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.

Nancy

#13 most common girls' name of all time · #41 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#13
Rank overall
#41 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
1,007,393
Since 2016
2,925
Peak year
1947 #7
Best rank
#6 1950
Girls Boys peak 32,502/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Nancy is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 265 — 265 #965
2024 290 — 290 #914
2023 281 — 281 #941
2022 267 — 267 #991
2021 279 — 279 #945
2020 295 — 295 #896
2019 298 — 298 #893
2018 326 — 326 #833
2017 314 — 314 #870
2016 310 — 310 #899
2015 345 — 345 #812
2014 371 — 371 #755
2013 412 — 412 #687
2012 437 — 437 #651
2011 541 — 541 #537
2010 574 — 574 #519
2009 667 — 667 #463
2008 858 — 858 #379
2007 903 — 903 #362
2006 1,017 — 1,017 #325
2005 1,017 — 1,017 #317
2004 1,151 5 1,156 #289
2003 1,179 6 1,185 #267
2002 1,369 — 1,369 #229
2001 1,420 8 1,428 #223
2000 1,378 6 1,384 #232
1999 1,421 8 1,429 #225
1998 1,480 5 1,485 #207
1997 1,525 6 1,531 #197
1996 1,825 — 1,825 #172
1995 2,001 12 2,013 #160
1994 2,189 14 2,203 #144
1993 1,986 14 2,000 #156
1992 2,185 22 2,207 #142
1991 2,498 29 2,527 #125
1990 2,385 28 2,413 #131
1989 2,342 38 2,380 #128
1988 2,348 19 2,367 #121
1987 2,235 34 2,269 #126
1986 2,426 21 2,447 #116
1985 2,609 21 2,630 #108
1984 2,487 34 2,521 #113
1983 2,520 24 2,544 #113
1982 2,808 27 2,835 #106
1981 2,912 20 2,932 #101
1980 2,806 22 2,828 #110
1979 2,864 25 2,889 #107
1978 3,044 21 3,065 #97
1977 3,222 24 3,246 #89
1976 3,281 13 3,294 #87
1975 3,510 19 3,529 #82
1974 3,891 19 3,910 #78
1973 3,945 13 3,958 #77
1972 4,818 19 4,837 #63
1971 6,212 31 6,243 #52
1970 7,063 27 7,090 #50
1969 7,902 37 7,939 #45
1968 8,961 35 8,996 #39
1967 10,268 34 10,302 #37
1966 11,729 29 11,758 #33
1965 12,255 42 12,297 #32
1964 14,696 34 14,730 #26
1963 16,266 45 16,311 #23
1962 18,027 54 18,081 #19
1961 20,729 46 20,775 #16
1960 21,891 55 21,946 #15
1959 23,079 54 23,133 #14
1958 24,819 51 24,870 #12
1957 27,515 57 27,572 #11
1956 28,784 49 28,833 #11
1955 30,023 51 30,074 #9
1954 30,270 54 30,324 #9
1953 30,620 48 30,668 #8
1952 31,739 62 31,801 #7
1951 30,346 50 30,396 #7
1950 29,617 64 29,681 #6
1949 29,249 31 29,280 #7
1948 29,411 41 29,452 #7
1947 32,445 57 32,502 #7
1946 28,345 63 28,408 #7
1945 21,456 61 21,517 #7
1944 23,218 63 23,281 #7
1943 23,988 69 24,057 #9
1942 23,327 65 23,392 #8
1941 20,885 63 20,948 #8
1940 19,737 72 19,809 #7
1939 19,723 74 19,797 #7
1938 18,951 91 19,042 #7
1937 17,074 86 17,160 #7
1936 16,755 63 16,818 #8
1935 14,544 45 14,589 #9
1934 13,520 47 13,567 #10
1933 11,869 46 11,915 #11
1932 10,948 44 10,992 #13
1931 10,036 37 10,073 #17
1930 9,068 25 9,093 #24
1929 6,872 24 6,896 #32
1928 5,537 22 5,559 #43
1927 5,022 21 5,043 #56
1926 4,566 18 4,584 #57
1925 4,325 13 4,338 #60
1924 3,989 14 4,003 #69
1923 3,673 11 3,684 #75
1922 3,518 15 3,533 #78
1921 3,323 7 3,330 #87
1920 2,982 6 2,988 #95
1919 2,628 7 2,635 #100
1918 2,510 8 2,518 #102
1917 2,411 15 2,426 #98
1916 2,166 — 2,166 #102
1915 1,987 7 1,994 #102
1914 1,575 8 1,583 #102
1913 1,290 — 1,290 #102
1912 1,078 9 1,087 #108
1911 827 — 827 #110
1910 811 — 811 #105
1909 610 — 610 #118
1908 651 — 651 #109
1907 582 — 582 #113
1906 557 — 557 #112
1905 535 — 535 #118
1904 508 — 508 #115
1903 527 — 527 #109
1902 571 — 571 #103
1901 519 5 524 #102
1900 673 — 673 #99
1899 475 — 475 #107
1898 546 — 546 #106
1897 553 — 553 #96
1896 527 — 527 #96
1895 566 — 566 #93
1894 515 — 515 #98
1893 538 — 538 #88
1892 591 — 591 #81
1891 523 — 523 #83
1890 512 — 512 #84
1889 470 7 477 #86
1888 582 — 582 #76
1887 511 — 511 #71
1886 492 — 492 #72
1885 527 — 527 #67
1884 520 — 520 #68
1883 412 — 412 #71
1882 439 — 439 #67
1881 429 — 429 #59
1880 410 — 410 #62