Nancye — girls' name

What the Data Says About Nancye

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,031 babies named Nancye between 1912 and 1979, spanning 68 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nancye currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1979. The name reached its historical peak in 1944, when 36 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nancye performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 288 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Nancye shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 224 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Virginia and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Nancye in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nancye 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 1,031 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.