Tancy — girls' name
40 babies named Tancy in U.S. Social Security records since 1956, with the highest year being 1970. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
68% of everyone ever named Tancy was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Tancy in 1970 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tancy
The Social Security Administration has registered 40 babies named Tancy between 1956 and 1981, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tancy currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1981. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tancy performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 27 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Tancy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tancy 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 40 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.
Tancy at a glance
Last recorded 1981Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tancy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–1956
- Peak year (1970)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1981.
40 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1970 with 9 births in a single year.
Tancy by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 27 births that decade — 68% of Tancy's all-time total
Tancy decade highlights
- Peak decade 27 births
- Runner-up 7 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Tancy's strongest decade
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 68% 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, 1956–1981 (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.