Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Nancy

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Nancy
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 99.1% from peak

Peak era

1947

Peak rank proxy

32,445

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19472024

Peak year

1947

Decline from peak

99.1%

2024

288

All-time

1,004,171

Nancy once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1947, when 32,445 girls were named Nancy.

In 2024, only 288 girls were given the name.

Down 99.1% from its peak.

All told, about 1,004,171 Americans have been named Nancy and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 99.1% from peak

194732,445 girls named Nancy

2024288 girls named Nancy

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