Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Fancy

#10,145 most common girls' name of all time · #16,875 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1952–2025

Rank among girls
#10,145
Rank overall
#16,875 of 105,966
First appeared
1952
Years on the list
51 of 146
All-time
573
Since 2016
102
Peak year
1991 #3,118
Best rank
#3,118 1991
Girls Boys peak 36/yr
1960198020002020

Fancy first appears in 1952. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 11 — 11 #8,963
2024 14 — 14 #7,678
2023 10 — 10 #9,736
2022 9 — 9 #10,532
2021 10 — 10 #9,719
2020 6 — 6 #13,702
2019 11 — 11 #9,224
2018 11 — 11 #9,275
2017 12 — 12 #8,885
2016 8 — 8 #11,959
2015 12 — 12 #9,030
2014 12 — 12 #9,072
2013 5 — 5 #16,901
2012 15 — 15 #7,888
2011 16 — 16 #7,501
2010 6 — 6 #15,247
2009 11 — 11 #10,101
2008 15 — 15 #8,191
2007 20 — 20 #6,616
2006 22 — 22 #5,965
2005 11 — 11 #9,578
2003 10 — 10 #9,807
2002 5 — 5 #15,814
2001 8 — 8 #11,207
2000 11 — 11 #8,669
1999 13 — 13 #7,368
1998 10 — 10 #8,728
1997 13 — 13 #6,946
1996 16 — 16 #5,859
1995 11 — 11 #7,667
1994 16 — 16 #5,800
1993 17 — 17 #5,496
1992 23 — 23 #4,423
1991 36 — 36 #3,118
1990 5 — 5 #13,402
1985 7 — 7 #8,597
1984 5 — 5 #10,871
1983 6 — 6 #9,372
1982 6 — 6 #9,591
1980 6 — 6 #9,473
1977 9 — 9 #6,537
1976 13 — 13 #4,743
1975 5 — 5 #9,524
1974 7 — 7 #7,199
1973 8 — 8 #6,345
1972 6 — 6 #7,713
1971 12 — 12 #4,693
1970 19 — 19 #3,388
1961 7 — 7 #5,692
1955 9 — 9 #4,353
1952 7 — 7 #4,892