Nancylou — girls' name
19 babies named Nancylou in U.S. Social Security records since 1934, with the highest year being 1934. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
58% of everyone ever named Nancylou was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Nancylou in 1934 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nancylou
The Social Security Administration has registered 19 babies named Nancylou between 1934 and 1941, spanning 8 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nancylou currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1941. The name reached its historical peak in 1934, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nancylou performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Nancylou shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nancylou 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 19 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.
Nancylou at a glance
Last recorded 1941Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nancylou popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1941–1934
- Peak year (1934)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 8 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1941.
19 total births across 8 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1934 with 8 births in a single year.
Nancylou by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 11 births that decade — 58% of Nancylou's all-time total
Nancylou decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Runner-up 8 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Nancylou's strongest decade
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 58% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1934–1941 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.