Yancey — boys' name

What the Data Says About Yancey

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,503 babies named Yancey between 1894 and 2020, spanning 127 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Yancey currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 48 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yancey performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 385 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Yancey shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 23 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Yancey in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yancey 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 1,503 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.