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Yancey Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Yancey?

In 2018 the rare name Yancey, ranked the 9,575th Most Popular Boys Name in the United States.

Uncommon, Yancey would be a striking name choice.

Position 1198, its highest popularity ranking, was reached in 1971 with 48 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Yancey in any given year was less than 5, most recently in 2017.

Approximately during the years 1956-1959, and 1964-1970, the name Yancey took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1978-1981, and 1985-1989.

The popularity trend for Yancey has steadily decreased for a while. In recent years however, the number of babies given the name Yancey has risen.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Yancey?

Currently, the name is at a very low point when compared to its most popular year.

The name Yancey is mostly unused but has recently started to rise upward in popularity.

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   Yancey (Girl)Yancey (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 < 5 -- 8 9,575
2017 < 5 -- < 5 --
2016 < 5 -- 5 14,087
2015 < 5 -- 7 10,573
2014 < 5 -- < 5 --
2013 < 5 -- < 5 --
2012 < 5 -- 6 12,203
2011 < 5 -- < 5 --
2010 < 5 -- 10 8,101
2009 < 5 -- 6 12,421
2008 < 5 -- 7 10,986
2007 < 5 -- 8 9,756
2006 < 5 -- 9 8,694
2005 < 5 -- 6 11,425
2004 9 11,591 16 5,233
2003 < 5 -- 14 5,542
2002 6 15,342 8 8,425
2001 < 5 -- 17 4,662
2000 < 5 -- 21 3,916
1999 < 5 -- 15 4,754
1998 5 16,525 19 3,842
1997 < 5 -- 19 3,734
1996 < 5 -- 22 3,289
1995 < 5 -- 18 3,689
1994 7 11,756 12 5,102
1993 < 5 -- 21 3,241
1992 < 5 -- 15 4,105
1991 < 5 -- 20 3,221
1990 < 5 -- 8 6,389
1989 < 5 -- 12 4,516
1988 < 5 -- 14 3,699
1987 < 5 -- 19 2,833
1986 < 5 -- 25 2,286
1985 < 5 -- 24 2,292
1984 < 5 -- 20 2,530
1983 < 5 -- 24 2,204
1982 < 5 -- 27 2,057
1981 < 5 -- 23 2,268
1980 < 5 -- 31 1,850
1979 < 5 -- 39 1,533
1978 < 5 -- 34 1,648
1977 < 5 -- 30 1,779
1976 < 5 -- 27 1,872
1975 7 7,965 41 1,378
1974 < 5 -- 41 1,351
1973 < 5 -- 42 1,293
1972 < 5 -- 37 1,418
1971 < 5 -- 48 1,198
1970 < 5 -- 46 1,234
1969 < 5 -- 32 1,435
1968 < 5 -- 35 1,312
1967 < 5 -- 32 1,364
1966 < 5 -- 23 1,648
1965 < 5 -- 21 1,772
1964 < 5 -- 17 2,040
1963 < 5 -- 19 1,901
1962 < 5 -- 21 1,805
1961 < 5 -- 27 1,571
1960 < 5 -- 33 1,399
1959 < 5 -- 33 1,383
1958 < 5 -- 10 2,812
1957 < 5 -- 5 4,548
1956 < 5 -- < 5 --
1955 < 5 -- < 5 --
1954 < 5 -- < 5 --
1953 < 5 -- < 5 --
1952 < 5 -- 7 3,372
1951 < 5 -- 5 4,250
1950 < 5 -- 9 2,767
1949 < 5 -- 8 3,015
1948 < 5 -- 8 3,004
1947 < 5 -- 8 3,093
1946 < 5 -- 5 4,014
1945 < 5 -- 12 2,129
1944 < 5 -- < 5 --
1943 < 5 -- 8 2,959
1942 < 5 -- 5 4,042
1941 < 5 -- < 5 --
1940 < 5 -- 8 2,866
1939 < 5 -- < 5 --
1938 < 5 -- 5 4,031
1937 < 5 -- < 5 --
1936 < 5 -- 8 2,850
1935 < 5 -- 7 3,248
1934 < 5 -- 6 3,674
1933 < 5 -- 5 4,146
1932 < 5 -- < 5 --
1931 < 5 -- 6 3,754
1930 < 5 -- 8 3,286
1929 < 5 -- 5 4,538
1928 < 5 -- < 5 --
1927 < 5 -- 7 3,775
1926 < 5 -- 6 4,193
1925 < 5 -- 9 3,153
1924 < 5 -- 5 4,962
1923 < 5 -- 5 4,894
1922 < 5 -- 12 2,628
1921 < 5 -- 11 2,805
1920 < 5 -- 13 2,455
1919 < 5 -- 11 2,664
1918 < 5 -- 6 4,173
1917 < 5 -- 6 3,976
1916 < 5 -- 9 2,923
1915 < 5 -- 8 3,079
1914 < 5 -- 8 2,648
1913 < 5 -- 8 2,269
1912 < 5 -- < 5 --
1911 < 5 -- < 5 --
1910 < 5 -- < 5 --
1909 < 5 -- < 5 --
1908 < 5 -- 5 1,583
1907 < 5 -- < 5 --
1906 < 5 -- < 5 --
1905 < 5 -- < 5 --
1904 < 5 -- < 5 --
1903 < 5 -- < 5 --
1902 < 5 -- < 5 --
1901 < 5 -- < 5 --
1900 < 5 -- < 5 --
1899 < 5 -- < 5 --
1898 < 5 -- < 5 --
1897 < 5 -- < 5 --
1896 < 5 -- < 5 --
1895 < 5 -- < 5 --
1894 < 5 -- 5 1,237
1893 < 5 -- < 5 --
1892 < 5 -- < 5 --
1891 < 5 -- < 5 --
1890 < 5 -- < 5 --
1889 < 5 -- < 5 --
1888 < 5 -- < 5 --
1887 < 5 -- < 5 --
1886 < 5 -- < 5 --
1885 < 5 -- < 5 --
1884 < 5 -- < 5 --
1883 < 5 -- < 5 --
1882 < 5 -- < 5 --
1881 < 5 -- < 5 --
1880 < 5 -- < 5 --

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.