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Nancy
Pronounced /ˈnænsi/
Rank in 2024
#919
Born in 2024
288
Peak year
1947 · #7
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for boys:0 in 2024
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 288 girls were named Nancy, about 1 in every 5,601.
- It peaked in 1947 with 32,445 babies, ranked #7.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 1,004,171 girls have been named Nancy since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Nancy per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 2.6Greatest1901–27
- 13.9Silent1928–45
- 13.9Boomers1946–64
- 3.7Gen X1965–80
- 1.3Millennials1981–96
- 0.6Gen Z1997–12
- 0.2Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 53,741 babies, 2.63 per 1,000. Silent: 287,503 babies, 13.91 per 1,000. Boomers: 497,868 babies, 13.90 per 1,000. Gen X: 95,772 babies, 3.75 per 1,000. Millennials: 37,756 babies, 1.34 per 1,000. Gen Z: 16,936 babies, 0.58 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 3,784 babies, 0.19 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Medieval diminutive of Ann and Agnes. Compare Betsy, Patsy. ==== Proper noun ==== Nancy (plural Nancys or Nancies) A female given name. ===== Derived terms ===== nance, Nance nancyboy Nancy Dawson nonce nosy Nancy ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== Nancy (plural Nancies or Nancys) Alternative letter-case form of nancy.
- A female given name.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ˈnænsi/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Nancy, CC BY-SA 4.0.