Yancy is an uncommon name used for both girls and boys that peaked in 1959 and has since faded.
Yancy is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #11,935 for boy births in the United States (and #24,622 across all names), given to 6 babies. Yancy was first reported in SSA data in 1886 and peaked in 1959 (123 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,935 |
| 2024 | 12 | 12 | #8,926 | — |
| 2022 | 6 | 6 | #15,223 | — |
| 2021 | 16 | 16 | #9,526 | #14,001 |
| 2020 | 5 | 5 | #17,417 | — |
| 2019 | 6 | 6 | #15,466 | — |
| 2018 | 17 | 17 | #12,417 | #8,786 |
| 2017 | 21 | 21 | #9,322 | #8,805 |
| 2016 | 15 | 15 | #12,829 | #10,691 |
| 2015 | 15 | 15 | #12,955 | #10,592 |
| 2014 | 25 | 25 | #8,469 | #7,534 |
| 2013 | 5 | 5 | #19,164 | — |
| 2012 | 19 | 19 | #12,170 | #8,122 |
| 2011 | 26 | 26 | #8,596 | #6,986 |
| 2010 | 17 | 17 | #13,399 | #8,763 |
| 2009 | 18 | 18 | #10,642 | #10,936 |
| 2008 | 30 | 30 | #7,059 | #7,682 |
| 2007 | 22 | 22 | #11,591 | #7,066 |
| 2006 | 29 | 29 | #8,222 | #6,080 |
| 2005 | 34 | 34 | #6,524 | #5,567 |
| 2004 | 32 | 32 | #6,762 | #5,803 |
| 2003 | 35 | 35 | #7,197 | #4,415 |
| 2002 | 38 | 38 | #7,035 | #3,904 |
| 2001 | 36 | 36 | #5,564 | #5,135 |
| 2000 | 34 | 34 | #9,148 | #3,635 |
| 1999 | 25 | 25 | #10,321 | #4,533 |
| 1998 | 44 | 44 | #7,093 | #2,780 |
| 1997 | 38 | — | #5,861 | #3,450 |
| 1996 | 40 | — | #6,058 | #3,105 |
| 1995 | 38 | — | #7,030 | #2,922 |
| 1994 | 30 | — | #9,569 | #3,322 |
| 1993 | 39 | — | #7,487 | #2,693 |
| 1992 | 55 | — | #7,060 | #1,954 |
| 1991 | 42 | — | #13,110 | #2,093 |
| 1990 | 43 | — | #9,231 | #2,166 |
| 1989 | 32 | — | #8,739 | #2,778 |
| 1988 | 40 | — | #8,377 | #2,088 |
| 1987 | 44 | — | #9,802 | #1,792 |
| 1986 | 45 | — | #8,513 | #1,724 |
| 1985 | 41 | — | #10,659 | #1,762 |
| 1984 | 42 | — | — | #1,506 |
| 1983 | 43 | — | #12,040 | #1,592 |
| 1982 | 40 | — | #8,211 | #1,812 |
| 1981 | 45 | — | #12,170 | #1,546 |
| 1980 | 49 | — | #7,403 | #1,545 |
| 1979 | 40 | — | — | #1,509 |
| 1978 | 43 | — | — | #1,435 |
| 1977 | 46 | — | #7,557 | #1,513 |
| 1976 | 51 | — | #10,886 | #1,319 |
| 1975 | 66 | — | — | #1,018 |
| 1974 | 71 | — | #5,769 | #1,064 |
| 1973 | 77 | — | — | #924 |
| 1972 | 68 | — | #8,272 | #1,031 |
| 1971 | 75 | — | #7,378 | #989 |
| 1970 | 67 | — | — | #999 |
| 1969 | 65 | — | #5,451 | #1,041 |
| 1968 | 50 | — | #6,239 | #1,164 |
| 1967 | 46 | — | — | #1,101 |
| 1966 | 43 | — | — | #1,148 |
| 1965 | 45 | — | — | #1,128 |
| 1964 | 42 | — | — | #1,198 |
| 1963 | 39 | — | — | #1,254 |
| 1962 | 51 | — | — | #1,081 |
| 1961 | 37 | — | — | #1,321 |
| 1960 | 67 | — | — | #926 |
| 1959 | 123 | — | — | #690 |
| 1958 | 25 | — | — | #1,592 |
| 1956 | 6 | — | — | #3,937 |
| 1955 | 8 | — | — | #3,199 |
| 1954 | 9 | — | — | #2,941 |
| 1953 | 8 | — | — | #3,141 |
| 1952 | 6 | — | — | #3,727 |
| 1951 | 8 | — | — | #3,062 |
| 1950 | 9 | — | — | #2,768 |
| 1949 | 15 | — | — | #2,021 |
| 1948 | 5 | — | — | #4,195 |
| 1947 | 8 | — | — | #3,094 |
| 1946 | 11 | — | — | #2,402 |
| 1945 | 6 | — | — | #3,334 |
| 1944 | 5 | — | — | #3,905 |
| 1943 | 7 | — | — | #3,228 |
| 1942 | 7 | — | — | #3,208 |
| 1941 | 11 | — | — | #2,330 |
| 1940 | 11 | — | — | #2,320 |
| 1939 | 5 | — | — | #3,963 |
| 1938 | 12 | — | — | #2,183 |
| 1935 | 5 | — | — | #4,143 |
| 1934 | 8 | — | — | #2,969 |
| 1933 | 11 | — | — | #2,367 |
| 1932 | 5 | — | — | #4,277 |
| 1931 | 7 | — | — | #3,386 |
| 1929 | 10 | — | — | #2,762 |
| 1928 | 14 | — | — | #2,267 |
| 1927 | 8 | — | — | #3,448 |
| 1926 | 7 | — | — | #3,705 |
| 1925 | 7 | — | — | #3,738 |
| 1924 | 7 | — | — | #3,862 |
| 1923 | 8 | — | — | #3,466 |
| 1922 | 12 | — | — | #2,629 |
| 1921 | 10 | — | — | #2,982 |
| 1920 | 10 | — | — | #2,966 |
| 1919 | 10 | — | — | #2,872 |
| 1918 | 18 | — | — | #1,904 |
| 1917 | 6 | — | — | #3,977 |
| 1916 | 15 | — | — | #2,042 |
| 1915 | 7 | — | — | #3,388 |
| 1912 | 9 | — | — | #1,883 |
| 1902 | 5 | — | — | #1,319 |
| 1900 | 8 | — | — | #1,047 |
| 1894 | 5 | — | — | #1,238 |
| 1887 | 6 | — | — | #920 |
| 1886 | 5 | — | — | #1,110 |