girls:
506 births since 1968
#5210 (9th percentile)
boys:
2.4k births since 1886
#2564 (44th percentile)
overall:
2.9k births since 1886
#5005 (35th percentile)
The name Yancy is the #5,005 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,933 recorded births since 1886. This represents the 35.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 35.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,564 (44.1% percentile) for all time with 2,427 births since 1886. For girls, it ranks #5,210 (8.8% percentile) for all time with 506 births since 1968.
Yancy first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1886 (1886 for boys and 1968 for girls). Birth data for Yancy is available in 110 out of the 137 years between 1886 and 2022 (106 years for boys and 49 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Yancy has been given predominantly to boys, with 82.7% of all recorded births being male. In 2022, 0.0% of babies named Yancy were boys. Interestingly, until around 2007, the name was more popular for boys (86.8% boys from 1886 to 2006), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (58.6% girls from 2007 to 2022).
For boys, Yancy reached its peak popularity in 1959, achieving the 18.0% percentile (ranked #537) with 57 births per million. The name was most common in 1959, with 57 births per million (ranked 18.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2021.
For girls, Yancy reached its peak popularity in 2001, achieving the 1.8% percentile (ranked #882) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 2001, with 11 births per million (ranked 1.8% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Yancy".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Yancy. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 90.2% confident that Yancy is pronounced as YAN-see, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is YUHN-see, at 9.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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