were named Nancy, ranking #965 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
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| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 265 | 965 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 290 | 914 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 281 | 941 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 267 | 991 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 279 | 945 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 295 | 896 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 298 | 893 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 326 | 833 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 314 | 870 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 310 | 899 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 345 | 812 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 371 | 755 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 412 | 687 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 437 | 651 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 541 | 537 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 574 | 519 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 667 | 463 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 858 | 379 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 903 | 362 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 1,017 | 325 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 1,017 | 317 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 1,151 | 289 | 5 | 11356 |
| 2003 | 1,179 | 267 | 6 | 9581 |
| 2002 | 1,369 | 229 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 1,420 | 223 | 8 | 7536 |
| 2000 | 1,378 | 232 | 6 | 9112 |
| 1999 | 1,421 | 225 | 8 | 7139 |
| 1998 | 1,480 | 207 | 5 | 9631 |
| 1997 | 1,525 | 197 | 6 | 8110 |
| 1996 | 1,825 | 172 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 2,001 | 160 | 12 | 4791 |
| 1994 | 2,189 | 144 | 14 | 4290 |
| 1993 | 1,986 | 156 | 14 | 4227 |
| 1992 | 2,185 | 142 | 22 | 2999 |
| 1991 | 2,498 | 125 | 29 | 2406 |
| 1990 | 2,385 | 131 | 28 | 2432 |
| 1989 | 2,342 | 128 | 38 | 1919 |
| 1988 | 2,348 | 121 | 19 | 2860 |
| 1987 | 2,235 | 126 | 34 | 1864 |
| 1986 | 2,426 | 116 | 21 | 2510 |
| 1985 | 2,609 | 108 | 21 | 2427 |
| 1984 | 2,487 | 113 | 34 | 1690 |
| 1983 | 2,520 | 113 | 24 | 2140 |
| 1982 | 2,808 | 106 | 27 | 1999 |
| 1981 | 2,912 | 101 | 20 | 2418 |
| 1980 | 2,806 | 110 | 22 | 2284 |
| 1979 | 2,864 | 107 | 25 | 2048 |
| 1978 | 3,044 | 97 | 21 | 2205 |
| 1977 | 3,222 | 89 | 24 | 2008 |
| 1976 | 3,281 | 87 | 13 | 2946 |
| 1975 | 3,510 | 82 | 19 | 2288 |
| 1974 | 3,891 | 78 | 19 | 2199 |
| 1973 | 3,945 | 77 | 13 | 2716 |
| 1972 | 4,818 | 63 | 19 | 2080 |
| 1971 | 6,212 | 52 | 31 | 1560 |
| 1970 | 7,063 | 50 | 27 | 1658 |
| 1969 | 7,902 | 45 | 37 | 1302 |
| 1968 | 8,961 | 39 | 35 | 1282 |
| 1967 | 10,268 | 37 | 34 | 1287 |
| 1966 | 11,729 | 33 | 29 | 1428 |
| 1965 | 12,255 | 32 | 42 | 1163 |
| 1964 | 14,696 | 26 | 34 | 1350 |
| 1963 | 16,266 | 23 | 45 | 1151 |
| 1962 | 18,027 | 19 | 54 | 1038 |
| 1961 | 20,729 | 16 | 46 | 1156 |
| 1960 | 21,891 | 15 | 55 | 1034 |
| 1959 | 23,079 | 14 | 54 | 1050 |
| 1958 | 24,819 | 12 | 51 | 1071 |
| 1957 | 27,515 | 11 | 57 | 1005 |
| 1956 | 28,784 | 11 | 49 | 1083 |
| 1955 | 30,023 | 9 | 51 | 1054 |
| 1954 | 30,270 | 9 | 54 | 1020 |
| 1953 | 30,620 | 8 | 48 | 1046 |
| 1952 | 31,739 | 7 | 62 | 896 |
| 1951 | 30,346 | 7 | 50 | 992 |
| 1950 | 29,617 | 6 | 64 | 850 |
| 1949 | 29,249 | 7 | 31 | 1297 |
| 1948 | 29,411 | 7 | 41 | 1107 |
| 1947 | 32,445 | 7 | 57 | 923 |
| 1946 | 28,345 | 7 | 63 | 826 |
| 1945 | 21,456 | 7 | 61 | 791 |
| 1944 | 23,218 | 7 | 63 | 790 |
| 1943 | 23,988 | 9 | 69 | 787 |
| 1942 | 23,327 | 8 | 65 | 795 |
| 1941 | 20,885 | 8 | 63 | 786 |
| 1940 | 19,737 | 7 | 72 | 718 |
| 1939 | 19,723 | 7 | 74 | 691 |
| 1938 | 18,951 | 7 | 91 | 622 |
| 1937 | 17,074 | 7 | 86 | 631 |
| 1936 | 16,755 | 8 | 63 | 767 |
| 1935 | 14,544 | 9 | 45 | 940 |
| 1934 | 13,520 | 10 | 47 | 917 |
| 1933 | 11,869 | 11 | 46 | 926 |
| 1932 | 10,948 | 13 | 44 | 992 |
| 1931 | 10,036 | 17 | 37 | 1111 |
| 1930 | 9,068 | 24 | 25 | 1463 |
| 1929 | 6,872 | 32 | 24 | 1480 |
| 1928 | 5,537 | 43 | 22 | 1611 |
| 1927 | 5,022 | 56 | 21 | 1692 |
| 1926 | 4,566 | 57 | 18 | 1846 |
| 1925 | 4,325 | 60 | 13 | 2313 |
| 1924 | 3,989 | 69 | 14 | 2229 |
| 1923 | 3,673 | 75 | 11 | 2614 |
| 1922 | 3,518 | 78 | 15 | 2143 |
| 1921 | 3,323 | 87 | 7 | 3517 |
| 1920 | 2,982 | 95 | 6 | 3815 |
| 1919 | 2,628 | 100 | 7 | 3391 |
| 1918 | 2,510 | 102 | 8 | 3096 |
| 1917 | 2,411 | 98 | 15 | 1986 |
| 1916 | 2,166 | 102 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 1,987 | 102 | 7 | 3082 |
| 1914 | 1,575 | 102 | 8 | 2457 |
| 1913 | 1,290 | 102 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 1,078 | 108 | 9 | 1746 |
| 1911 | 827 | 110 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 811 | 105 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 610 | 118 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 651 | 109 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 582 | 113 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 557 | 112 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 535 | 118 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 508 | 115 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 527 | 109 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 571 | 103 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 519 | 102 | 5 | 1058 |
| 1900 | 673 | 99 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 475 | 107 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 546 | 106 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 553 | 96 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 527 | 96 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 566 | 93 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 515 | 98 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 538 | 88 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 591 | 81 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 523 | 83 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 512 | 84 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 470 | 86 | 7 | 789 |
| 1888 | 582 | 76 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 511 | 71 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 492 | 72 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 527 | 67 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 520 | 68 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 412 | 71 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 439 | 67 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 429 | 59 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 410 | 62 | <5 | — |
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Where Nancy is most popular
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- Wisconsin1.4×
- California1.4×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years