Fancy — #7647 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Fancy

The Social Security Administration has registered 562 babies named Fancy between 1952 and 2024, spanning 73 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Fancy currently holds the #7647 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 36 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Fancy performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 160 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Fancy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Fancy in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Fancy 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 562 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.