Is Nancy a boy or girl name?
Nancy is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 288 girls and 0 boys were named Nancy, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 99.7% of the 1,007,116 US babies named Nancy were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Girl rank, 2024
- #921
- Babies named Nancy since 1880
- 1,007,116
- Most popular year
- 1947
- 32,502 babies
Boys and girls named Nancy, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 7 | 4,792 | 99.9% |
| 1890s | 0 | 5,346 | 100% |
| 1900s | 5 | 5,733 | 99.9% |
| 1910s | 54 | 17,283 | 99.7% |
| 1920s | 151 | 43,807 | 99.7% |
| 1930s | 558 | 142,486 | 99.6% |
| 1940s | 585 | 252,058 | 99.8% |
| 1950s | 540 | 286,812 | 99.8% |
| 1960s | 411 | 142,723 | 99.7% |
| 1970s | 211 | 41,849 | 99.5% |
| 1980s | 260 | 25,493 | 99% |
| 1990s | 138 | 19,495 | 99.3% |
| 2000s | 25 | 10,958 | 99.8% |
| 2010s | 0 | 3,927 | 100% |
| 2020s | 0 | 1,409 | 100% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | – | 288 | #921 |
| 2023 | 0 | – | 281 | #942 |
| 2022 | 0 | – | 266 | #993 |
| 2021 | 0 | – | 279 | #946 |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 295 | #897 |
| 2019 | 0 | – | 298 | #895 |
| 2018 | 0 | – | 326 | #833 |
| 2017 | 0 | – | 314 | #872 |
| 2016 | 0 | – | 310 | #900 |
| 2015 | 0 | – | 345 | #813 |
| 2014 | 0 | – | 371 | #755 |
| 2013 | 0 | – | 411 | #688 |
| 2012 | 0 | – | 437 | #653 |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 541 | #537 |
| 2010 | 0 | – | 574 | #519 |
| 2009 | 0 | – | 667 | #464 |
| 2008 | 0 | – | 858 | #379 |
| 2007 | 0 | – | 903 | #362 |
| 2006 | 0 | – | 1,017 | #325 |
| 2005 | 0 | – | 1,017 | #318 |
| 2004 | 5 | #12,629 | 1,150 | #289 |
| 2003 | 6 | #10,476 | 1,179 | #268 |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 1,369 | #229 |
| 2001 | 8 | #8,076 | 1,420 | #223 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,928 | 1,378 | #232 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,648 | 1,421 | #226 |
| 1998 | 5 | #10,791 | 1,480 | #207 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,931 | 1,525 | #197 |
| 1996 | 0 | – | 1,825 | #172 |
| 1995 | 12 | #5,019 | 2,001 | #160 |
| 1994 | 14 | #4,461 | 2,189 | #144 |
| 1993 | 14 | #4,384 | 1,986 | #156 |
| 1992 | 22 | #3,079 | 2,185 | #142 |
| 1991 | 29 | #2,447 | 2,498 | #125 |
| 1990 | 28 | #2,472 | 2,385 | #131 |
| 1989 | 38 | #1,945 | 2,343 | #128 |
| 1988 | 19 | #2,923 | 2,347 | #121 |
| 1987 | 34 | #1,888 | 2,235 | #126 |
| 1986 | 21 | #2,579 | 2,426 | #116 |
| 1985 | 21 | #2,481 | 2,609 | #108 |
| 1984 | 34 | #1,710 | 2,487 | #113 |
| 1983 | 24 | #2,187 | 2,520 | #113 |
| 1982 | 27 | #2,040 | 2,808 | #106 |
| 1981 | 20 | #2,469 | 2,912 | #101 |
| 1980 | 22 | #2,340 | 2,806 | #111 |
| 1979 | 25 | #2,081 | 2,865 | #107 |
| 1978 | 21 | #2,252 | 3,045 | #97 |
| 1977 | 24 | #2,043 | 3,220 | #89 |
| 1976 | 13 | #3,041 | 3,281 | #87 |
| 1975 | 19 | #2,336 | 3,510 | #82 |
| 1974 | 19 | #2,252 | 3,891 | #78 |
| 1973 | 13 | #2,816 | 3,945 | #77 |
| 1972 | 19 | #2,132 | 4,818 | #63 |
| 1971 | 31 | #1,587 | 6,212 | #52 |
| 1970 | 27 | #1,687 | 7,062 | #50 |
| 1969 | 37 | #1,315 | 7,902 | #45 |
| 1968 | 35 | #1,305 | 8,960 | #39 |
| 1967 | 34 | #1,306 | 10,268 | #37 |
| 1966 | 29 | #1,443 | 11,730 | #33 |
| 1965 | 42 | #1,181 | 12,257 | #32 |
| 1964 | 34 | #1,366 | 14,695 | #26 |
| 1963 | 45 | #1,160 | 16,267 | #23 |
| 1962 | 54 | #1,042 | 18,024 | #19 |
