Nancey — girls' name

What the Data Says About Nancey

The Social Security Administration has registered 627 babies named Nancey between 1914 and 2007, spanning 94 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nancey currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1953, when 30 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nancey performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 192 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Nancey shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Nancey in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nancey 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 627 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.