Nancy Name Popularity

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How popular is Nancy?

The less frequently given name Nancy was the 839th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States in 2018.

This top 1000 contender has enjoyed a rank in the top 1000 since 1880, when the Social Security Administration began keeping records.

Position 6, its highest popularity RANKING, was reached in 1950.

Nonetheless, the name was given to the greatest number of children in 1947 with 32,444 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Nancy in any given year was 308 in 2016.

Approximately during the years 1897-1900, and 1909-1947, the name Nancy took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1952-1978, 1990-1993, 1994-1997, and 2000-2014.

Where is the name Nancy popularity headed?

Currently, the name is at an extremely low point when compared to its most popular year.

The popularity trend for Nancy has been spiralling downward for a while. In recent years, continuing the trend, the number of babies given the name Nancy has dropped.

The name Nancy still has a solid footing but will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Nancy is very rarely used as a given name.

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		Nancy (Girl)		Nancy (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		322	839	< 5	--
2017		312	873	< 5	--
2016		308	901	< 5	--
2015		342	820	< 5	--
2014		371	755	< 5	--
2013		409	689	< 5	--
2012		436	653	< 5	--
2011		538	539	< 5	--
2010		573	519	< 5	--
2009		665	466	< 5	--
2008		858	379	< 5	--
2007		900	362	< 5	--
2006		1,016	325	< 5	--
2005		1,014	318	< 5	--
2004		1,147	289	5	12,624
2003		1,177	269	6	10,471
2002		1,364	230	< 5	--
2001		1,419	223	8	8,068
2000		1,378	232	6	9,924
1999		1,420	225	8	7,646
1998		1,479	208	5	10,785
1997		1,525	196	6	8,929
1996		1,825	172	< 5	--
1995		2,001	159	12	5,017
1994		2,192	144	14	4,459
1993		1,985	156	14	4,383
1992		2,185	142	22	3,078
1991		2,497	125	29	2,446
1990		2,384	131	28	2,472
1989		2,346	128	38	1,945
1988		2,346	121	19	2,922
1987		2,235	126	34	1,888
1986		2,426	116	21	2,580
1985		2,606	109	21	2,478
1984		2,486	113	34	1,708
1983		2,520	113	24	2,185
1982		2,805	106	27	2,041
1981		2,909	101	20	2,471
1980		2,805	111	22	2,338
1979		2,865	107	25	2,081
1978		3,046	97	21	2,253
1977		3,222	89	24	2,043
1976		3,281	87	13	3,041
1975		3,513	82	19	2,338
1974		3,893	78	19	2,253
1973		3,942	77	13	2,818
1972		4,816	63	19	2,132
1971		6,213	52	31	1,588
1970		7,063	50	27	1,685
1969		7,898	45	37	1,317
1968		8,963	39	35	1,304
1967		10,267	37	34	1,306
1966		11,730	33	28	1,476
1965		12,255	32	42	1,180
1964		14,697	26	34	1,365
1963		16,268	23	45	1,159
1962		18,028	19	54	1,042
1961		20,712	16	46	1,165
1960		21,898	15	56	1,029
1959		23,080	14	54	1,058
1958		24,814	12	51	1,077
1957		27,507	11	58	1,001
1956		28,784	11	49	1,088
1955		30,017	9	51	1,061
1954		30,264	9	54	1,028
1953		30,618	8	48	1,051
1952		31,740	7	62	901
1951		30,347	7	50	1,002
1950		29,616	6	64	861
1949		29,246	7	31	1,316
1948		29,411	7	41	1,120
1947		32,444	7	57	931
1946		28,344	7	63	833
1945		21,456	7	61	792
1944		23,212	7	63	794
1943		23,990	9	69	794
1942		23,325	8	65	801
1941		20,881	8	63	793
1940		19,732	7	72	722
1939		19,726	7	74	692
1938		18,948	7	91	626
1937		17,069	7	86	635
1936		16,756	8	63	772
1935		14,544	9	45	950
1934		13,518	10	47	927
1933		11,869	11	45	944
1932		10,947	13	44	999
1931		10,033	17	38	1,110
1930		9,070	24	25	1,488
1929		6,871	32	24	1,509
1928		5,536	43	22	1,633
1927		5,022	56	21	1,732
1926		4,566	57	18	1,885
1925		4,325	60	13	2,391
1924		3,990	68	14	2,315
1923		3,672	75	11	2,723
1922		3,518	78	15	2,212
1921		3,323	87	7	3,773
1920		2,982	95	6	4,130
1919		2,629	100	7	3,638
1918		2,510	102	8	3,289
1917		2,411	98	15	2,061
1916		2,166	102	< 5	--
1915		1,988	102	7	3,286
1914		1,575	102	8	2,582
1913		1,290	102	< 5	--
1912		1,078	108	9	1,837
1911		827	110	< 5	--
1910		811	105	< 5	--
1909		610	118	< 5	--
1908		651	109	< 5	--
1907		582	114	< 5	--
1906		557	113	< 5	--
1905		535	118	< 5	--
1904		508	115	< 5	--
1903		527	109	< 5	--
1902		571	103	< 5	--
1901		519	102	5	1,161
1900		673	99	< 5	--
1899		475	107	< 5	--
1898		546	106	< 5	--
1897		553	96	< 5	--
1896		527	98	< 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	859
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	--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.