Unisex name · since 1886
Yancy
Yancy has 2,433 recorded births since 1886 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1959 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,923 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,729 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,433
- born since 1886
- 1970s
- peak decade
2,433 babies have been named Yancy since 1886, making it today's #10729 unisex name.
Yancy has 2,433 recorded births among boys since 1886, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10729 as of the latest data, more common than 23% of boys, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1886 to 2025.
- #2,923 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,729 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 2,433 born since 1886
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yancy ranks #2,923 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,729 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 2,433 born since 1886, peaking in the 1970s.
- #2,923 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,729 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,433
- born since 1886
- 1970s
- peak decade
Yancy's 2,433 recorded births place it above 93.57% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
16 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Yancy compares
2,433 Top 20% higher than 80% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Yancy's all-time total is 7x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yancy | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,433 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 123 | 34 | 22,252 |
Yancy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Yancy splits its recorded history at 1966: 67% of all births land in the more recent half, 33% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1886 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1959 peak of 123 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Yancy popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1886–2025
- Peak year (1959)
- 123
- Annual births at peak, across 140 years of records
Yancy popularity over time - girls
518 total births recorded since 1968 (Yancy as girls' name)
Yancy by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (568 births, 23% of the file).
1970s was Yancy's strongest decade.
568 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Yancy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 11
1880s
11 births
- 1890s 5
1890s
5 births
- 1900s 13
1900s
13 births
- 1910s 65
1910s
65 births
- 1920s 93
1920s
93 births
- 1930s 53
1930s
53 births
- 1940s 86
1940s
86 births
- 1950s 202
1950s
202 births
- 1960s
1960s
469 births
- 1970s
1970s
568 births
- 1980s
1980s
355 births
- 1990s
1990s
276 births
- 2000s 152
2000s
152 births
- 2010s 74
2010s
74 births
- 2020s 11
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 568 births (23% of all-time use).
How Yancy compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Yancy's total volume
Yancy by state
Where Yancy concentrates geographically, total births since 1886
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 122 | 5.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 93 | 3.8% |
| #3 | New York | | 89 | 3.7% |
| #4 | Louisiana | | 44 | 1.8% |
| #5 | Alabama | | 21 | 0.9% |
| #6 | Indiana | | 19 | 0.8% |
| #7 | Florida | | 10 | 0.4% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 10 | 0.4% |
122 of 2,433 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 16 reporting states.
Yancy appears in 16 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Yancy's data
- Yancy's decade-level peak was the 1970s (568 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Yancys (122 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Yancy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1959)
Similar record span (~139 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, 1886–2025 (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 Yancy 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.