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.

Nanci

#2,124 most common girls' name of all time · #3,612 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1928–2022

Rank among girls
#2,124
Rank overall
#3,612 of 105,966
First appeared
1928
Years on the list
87 of 146
All-time
6,474
Since 2016
5
Peak year
1953 #596
Best rank
#585 1952
Girls Boys peak 222/yr
19401960198020002020

Nanci first appears in 1928. 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
2022 5 — 5 #15,577
2014 8 — 8 #12,055
2013 7 — 7 #13,311
2012 9 — 9 #11,359
2011 17 — 17 #7,171
2010 19 — 19 #6,681
2009 14 — 14 #8,522
2008 21 — 21 #6,385
2007 39 — 39 #3,996
2006 32 — 32 #4,483
2005 40 — 40 #3,667
2004 41 — 41 #3,581
2003 47 — 47 #3,144
2002 49 — 49 #2,984
2001 59 — 59 #2,576
2000 54 — 54 #2,717
1999 40 — 40 #3,208
1998 39 — 39 #3,182
1997 33 — 33 #3,479
1996 48 — 48 #2,601
1995 57 — 57 #2,318
1994 55 — 55 #2,363
1993 52 — 52 #2,428
1992 61 — 61 #2,202
1991 61 — 61 #2,170
1990 56 — 56 #2,270
1989 46 — 46 #2,491
1988 25 — 25 #3,722
1987 45 — 45 #2,346
1986 47 — 47 #2,203
1985 42 — 42 #2,376
1984 50 — 50 #2,030
1983 48 — 48 #2,077
1982 42 — 42 #2,342
1981 50 — 50 #2,068
1980 49 — 49 #2,104
1979 54 — 54 #1,934
1978 43 — 43 #2,170
1977 47 — 47 #2,041
1976 55 — 55 #1,740
1975 50 — 50 #1,843
1974 61 — 61 #1,569
1973 57 — 57 #1,615
1972 80 — 80 #1,283
1971 88 — 88 #1,260
1970 105 — 105 #1,123
1969 98 — 98 #1,121
1968 118 — 118 #951
1967 125 — 125 #916
1966 144 — 144 #833
1965 129 — 129 #880
1964 140 — 140 #879
1963 119 — 119 #978
1962 121 — 121 #971
1961 155 — 155 #857
1960 153 — 153 #836
1959 154 — 154 #827
1958 152 — 152 #822
1957 177 — 177 #751
1956 216 — 216 #653
1955 205 — 205 #655
1954 201 — 201 #651
1953 222 — 222 #596
1952 220 — 220 #585
1951 203 — 203 #603
1950 158 — 158 #679
1949 149 — 149 #690
1948 159 — 159 #664
1947 168 — 168 #642
1946 116 — 116 #766
1945 102 — 102 #740
1944 100 — 100 #766
1943 70 — 70 #943
1942 63 — 63 #992
1941 41 — 41 #1,183
1940 38 — 38 #1,201
1939 60 — 60 #917
1938 32 — 32 #1,315
1937 27 — 27 #1,450
1936 20 — 20 #1,735
1935 12 — 12 #2,572
1934 16 — 16 #2,086
1933 16 — 16 #2,051
1932 8 — 8 #3,558
1931 6 — 6 #4,284
1930 8 — 8 #3,651
1928 6 — 6 #4,713