Girls' name · since 1991
Nansy
Nansy has 11 recorded births since 1991 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2002 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #53,800 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 11
- born since 1991
- 2000s
- peak decade
11 girls have been named Nansy since 1991, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Nansy has 11 recorded births among girls since 1991, 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 1991 to 2002.
- #53,800 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 11 born since 1991
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nansy ranks #53,800 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 11 born since 1991, peaking in the 2000s.
- #53,800 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 11
- born since 1991
- 2000s
- peak decade
Nansy's 11 recorded births place it above 24.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nansy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Nansy's full recorded timeline at 2002, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1991, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2002 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Nansy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2002
- Peak year (2002)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Nansy by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (6 births, 55% of the file).
2000s was Nansy's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Nansy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 6 births (55% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nansy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~11 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, 1991–2002 (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 Nansy 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.