Nancy was a hugely popular girls' name that peaked at #6 in 1950 but is far less common today.
Nancy is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #967 for girl births in the United States (and #1,847 across all names), given to 265 babies. Nancy was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1947 (32,445 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 265 | 265 | #967 | — |
| 2024 | 290 | 290 | #916 | — |
| 2023 | 281 | 281 | #942 | — |
| 2022 | 267 | 267 | #991 | — |
| 2021 | 279 | 279 | #946 | — |
| 2020 | 295 | 295 | #897 | — |
| 2019 | 298 | 298 | #895 | — |
| 2018 | 326 | 326 | #834 | — |
| 2017 | 314 | 314 | #874 | — |
| 2016 | 310 | 310 | #900 | — |
| 2015 | 345 | 345 | #814 | — |
| 2014 | 371 | 371 | #755 | — |
| 2013 | 412 | 412 | #688 | — |
| 2012 | 437 | 437 | #654 | — |
| 2011 | 541 | 541 | #537 | — |
| 2010 | 574 | 574 | #519 | — |
| 2009 | 667 | 667 | #464 | — |
| 2008 | 858 | 866 | #379 | — |
| 2007 | 903 | 903 | #362 | — |
| 2006 | 1,017 | 1,022 | #325 | — |
| 2005 | 1,017 | 1,017 | #318 | — |
| 2004 | 1,156 | 1,161 | #289 | #12,630 |
| 2003 | 1,185 | 1,190 | #268 | #10,475 |
| 2002 | 1,369 | 1,374 | #229 | — |
| 2001 | 1,428 | 1,437 | #223 | #8,076 |
| 2000 | 1,384 | 1,392 | #232 | #9,928 |
| 1999 | 1,429 | 1,440 | #226 | #7,649 |
| 1998 | 1,485 | 1,495 | #207 | #10,791 |
| 1997 | 1,531 | — | #197 | #8,931 |
| 1996 | 1,825 | — | #172 | — |
| 1995 | 2,013 | — | #160 | #5,019 |
| 1994 | 2,203 | — | #144 | #4,461 |
| 1993 | 2,000 | — | #156 | #4,384 |
| 1992 | 2,207 | — | #142 | #3,079 |
| 1991 | 2,527 | — | #125 | #2,447 |
| 1990 | 2,413 | — | #131 | #2,472 |
| 1989 | 2,380 | — | #128 | #1,945 |
| 1988 | 2,367 | — | #121 | #2,923 |
| 1987 | 2,269 | — | #126 | #1,888 |
| 1986 | 2,447 | — | #116 | #2,579 |
| 1985 | 2,630 | — | #108 | #2,481 |
| 1984 | 2,521 | — | #113 | #1,711 |
| 1983 | 2,544 | — | #114 | #2,187 |
| 1982 | 2,835 | — | #106 | #2,040 |
| 1981 | 2,932 | — | #101 | #2,469 |
| 1980 | 2,828 | — | #111 | #2,340 |
| 1979 | 2,889 | — | #107 | #2,082 |
| 1978 | 3,065 | — | #97 | #2,252 |
| 1977 | 3,246 | — | #89 | #2,044 |
| 1976 | 3,294 | — | #87 | #3,041 |
| 1975 | 3,529 | — | #82 | #2,336 |
| 1974 | 3,910 | — | #78 | #2,252 |
| 1973 | 3,958 | — | #77 | #2,815 |
| 1972 | 4,837 | — | #63 | #2,132 |
| 1971 | 6,243 | — | #52 | #1,587 |
| 1970 | 7,090 | — | #50 | #1,686 |
| 1969 | 7,939 | — | #45 | #1,314 |
| 1968 | 8,996 | — | #39 | #1,306 |
| 1967 | 10,302 | — | #37 | #1,306 |
| 1966 | 11,758 | — | #33 | #1,443 |
| 1965 | 12,297 | — | #32 | #1,181 |
| 1964 | 14,730 | — | #26 | #1,366 |
| 1963 | 16,311 | — | #23 | #1,160 |
| 1962 | 18,081 | — | #19 | #1,042 |
| 1961 | 20,775 | — | #16 | #1,166 |
