Clancey — boys' name
71 babies named Clancey in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
71 boys have been named Clancey since 1983, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2013.
- 71
- total births
- 1983–2013
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 55%
- born in that decade
55% of everyone ever named Clancey was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Clancey in 1995 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Clancey
The Social Security Administration has registered 71 babies named Clancey between 1983 and 2013, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Clancey currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 11 babies received it in a single year. Clancey is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 23 additional births since 1975.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Clancey performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 39 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Clancey shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Clancey 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 71 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.
Clancey at a glance
Last recorded 2013Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Clancey popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–1983
- Peak year (1995)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2013.
71 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1995 with 11 births in a single year.
Clancey popularity over time — girls
23 total births recorded since 1975 (Clancey as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Clancey accounts for 24% of total recorded use across both genders.
Clancey by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 39 births that decade — 55% of Clancey's all-time total
Clancey decade highlights
- Peak decade 39 births
- Runner-up 21 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Clancey's strongest decade
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1983–2013 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.