NameTides

Nancy

Nancy was the #965 girls' name in the US in 2025 (265 babies), and #78 in England & Wales and #1,065 in Canada.

Nancy as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Nancy as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandEngland & WalesIrelandScotlandCanadaUS
Nancy as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#965 (265)#78 (604)#211 (18)#96 (21)#99 (48)#1,065 (25)
2024#914 (290)#81 (578)#260 (14)#127 (16)#135 (34)#835 (34)
2023#941 (281)#70 (658)#323 (11)#126 (16)#148 (32)#1,014 (25)
2022#991 (267)#67 (759)#260 (14)#135 (16)#157 (33)#993 (26)
2021#945 (279)#65 (797)#245 (16)#104 (22)#228 (20)#834 (34)
2020#896 (295)#66 (777)#370 (9)#95 (22)#197 (23)#745 (38)
2019#893 (298)#64 (816)#447 (7)#119 (18)#201 (24)#757 (38)
2018#833 (326)#64 (819)#348 (10)#273 (6)#280 (16)#714 (40)
2017#870 (314)#67 (861)#446 (7)#103 (22)#189 (27)#732 (39)
2016#899 (310)#70 (842)#502 (6)#151 (15)#208 (23)#811 (34)
2015#812 (345)#71 (817)#300 (13)#161 (14)#276 (18)#758 (37)
2014#755 (371)#90 (615)#537 (6)#129 (19)#304 (16)#685 (42)
2013#687 (412)#111 (487)#564 (5)#327 (5)#357 (13)#575 (52)
2012#651 (437)#124 (456)#580 (5)#451 (3)#354 (14)#552 (54)
2011#537 (541)#135 (414)#363 (10)#363 (4)#550 (7)#541 (55)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1947 at #7.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 6,100 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 6,100uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 420common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 990common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 350common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 440common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 6,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Nancy is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,800 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 5,300 to 1 in 6,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Nancy by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #447WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #915WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #835MNIllinois: #1,405ILMichigan: #787MINew York: #679NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #721INOhio: #801OHPennsylvania: #452PANew Jersey: #1,036NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #908CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #907CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #728MOKentucky: #653KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #1,127TNNorth Carolina: #1,057NCSouth Carolina: #614SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #633ALGeorgia: #1,533GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #861TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Nancy (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#50625

Nancy (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
NancyCanadaGirls#1,06525
NancyEngland & WalesGirls#78604
NancyIrelandGirls#9948
NancyNorthern IrelandGirls#9621
NancyScotlandGirls#21118
NancyUSGirls#965265
NancyUSBoys—too few