Yancey
#3,686 most common boys' name of all time · #8,978 across all names · 98% male / 2% female · used 1894–2020
Rank among boys
#3,686
Rank overall
#8,978 of 105,966
First appeared
1894
Years on the list
95 of 146
All-time
1,537
Since 2016
20
Peak year
1971 #1,185
Best rank
#1,185 1971
Girls
Boys
peak 48/yr
Yancey first appears in 1894. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,592 |
| 2018 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,848 |
| 2016 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,255 |
| 2015 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,616 |
| 2012 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,836 |
| 2010 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,617 |
| 2009 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,056 |
| 2008 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,923 |
| 2007 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,956 |
| 2006 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,020 |
| 2005 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,208 |
| 2004 | 9 | 16 | 25 | #5,031 |
| 2003 | — | 14 | 14 | #5,282 |
| 2002 | 6 | 8 | 14 | #7,698 |
| 2001 | — | 17 | 17 | #4,491 |
| 2000 | — | 21 | 21 | #3,778 |
| 1999 | — | 15 | 15 | #4,553 |
| 1998 | 5 | 19 | 24 | #3,724 |
| 1997 | — | 19 | 19 | #3,617 |
| 1996 | — | 22 | 22 | #3,214 |
| 1995 | — | 18 | 18 | #3,568 |
| 1994 | 7 | 12 | 19 | #4,841 |
| 1993 | — | 21 | 21 | #3,157 |
| 1992 | — | 15 | 15 | #3,937 |
| 1991 | — | 20 | 20 | #3,129 |
| 1990 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,881 |
| 1989 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,306 |
| 1988 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,550 |
| 1987 | — | 19 | 19 | #2,745 |
| 1986 | — | 25 | 25 | #2,242 |
| 1985 | — | 24 | 24 | #2,235 |
| 1984 | — | 20 | 20 | #2,450 |
| 1983 | — | 24 | 24 | #2,158 |
| 1982 | — | 27 | 27 | #2,012 |
| 1981 | — | 23 | 23 | #2,221 |
| 1980 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,816 |
| 1979 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,516 |
| 1978 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,625 |
| 1977 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,748 |
| 1976 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,841 |
| 1975 | 7 | 41 | 48 | #1,365 |
| 1974 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,339 |
| 1973 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,279 |
| 1972 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,397 |
| 1971 | — | 48 | 48 | #1,185 |
| 1970 | — | 46 | 46 | #1,230 |
| 1969 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,422 |
| 1968 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,299 |
| 1967 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,352 |
| 1966 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,633 |
| 1965 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,743 |
| 1964 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,004 |
| 1963 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,862 |
| 1962 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,824 |
| 1961 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,537 |
| 1960 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,394 |
| 1959 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,377 |
| 1958 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,685 |
| 1957 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,089 |
| 1952 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,156 |
| 1951 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,799 |
| 1950 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,641 |
| 1949 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,872 |
| 1948 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,845 |
| 1947 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,933 |
| 1946 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,626 |
| 1945 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,064 |
| 1943 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,818 |
| 1942 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 1940 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,733 |
| 1938 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,627 |
| 1936 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,693 |
| 1935 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,023 |
| 1934 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,371 |
| 1933 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,734 |
| 1931 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,470 |
| 1930 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,093 |
| 1929 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,056 |
| 1927 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,527 |
| 1926 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,806 |
| 1925 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,998 |
| 1924 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,439 |
| 1923 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,333 |
| 1922 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,521 |
| 1921 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,685 |
| 1920 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,380 |
| 1919 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,570 |
| 1918 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,786 |
| 1917 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,626 |
| 1916 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,785 |
| 1915 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,885 |
| 1914 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,525 |
| 1913 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,158 |
| 1908 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,511 |
| 1894 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,239 |