Yancy*
#2,460 most common boys' name of all time · #5,938 across all names · 82% male / 18% female · used 1886–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#2,460
Rank overall
#5,938 of 105,966
First appeared
1886
Years on the list
112 of 146
All-time
2,951
Since 2016
104
Peak year
1959 #689
Best rank
#689 1959
Girls
Boys
peak 123/yr
Yancy first appears in 1886. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,734 |
| 2024 | 12 | — | 12 | — |
| 2022 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 2021 | 11 | 5 | 16 | #12,216 |
| 2020 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 2019 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 2018 | 8 | 9 | 17 | #8,181 |
| 2017 | 12 | 9 | 21 | #8,171 |
| 2016 | 8 | 7 | 15 | #9,699 |
| 2015 | 8 | 7 | 15 | #9,606 |
| 2014 | 14 | 11 | 25 | #7,066 |
| 2013 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 2012 | 9 | 10 | 19 | #7,579 |
| 2011 | 14 | 12 | 26 | #6,594 |
| 2010 | 8 | 9 | 17 | #8,176 |
| 2009 | 11 | 7 | 18 | #9,899 |
| 2008 | 19 | 11 | 30 | #7,212 |
| 2007 | 10 | 12 | 22 | #6,645 |
| 2006 | 15 | 14 | 29 | #5,801 |
| 2005 | 19 | 15 | 34 | #5,293 |
| 2004 | 18 | 14 | 32 | #5,516 |
| 2003 | 16 | 19 | 35 | #4,285 |
| 2002 | 16 | 22 | 38 | #3,810 |
| 2001 | 21 | 15 | 36 | #4,905 |
| 2000 | 11 | 23 | 34 | #3,543 |
| 1999 | 9 | 16 | 25 | #4,356 |
| 1998 | 14 | 30 | 44 | #2,719 |
| 1997 | 17 | 21 | 38 | #3,360 |
| 1996 | 16 | 24 | 40 | #3,035 |
| 1995 | 13 | 25 | 38 | #2,860 |
| 1994 | 9 | 21 | 30 | #3,225 |
| 1993 | 12 | 27 | 39 | #2,647 |
| 1992 | 13 | 42 | 55 | #1,920 |
| 1991 | 6 | 36 | 42 | #2,057 |
| 1990 | 9 | 34 | 43 | #2,129 |
| 1989 | 9 | 23 | 32 | #2,705 |
| 1988 | 9 | 31 | 40 | #2,045 |
| 1987 | 7 | 37 | 44 | #1,768 |
| 1986 | 8 | 37 | 45 | #1,703 |
| 1985 | 6 | 35 | 41 | #1,734 |
| 1984 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,487 |
| 1983 | 5 | 38 | 43 | #1,567 |
| 1982 | 8 | 32 | 40 | #1,782 |
| 1981 | 5 | 40 | 45 | #1,525 |
| 1980 | 9 | 40 | 49 | #1,529 |
| 1979 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,494 |
| 1978 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,417 |
| 1977 | 8 | 38 | 46 | #1,496 |
| 1976 | 5 | 46 | 51 | #1,312 |
| 1975 | — | 66 | 66 | #1,010 |
| 1974 | 10 | 61 | 71 | #1,057 |
| 1973 | — | 77 | 77 | #918 |
| 1972 | 6 | 62 | 68 | #1,029 |
| 1971 | 7 | 68 | 75 | #987 |
| 1970 | — | 67 | 67 | #994 |
| 1969 | 9 | 56 | 65 | #1,036 |
| 1968 | 7 | 43 | 50 | #1,153 |
| 1967 | — | 46 | 46 | #1,091 |
| 1966 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,139 |
| 1965 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,117 |
| 1964 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,195 |
| 1963 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,245 |
| 1962 | — | 51 | 51 | #1,076 |
| 1961 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,311 |
| 1960 | — | 67 | 67 | #924 |
| 1959 | — | 123 | 123 | #689 |
| 1958 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,566 |
| 1956 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,590 |
| 1955 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,017 |
| 1954 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,791 |
| 1953 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,950 |
| 1952 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,436 |
| 1951 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,890 |
| 1950 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,630 |
| 1949 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,972 |
| 1948 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,755 |
| 1947 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,915 |
| 1946 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,307 |
| 1945 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,061 |
| 1944 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,495 |
| 1943 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,011 |
| 1942 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,996 |
| 1941 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,254 |
| 1940 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,225 |
| 1939 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,564 |
| 1938 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,121 |
| 1935 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,714 |
| 1934 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,805 |
| 1933 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,256 |
| 1932 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,850 |
| 1931 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,145 |
| 1929 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,625 |
| 1928 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,197 |
| 1927 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,206 |
| 1926 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,422 |
| 1925 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,454 |
| 1924 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,566 |
| 1923 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,230 |
| 1922 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,512 |
| 1921 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,852 |
| 1920 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,807 |
| 1919 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,702 |
| 1918 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,855 |
| 1917 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,612 |
| 1916 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,982 |
| 1915 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,138 |
| 1912 | — | 9 | 9 | #1,798 |
| 1902 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,255 |
| 1900 | — | 8 | 8 | #1,032 |
| 1894 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,197 |
| 1887 | — | 6 | 6 | #917 |
| 1886 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,110 |