Girl name#19 of girl names
Nancy
Pronounced N AE1 N S IY0 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 1947
- 145 years in use
How popular is Nancy?
Nancy is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 1,010,645 children — the 19th most common girls' name on record.
It is falling away, down 56% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1947, when 32,539 children were given it.
Characteristics
- Alliterative
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- N AE1 N S IY0
- Stress pattern:
- 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Nancy
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Nancy
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Nancy?
- Nancy ranks 19th among girls' names in US records, with 1,010,645 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 3,009.
- Is Nancy a unisex name?
- No. Nancy is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Nancy most popular?
- 1947, when 32,539 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.