| 1960 | 21,946 | — | #15 | #1,039 |
| 1959 | 23,133 | — | #14 | #1,058 |
| 1958 | 24,870 | — | #12 | #1,076 |
| 1957 | 27,572 | — | #11 | #1,009 |
| 1956 | 28,833 | — | #11 | #1,089 |
| 1955 | 30,074 | — | #9 | #1,060 |
| 1954 | 30,324 | — | #9 | #1,027 |
| 1953 | 30,668 | — | #8 | #1,051 |
| 1952 | 31,801 | — | #7 | #900 |
| 1951 | 30,396 | — | #7 | #1,003 |
| 1950 | 29,681 | — | #6 | #861 |
| 1949 | 29,280 | — | #7 | #1,315 |
| 1948 | 29,452 | — | #7 | #1,120 |
| 1947 | 32,502 | — | #7 | #931 |
| 1946 | 28,408 | — | #7 | #834 |
| 1945 | 21,517 | — | #7 | #793 |
| 1944 | 23,281 | — | #7 | #794 |
| 1943 | 24,057 | — | #9 | #794 |
| 1942 | 23,392 | — | #8 | #803 |
| 1941 | 20,948 | — | #8 | #793 |
| 1940 | 19,809 | — | #7 | #721 |
| 1939 | 19,797 | — | #7 | #692 |
| 1938 | 19,042 | — | #7 | #626 |
| 1937 | 17,160 | — | #7 | #636 |
| 1936 | 16,818 | — | #8 | #772 |
| 1935 | 14,589 | — | #9 | #950 |
| 1934 | 13,567 | — | #10 | #927 |
| 1933 | 11,915 | — | #11 | #930 |
| 1932 | 10,992 | — | #13 | #999 |
| 1931 | 10,073 | — | #17 | #1,123 |
| 1930 | 9,093 | — | #24 | #1,487 |
| 1929 | 6,896 | — | #32 | #1,509 |
| 1928 | 5,559 | — | #43 | #1,633 |
| 1927 | 5,043 | — | #56 | #1,732 |
| 1926 | 4,584 | — | #57 | #1,885 |
| 1925 | 4,338 | — | #60 | #2,391 |
| 1924 | 4,003 | — | #69 | #2,316 |
| 1923 | 3,684 | — | #75 | #2,722 |
| 1922 | 3,533 | — | #78 | #2,212 |
| 1921 | 3,330 | — | #87 | #3,774 |
| 1920 | 2,988 | — | #95 | #4,131 |
| 1919 | 2,635 | — | #100 | #3,638 |
| 1918 | 2,518 | — | #102 | #3,289 |
| 1917 | 2,426 | — | #98 | #2,061 |
| 1916 | 2,166 | — | #102 | — |
| 1915 | 1,994 | — | #102 | #3,286 |
| 1914 | 1,583 | — | #102 | #2,582 |
| 1913 | 1,290 | — | #102 | — |
| 1912 | 1,087 | — | #108 | #1,837 |
| 1911 | 827 | — | #110 | — |
| 1910 | 811 | — | #105 | — |
| 1909 | 610 | — | #118 | — |
| 1908 | 651 | — | #109 | — |
| 1907 | 582 | — | #114 | — |
| 1906 | 557 | — | #113 | — |
| 1905 | 535 | — | #118 | — |
| 1904 | 508 | — | #115 | — |
| 1903 | 527 | — | #109 | — |
| 1902 | 571 | — | #103 | — |
| 1901 | 524 | — | #102 | #1,161 |
| 1900 | 673 | — | #99 | — |
| 1899 | 475 | — | #107 | — |
| 1898 | 546 | — | #106 | — |
| 1897 | 553 | — | #96 | — |
| 1896 | 527 | — | #98 | — |
| 1895 | 566 | — | #93 | — |
| 1894 | 515 | — | #98 | — |
| 1893 | 538 | — | #88 | — |
| 1892 | 591 | — | #81 | — |
| 1891 | 523 | — | #83 | — |
| 1890 | 512 | — | #84 | — |
| 1889 | 477 | — | #86 | #859 |
| 1888 | 582 | — | #76 | — |
| 1887 | 511 | — | #71 | — |
| 1886 | 492 | — | #72 | — |
| 1885 | 527 | — | #67 | — |
| 1884 | 520 | — | #68 | — |
| 1883 | 412 | — | #71 | — |
| 1882 | 439 | — | #67 | — |
| 1881 | 429 | — | #59 | — |
| 1880 | 410 | — | #62 | — |