Masculine dossier · first seen 1894

Yancey

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

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1971

Peak era

1971

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Gen X

1894Peak 19712024

Peak year

1971

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

1,503

Yancey is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1971, when 48 boys were named Yancey.

No boys were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 1,503 Americans have been named Yancey and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1894.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1971

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