Yancy
Yancy was given to 6 boys in 2025, #11,931 among boys’ names; 2,951 Americans have been recorded with it since 1886 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,410 Americans named Yancy and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (82% of everyone recorded); the median is 45 years old and half are between 29 and 56.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Yancy by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Yancy mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Yancy is “a male given name transferred from the surname.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Yancy?
#11,931 among boys’ names, 2025
Yancy fell from #10,586 in 2015 to #11,931 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 3.7 to 3.5 per million.
123 babies in 1959, the peak
Yancy peaked in 1959, when 123 boys were given it, #689 among boys’ names. The 6 births of 2025 are 5% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | under 5 | 6 | #11,931 | |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,921 | under 5 | |
| 2022 | 6 | #15,218 | under 5 | |
| 2021 | 11 | #9,521 | 5 | #13,995 |
| 2020 | 5 | #17,412 | under 5 | |
| 2019 | 6 | #15,460 | under 5 | |
| 2018 | 8 | #12,412 | 9 | #8,780 |
| 2017 | 12 | #9,318 | 9 | #8,800 |
| 2016 | 8 | #12,824 | 7 | #10,686 |
| 2015 | 8 | #12,950 | 7 | #10,586 |
Every recorded year (112)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 14 | #8,464 | 11 | #7,529 |
| 2013 | 5 | #19,159 | under 5 | |
| 2012 | 9 | #12,164 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,592 | 12 | #6,979 |
| 2010 | 8 | #13,393 | 9 | #8,757 |
| 2009 | 11 | #10,638 | 7 | #10,931 |
| 2008 | 19 | #7,055 | 11 | #7,677 |
| 2007 | 10 | #11,587 | 12 | #7,062 |
| 2006 | 15 | #8,219 | 14 | #6,076 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,519 | 15 | #5,561 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,757 | 14 | #5,797 |
| 2003 | 16 | #7,192 | 19 | #4,410 |
| 2002 | 16 | #7,029 | 22 | #3,899 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,559 | 15 | #5,128 |
| 2000 | 11 | #9,140 | 23 | #3,629 |
| 1999 | 9 | #10,314 | 16 | #4,527 |
| 1998 | 14 | #7,087 | 30 | #2,777 |
| 1997 | 17 | #5,857 | 21 | #3,445 |
| 1996 | 16 | #6,053 | 24 | #3,100 |
| 1995 | 13 | #7,025 | 25 | #2,917 |
| 1994 | 9 | #9,563 | 21 | #3,316 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,481 | 27 | #2,687 |
| 1992 | 13 | #7,054 | 42 | #1,949 |
| 1991 | 6 | #13,103 | 36 | #2,087 |
| 1990 | 9 | #9,225 | 34 | #2,161 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,733 | 23 | #2,772 |
| 1988 | 9 | #8,372 | 31 | #2,083 |
| 1987 | 7 | #9,797 | 37 | #1,790 |
| 1986 | 8 | #8,508 | 37 | #1,723 |
| 1985 | 6 | #10,654 | 35 | #1,761 |
| 1984 | under 5 | 42 | #1,505 | |
| 1983 | 5 | #12,036 | 38 | #1,591 |
| 1982 | 8 | #8,209 | 32 | #1,811 |
| 1981 | 5 | #12,167 | 40 | #1,545 |
| 1980 | 9 | #7,402 | 40 | #1,545 |
| 1979 | under 5 | 40 | #1,509 | |
| 1978 | under 5 | 43 | #1,435 | |
| 1977 | 8 | #7,555 | 38 | #1,513 |
| 1976 | 5 | #10,884 | 46 | #1,319 |
| 1975 | under 5 | 66 | #1,018 | |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,768 | 61 | #1,064 |
| 1973 | under 5 | 77 | #924 | |
| 1972 | 6 | #8,270 | 62 | #1,031 |
| 1971 | 7 | #7,376 | 68 | #989 |
| 1970 | under 5 | 67 | #999 | |
| 1969 | 9 | #5,450 | 56 | #1,041 |
| 1968 | 7 | #6,237 | 43 | #1,164 |
| 1967 | under 5 | 46 | #1,101 | |
| 1966 | under 5 | 43 | #1,148 | |
| 1965 | under 5 | 45 | #1,128 | |
| 1964 | under 5 | 42 | #1,197 | |
| 1963 | under 5 | 39 | #1,253 | |
| 1962 | under 5 | 51 | #1,080 | |
| 1961 | under 5 | 37 | #1,320 | |
| 1960 | under 5 | 67 | #925 | |
| 1959 | under 5 | 123 | #689 | |
| 1958 | under 5 | 25 | #1,591 | |
| 1956 | under 5 | 6 | #3,936 | |
| 1955 | under 5 | 8 | #3,198 | |
| 1954 | under 5 | 9 | #2,940 | |
| 1953 | under 5 | 8 | #3,140 | |
| 1952 | under 5 | 6 | #3,725 | |
| 1951 | under 5 | 8 | #3,061 | |
| 1950 | under 5 | 9 | #2,767 | |
| 1949 | under 5 | 15 | #2,020 | |
