Cagney — unisex name

What the Data Says About Cagney

The Social Security Administration has registered 186 babies named Cagney between 1982 and 2009, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cagney currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 37 babies received it in a single year. Cagney is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 105 additional births since 1982.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cagney performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 126 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Cagney shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cagney in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 186 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.