Nancy

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Nancy is a feminine English language given name. The name Nancy was originally a diminutive form of Annis, a medieval English vernacular form of Agnes. In some English dialects, "mine" was used instead of "my" and "Mine Ancy" eventually became Nancy.

From Wikipedia

Nancy first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1947 with 32,445 babies (rank #7 that year). In 2024 it was given to 288 girls (rank #921). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Nancy

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Nancy yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

3Destiny numberThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
8Soul urgeThe achieverDriven, capable, comfortable wielding influence.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
4PersonalityThe builderPractical, steady, gets results through hard work.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

1,007,116

Total babies (all years)

145

Years in the data

32,445

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Also a character in

In Stranger Things: Nancy Wheeler — investigative journalist

Famous people named Nancy

Nancy Pelosipolitician · b. 1940
Nancy Reaganautobiographer · b. 1921
Nancy Ajramphilanthropist · b. 1983
Nancy Sinatrarecording artist · b. 1940
Nancy Cartwrightdub actor · b. 1957

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	410	#62
1881	429	#59
1882	439	#67
1883	412	#71
1884	520	#68
1885	527	#67
1886	492	#72
1887	511	#71
1888	582	#76
1889	470	#86
1890	512	#84
1891	523	#83
1892	591	#81
1893	538	#88
1894	515	#98
1895	566	#93
1896	527	#98
1897	553	#96
1898	546	#106
1899	475	#107
1900	673	#99
1901	519	#102
1902	571	#103
1903	527	#109
1904	508	#115
1905	535	#118
1906	557	#113
1907	582	#114
1908	651	#109
1909	610	#118
1910	811	#105
1911	827	#110
1912	1,078	#108
1913	1,290	#102
1914	1,575	#102
1915	1,987	#102
1916	2,166	#102
1917	2,411	#98
1918	2,510	#102
1919	2,628	#100
1920	2,982	#95
1921	3,323	#87
1922	3,518	#78
1923	3,673	#75
1924	3,989	#69
1925	4,325	#60
1926	4,566	#57
1927	5,022	#56
1928	5,537	#43
1929	6,872	#32
1930	9,068	#24
1931	10,036	#17
1932	10,948	#13
1933	11,869	#11
1934	13,520	#10
1935	14,544	#9
1936	16,754	#8
1937	17,074	#7
1938	18,951	#7
1939	19,722	#7
1940	19,737	#7
1941	20,883	#8
1942	23,328	#8
1943	23,987	#9
1944	23,217	#7
1945	21,456	#7
1946	28,345	#7
1947	32,445	#7
1948	29,412	#7
1949	29,248	#7
1950	29,617	#6
1951	30,346	#7
1952	31,739	#7
1953	30,620	#8
1954	30,269	#9
1955	30,024	#9
1956	28,784	#11
1957	27,516	#11
1958	24,819	#12
1959	23,078	#14
1960	21,892	#15
1961	20,728	#16
1962	18,024	#19
1963	16,267	#23
1964	14,695	#26
1965	12,257	#32
1966	11,730	#33
1967	10,268	#37
1968	8,960	#39
1969	7,902	#45
1970	7,062	#50
1971	6,212	#52
1972	4,818	#63
1973	3,945	#77
1974	3,891	#78
1975	3,510	#82
1976	3,281	#87
1977	3,220	#89
1978	3,045	#97
1979	2,865	#107
1980	2,806	#111
1981	2,912	#101
1982	2,808	#106
1983	2,520	#113
1984	2,487	#113
1985	2,609	#108
1986	2,426	#116
1987	2,235	#126
1988	2,347	#121
1989	2,343	#128
1990	2,385	#131
1991	2,498	#125
1992	2,185	#142
1993	1,986	#156
1994	2,189	#144
1995	2,001	#160
1996	1,825	#172
1997	1,525	#197
1998	1,480	#207
1999	1,421	#226
2000	1,378	#232
2001	1,420	#223
2002	1,369	#229
2003	1,179	#268
2004	1,150	#289
2005	1,017	#318
2006	1,017	#325
2007	903	#362
2008	858	#379
2009	667	#464
2010	574	#519
2011	541	#537
2012	437	#653
2013	411	#688
2014	371	#755
2015	345	#813
2016	310	#900
2017	314	#872
2018	326	#833
2019	298	#895
2020	295	#897
2021	279	#946
2022	266	#993
2023	281	#942
2024	288	#921