Fancy
Girl · FAN-see · English
Fancy is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “liking, imagination”. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Fancy mean?
English: English word, a shortening of fantasy
“liking, imagination”
From the English word, a shortened form of fantasy that once meant imagination or a passing liking.
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Is Fancy a girl's or a boy's name?
Fancy is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Fancy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,858among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Fancy, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 1991, with 36 girls. It first appears in the records in 1952.
Half of all the girls named Fancy in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Fancy in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 20 | #6,548 |
| 2006 | 22 | #5,904 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,766 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,707 |
| 1993 | 17 | #5,413 |
| 1992 | 23 | #4,375 |
| 1991 | 36 | #3,091 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,338 |
| 1976 | 13 | #4,612 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,078 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 12 | #4,532 |
| 1970 | 19 | #3,311 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,308 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 9 | #4,068 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 7 | #4,482 |
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