Nancy

Save to PinterestDownload

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Dutch

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 1952 and has been recorded in 64 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1969 with 466 babies (rank #44 that year). In 2017 it was given to 1 girls (rank #146). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Nancy

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

8,700
Total babies (all years)
64
Years in the data
466
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

Also a character in

Famous people named Nancy

→ See names similar to Nancy  ·  Compare Nancy with another name โ†’  ·  Popular names of the 1960s  ·  Girls names starting with N

More popular girls' names

Names ranked near Nancy in 2017

Other girls' names starting with N

Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
195219#383
195323#407
195417#476
195518#480
195617#488
195718#494
195821#452
195942#327
196094#184
1961134#138
1962125#151
1963125#150
1964135#138
1965170#115
1966275#75
1967279#73
1968407#49
1969466#44
1970415#47
1971410#49
1972460#43
1973379#44
1974338#49
1975288#61
1976291#54
1977259#63
1978259#63
1979301#55
1980240#74
1981310#54
1982273#59
1983217#74
1984261#65
1985230#84
1986163#112
1987119#145
1988105#164
198999#171
199068#241
199180#214
199286#201
199366#250
199454#284
199562#245
199664#232
199747#315
199839#366
199935#384
200037#371
200146#312
200234#388
200331#406
200430#394
200526#419
200621#480
200724#436
20087#875
200915#570
20106#899
201112#610
20135#906
20151#326
20161#96
20171#146