Girls' name · since 1932

Nancilee

11 babies named Nancilee in U.S. Social Security records since 1932, with the highest year being 1952. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#53,797 of 72,339
all-time among girls
11
born since 1932
1950s
peak decade

Nancilee is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 11 have been recorded since 1932.

Nancilee has 11 recorded births among girls since 1932, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1932 to 1952.

  • #53,797 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • 11 born since 1932
  • 1950s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nancilee ranks #53,797 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 11 born since 1932, peaking in the 1950s.

#53,797 of 72,339
all-time among girls
11
born since 1932
1950s
peak decade
Rare archive record
All-time archive position

Nancilee's 11 recorded births place it above 24.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Nancilee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Nancilee splits its recorded history at 1952: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1932 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1952 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Nancilee popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1932–1952

Last recorded 1952
Peak year (1952)
6
Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
4.555.566.5 19321952 6

Nancilee by decade

1950s is the heaviest window (6 births, 55% of the file).

1950s was Nancilee's strongest decade.

6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.

Nancilee births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1950s at 6 births (55% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Nancilee?
Nancilee has been given to 11 babies in the U.S. since 1932, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #53,797 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Its last appearance in the data was 1952. 6 babies were born in 1952, its single highest year.
Where does Nancilee sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nancilee ranks #53,797 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Nancilee most popular?
Nancilee was most popular in the 1950s decade with 6 total births. The single peak year was 1952.
How long has the name Nancilee been used?
Records for Nancilee go back to 1932, giving 21 years of history through 1952.
What names are similar to Nancilee?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Nancy, Nannie, Nanette, Nan, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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Two nationwide peer axes for Nancilee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1932–1952 (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 Nancilee 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.