| 1961 | 46 | #1,166 | 20,728 | #16 |
| 1960 | 55 | #1,040 | 21,892 | #15 |
| 1959 | 54 | #1,058 | 23,078 | #14 |
| 1958 | 51 | #1,077 | 24,819 | #12 |
| 1957 | 57 | #1,007 | 27,516 | #11 |
| 1956 | 49 | #1,090 | 28,784 | #11 |
| 1955 | 51 | #1,060 | 30,024 | #9 |
| 1954 | 54 | #1,026 | 30,269 | #9 |
| 1953 | 48 | #1,051 | 30,620 | #8 |
| 1952 | 62 | #901 | 31,739 | #7 |
| 1951 | 50 | #1,003 | 30,346 | #7 |
| 1950 | 64 | #861 | 29,617 | #6 |
| 1949 | 31 | #1,316 | 29,248 | #7 |
| 1948 | 41 | #1,120 | 29,412 | #7 |
| 1947 | 57 | #931 | 32,445 | #7 |
| 1946 | 63 | #834 | 28,345 | #7 |
| 1945 | 61 | #792 | 21,456 | #7 |
| 1944 | 63 | #794 | 23,217 | #7 |
| 1943 | 69 | #794 | 23,987 | #9 |
| 1942 | 65 | #803 | 23,328 | #8 |
| 1941 | 63 | #793 | 20,883 | #8 |
| 1940 | 72 | #721 | 19,737 | #7 |
| 1939 | 74 | #692 | 19,722 | #7 |
| 1938 | 91 | #626 | 18,951 | #7 |
| 1937 | 86 | #635 | 17,074 | #7 |
| 1936 | 63 | #773 | 16,754 | #8 |
| 1935 | 45 | #950 | 14,544 | #9 |
| 1934 | 47 | #927 | 13,520 | #10 |
| 1933 | 46 | #930 | 11,869 | #11 |
| 1932 | 44 | #999 | 10,948 | #13 |
| 1931 | 37 | #1,123 | 10,036 | #17 |
| 1930 | 25 | #1,487 | 9,068 | #24 |
| 1929 | 24 | #1,509 | 6,872 | #32 |
| 1928 | 22 | #1,633 | 5,537 | #43 |
| 1927 | 21 | #1,732 | 5,022 | #56 |
| 1926 | 18 | #1,885 | 4,566 | #57 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,391 | 4,325 | #60 |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,316 | 3,989 | #69 |
| 1923 | 11 | #2,722 | 3,673 | #75 |
| 1922 | 15 | #2,212 | 3,518 | #78 |
| 1921 | 7 | #3,774 | 3,323 | #87 |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,131 | 2,982 | #95 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,638 | 2,628 | #100 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,289 | 2,510 | #102 |
| 1917 | 15 | #2,061 | 2,411 | #98 |
| 1916 | 0 | – | 2,166 | #102 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,286 | 1,987 | #102 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,582 | 1,575 | #102 |
| 1913 | 0 | – | 1,290 | #102 |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,837 | 1,078 | #108 |
| 1911 | 0 | – | 827 | #110 |
| 1910 | 0 | – | 811 | #105 |
| 1909 | 0 | – | 610 | #118 |
| 1908 | 0 | – | 651 | #109 |
| 1907 | 0 | – | 582 | #114 |
| 1906 | 0 | – | 557 | #113 |
| 1905 | 0 | – | 535 | #118 |
| 1904 | 0 | – | 508 | #115 |
| 1903 | 0 | – | 527 | #109 |
| 1902 | 0 | – | 571 | #103 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,161 | 519 | #102 |
| 1900 | 0 | – | 673 | #99 |
| 1899 | 0 | – | 475 | #107 |
| 1898 | 0 | – | 546 | #106 |
| 1897 | 0 | – | 553 | #96 |
| 1896 | 0 | – | 527 | #98 |
| 1895 | 0 | – | 566 | #93 |
| 1894 | 0 | – | 515 | #98 |
| 1893 | 0 | – | 538 | #88 |
| 1892 | 0 | – | 591 | #81 |
| 1891 | 0 | – | 523 | #83 |
| 1890 | 0 | – | 512 | #84 |
| 1889 | 7 | #859 | 470 | #86 |
| 1888 | 0 | – | 582 | #76 |
| 1887 | 0 | – | 511 | #71 |
| 1886 | 0 | – | 492 | #72 |
| 1885 | 0 | – | 527 | #67 |
| 1884 | 0 | – | 520 | #68 |
| 1883 | 0 | – | 412 | #71 |
| 1882 | 0 | – | 439 | #67 |
| 1881 | 0 | – | 429 | #59 |
| 1880 | 0 | – | 410 | #62 |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Nancy reached #626 in 1938. As a girl name, it reached #6 in 1950. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1940s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Nancy
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.