| 1948 | under 5 | 5 | #4,193 | |
| 1947 | under 5 | 8 | #3,093 | |
| 1946 | under 5 | 11 | #2,401 | |
| 1945 | under 5 | 6 | #3,333 | |
| 1944 | under 5 | 5 | #3,903 | |
| 1943 | under 5 | 7 | #3,227 | |
| 1942 | under 5 | 7 | #3,207 | |
| 1941 | under 5 | 11 | #2,330 | |
| 1940 | under 5 | 11 | #2,320 | |
| 1939 | under 5 | 5 | #3,962 | |
| 1938 | under 5 | 12 | #2,183 | |
| 1935 | under 5 | 5 | #4,141 | |
| 1934 | under 5 | 8 | #2,968 | |
| 1933 | under 5 | 11 | #2,366 | |
| 1932 | under 5 | 5 | #4,274 | |
| 1931 | under 5 | 7 | #3,385 | |
| 1929 | under 5 | 10 | #2,760 | |
| 1928 | under 5 | 14 | #2,267 | |
| 1927 | under 5 | 8 | #3,447 | |
| 1926 | under 5 | 7 | #3,703 | |
| 1925 | under 5 | 7 | #3,736 | |
| 1924 | under 5 | 7 | #3,860 | |
| 1923 | under 5 | 8 | #3,464 | |
| 1922 | under 5 | 12 | #2,628 | |
| 1921 | under 5 | 10 | #2,981 | |
| 1920 | under 5 | 10 | #2,965 | |
| 1919 | under 5 | 10 | #2,871 | |
| 1918 | under 5 | 18 | #1,903 | |
| 1917 | under 5 | 6 | #3,976 | |
| 1916 | under 5 | 15 | #2,041 | |
| 1915 | under 5 | 7 | #3,387 | |
| 1912 | under 5 | 9 | #1,882 | |
| 1902 | under 5 | 5 | #1,318 | |
| 1900 | under 5 | 8 | #1,046 | |
| 1894 | under 5 | 5 | #1,237 | |
| 1887 | under 5 | 6 | #920 | |
| 1886 | under 5 | 5 | #1,110 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Yancy a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 2,951 Americans recorded as Yancy, 18% are girls and 82% boys. In 2025 it went to 6 boys; SSA lists no girls with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Yancy: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Yancy, and how old are they?
2,410 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 82% of the 2,951 Americans ever recorded as Yancy. The median Yancy alive today is 45 years old; half are between 29 and 56.
The 2020 Census counted 2,829 people named Yancy (1,117 women and girls, 1,712 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,465 born in the U.S. The Census count is 15% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 24 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 345 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 799 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 628 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 470 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 148 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Yancy born?
The states with the most babies named Yancy are California, Texas and New York, with 71% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 160 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Texas | 110 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| New York | 89 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Louisiana | 44 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Alabama | 21 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Indiana | 19 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Florida | 10 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Ohio | 10 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| South Carolina | 7 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Georgia | 6 | not ranked | 0.1× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Yancy with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 4,746 babies since 1880, Yancy is the most given (62% of them). In 2025 it was given to 6 of their 36 babies (17%), the second most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
More about Yancy and names like it
- Compare Yancy and YanceyBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sYancy peaked in 1959.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Yancy since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Yancy: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1959The year the most babies were named Yancy.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Yancy alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with YMost given first.