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Yancy Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Yancy?

In 2018 the rare name Yancy, ranked the 8,745th Most Popular Boys Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Yancy is currently less popular.

Position 689, its highest popularity ranking, was reached in 1959 with 124 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Yancy in any given year was less than 5, most recently in 2013.

Approximately during the years 1966-1970, the name Yancy took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1986-1989, and 2005-2008.

Sometimes the name Yancy has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

The popularity trend for Yancy has been spiralling downward for a while. In recent years however, the number of babies given the name Yancy has risen significantly.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Yancy?

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

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

Relative to what it once was, Yancy has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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   Yancy (Girl)Yancy (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 8 12,335 9 8,745
2017 12 9,288 9 8,773
2016 8 12,786 7 10,667
2015 8 12,934 7 10,574
2014 14 8,455 11 7,515
2013 5 19,127 < 5 --
2012 9 12,160 10 8,110
2011 14 8,585 12 6,973
2010 8 13,386 9 8,749
2009 11 10,632 7 10,930
2008 19 7,052 11 7,679
2007 10 11,581 12 7,062
2006 15 8,217 14 6,077
2005 19 6,519 15 5,564
2004 18 6,758 14 5,798
2003 16 7,192 19 4,415
2002 16 7,030 22 3,904
2001 21 5,565 15 5,131
2000 11 9,146 23 3,635
1999 9 10,321 16 4,532
1998 14 7,093 30 2,777
1997 17 5,860 21 3,451
1996 16 6,056 24 3,105
1995 13 7,028 25 2,922
1994 9 9,568 21 3,322
1993 12 7,486 27 2,693
1992 13 7,054 42 1,954
1991 6 13,108 36 2,094
1990 9 9,227 34 2,166
1989 9 8,738 23 2,777
1988 8 9,224 31 2,087
1987 7 9,800 37 1,792
1986 8 8,512 37 1,723
1985 6 10,655 35 1,757
1984 < 5 -- 42 1,503
1983 5 12,035 38 1,594
1982 8 8,206 32 1,809
1981 5 12,157 40 1,546
1980 9 7,398 40 1,543
1979 < 5 -- 40 1,508
1978 < 5 -- 43 1,435
1977 8 7,554 38 1,511
1976 5 10,875 46 1,320
1975 < 5 -- 66 1,020
1974 10 5,767 62 1,053
1973 < 5 -- 77 924
1972 6 8,272 62 1,031
1971 7 7,377 68 989
1970 < 5 -- 67 999
1969 8 5,963 56 1,042
1968 7 6,239 43 1,163
1967 < 5 -- 46 1,101
1966 < 5 -- 43 1,148
1965 < 5 -- 45 1,127
1964 < 5 -- 42 1,198
1963 < 5 -- 39 1,253
1962 < 5 -- 51 1,082
1961 < 5 -- 37 1,318
1960 < 5 -- 67 926
1959 < 5 -- 124 689
1958 < 5 -- 24 1,640
1957 < 5 -- < 5 --
1956 < 5 -- 6 3,934
1955 < 5 -- 8 3,200
1954 < 5 -- 9 2,939
1953 < 5 -- 8 3,137
1952 < 5 -- 6 3,731
1951 < 5 -- 8 3,063
1950 < 5 -- 9 2,768
1949 < 5 -- 15 2,019
1948 < 5 -- 5 4,196
1947 < 5 -- 8 3,094
1946 < 5 -- 11 2,402
1945 < 5 -- 6 3,333
1944 < 5 -- 5 3,904
1943 < 5 -- 7 3,229
1942 < 5 -- 7 3,209
1941 < 5 -- 11 2,330
1940 < 5 -- 11 2,320
1939 < 5 -- 5 3,962
1938 < 5 -- 12 2,183
1937 < 5 -- < 5 --
1936 < 5 -- < 5 --
1935 < 5 -- 5 4,142
1934 < 5 -- 8 2,970
1933 < 5 -- 11 2,367
1932 < 5 -- 5 4,276
1931 < 5 -- 7 3,387
1930 < 5 -- < 5 --
1929 < 5 -- 10 2,762
1928 < 5 -- 14 2,267
1927 < 5 -- 8 3,448
1926 < 5 -- 7 3,705
1925 < 5 -- 7 3,737
1924 < 5 -- 7 3,862
1923 < 5 -- 8 3,465
1922 < 5 -- 12 2,629
1921 < 5 -- 10 2,982
1920 < 5 -- 10 2,965
1919 < 5 -- 10 2,872
1918 < 5 -- 18 1,905
1917 < 5 -- 6 3,977
1916 < 5 -- 15 2,042
1915 < 5 -- 7 3,388
1914 < 5 -- < 5 --
1913 < 5 -- < 5 --
1912 < 5 -- 9 1,883
1911 < 5 -- < 5 --
1910 < 5 -- < 5 --
1909 < 5 -- < 5 --
1908 < 5 -- < 5 --
1907 < 5 -- < 5 --
1906 < 5 -- < 5 --
1905 < 5 -- < 5 --
1904 < 5 -- < 5 --
1903 < 5 -- < 5 --
1902 < 5 -- 5 1,319
1901 < 5 -- < 5 --
1900 < 5 -- 8 1,047
1899 < 5 -- < 5 --
1898 < 5 -- < 5 --
1897 < 5 -- < 5 --
1896 < 5 -- < 5 --
1895 < 5 -- < 5 --
1894 < 5 -- 5 1,238
1893 < 5 -- < 5 --
1892 < 5 -- < 5 --
1891 < 5 -- < 5 --
1890 < 5 -- < 5 --
1889 < 5 -- < 5 --
1888 < 5 -- < 5 --
1887 < 5 -- 6 920
1886 < 5 -- 5 1,110
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.