Girls' name · since 1951
Jancy
Jancy has 323 recorded births since 1951 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1964 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,309 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 323
- born since 1951
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jancy sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 323 recorded since 1951.
Jancy has 323 recorded births among girls since 1951, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1951 to 2022.
- #15,309 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 323 born since 1951
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jancy ranks #15,309 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 323 born since 1951, peaking in the 2000s.
- #15,309 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 323
- born since 1951
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jancy's 323 recorded births place it above 78.82% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jancy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jancy's full recorded timeline at 1991, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1952, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1964 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jancy popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1951–2022
- Peak year (1964)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 72 years of records
Jancy popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1993 (Jancy as boys' name)
Jancy by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (80 births, 25% of the file).
2000s was Jancy's strongest decade.
80 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Jancy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 28
1950s
28 births
- 1960s 17
1960s
17 births
- 1970s
1970s
49 births
- 1980s
1980s
61 births
- 1990s
1990s
49 births
- 2000s
2000s
80 births
- 2010s 29
2010s
29 births
- 2020s 10
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 80 births (25% of all-time use).
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- Jancy's decade-level peak was the 2000s (80 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Jancy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1964)
Similar record span (~71 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1951–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jancy draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.