Clancy
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KLAN-see
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,582 for boys
Clancy is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “son of the red warrior”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 3,582nd for boys in the US (31 babies).
What does Clancy mean?
Irish: from the Irish surname Mac Fhlannchaidh
“son of the red warrior”
Clancy is the hero of 'Clancy of the Overflow', an 1889 poem by the Australian poet Banjo Paterson.
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Is Clancy a girl's or a boy's name?
Clancy is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 12 girls and 31 boys in the US.
How popular is Clancy in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Clancy, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2019, with 6 girls.
2025 had more girls named Clancy than any year since 2019.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Clancy in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 1 | #7,383 |
How popular is Clancy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,582nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 31 about 1 in 55,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 31 boys in the US were named Clancy, making it the 3,582nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,422nd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 37 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914. 12 girls were also named Clancy in 2025 (8,360th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Clancy in the US since 1880 were born between 1969 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 28% of the babies named Clancy in the US were girls.
Clancy in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #3,582 |
| 2024 | 37 | #3,214 |
| 2023 | 34 | #3,414 |
| 2022 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2021 | 29 | #3,736 |
| 2020 | 22 | #4,422 |
| 2019 | 26 | #4,000 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,735 |
| 2017 | 28 | #3,777 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 25 | #4,078 |
| 2014 | 31 | #3,454 |
| 2013 | 19 | #4,801 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,250 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,670 |
| 2010 | 18 | #5,044 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 21 | #4,537 |
| 2007 | 22 | #4,373 |
| 2006 | 22 | #4,219 |
| 2005 | 20 | #4,321 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 24 | #3,621 |
| 2002 | 21 | #3,904 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 22 | #3,634 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 26 | #3,014 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,054 |
| 1996 | 15 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 20 | #3,298 |
| 1994 | 19 | #3,463 |
| 1993 | 22 | #3,036 |
| 1992 | 20 | #3,213 |
| 1991 | 28 | #2,463 |
| 1990 | 22 | #2,859 |
| 1989 | 25 | #2,539 |
| 1988 | 19 | #2,855 |
| 1987 | 14 | #3,334 |
| 1986 | 21 | #2,508 |
| 1985 | 17 | #2,825 |
| 1984 | 15 | #2,955 |
| 1983 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,507 |
| 1980 | 14 | #3,097 |
| 1979 | 17 | #2,668 |
| 1978 | 12 | #3,214 |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 10 | #3,469 |
| 1975 | 15 | #2,635 |
| 1974 | 17 | #2,356 |
| 1973 | 12 | #2,855 |
| 1972 | 18 | #2,158 |
| 1971 | 17 | #2,278 |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 10 | #2,860 |
| 1968 | 11 | #2,575 |
| 1967 | 9 | #2,759 |
| 1966 | 7 | #3,247 |
| 1965 | 13 | #2,269 |
| 1964 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1963 | 15 | #2,114 |
| 1962 | 10 | #2,671 |
| 1961 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1960 | 13 | #2,313 |
| 1959 | 12 | #2,413 |
| 1958 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,550 |
| 1956 | 6 | #3,533 |
| 1955 | 20 | #1,724 |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 10 | #2,530 |
| 1952 | 16 | #1,938 |
| 1951 | 9 | #2,660 |
| 1950 | 16 | #1,878 |
| 1949 | 15 | #1,940 |
| 1948 | 8 | #2,787 |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 6 | #2,995 |
| 1944 | 8 | #2,632 |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,132 |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,478 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,677 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,360 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #3,999 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,074 |
| 1927 | 6 | #3,778 |
| 1926 | 9 | #2,902 |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1924 | 6 | #3,865 |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,465 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,320 |
| 1920 | 6 | #3,814 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,178 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,391 |
| 1914 | 6 | #2,914 |
Names like Clancy
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ivy, Lily, Daisy, Romy, Aubrey, Riley, Autumn, Felicity, Harper, Willow, Maeve, Callie
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Clancy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/clancy, updated 20 October 2026.