NameTrendsU.S. Baby Name Data

Nancy Girls

The U.S. popularity history of Nancy: every year it appeared on the national list since 1880, with 1,004,448 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

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Total recorded births
1,004,448
Peak year
1947 #7
Years on the list
146
10-year trend
-10.4%

In the 1940s · Most used in NY in {year}

Popularity history

1880–2025

YearBirthsRank
2011541#537
2012437#654
2013412#688
2014371#755
2015345#814
2016310#900
2017314#874
2018326#834
2019298#895
2020295#897
2021279#946
2022267#991
2023281#942
2024290#916
2025265#967

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1947

NY
2,855
PA
2,475
CA
2,133
IL
2,103
OH
2,052
MI
1,849

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