Nancy
Girl · NAN-see · Hebrew
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Nancy is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “grace, favour”. In 2025 it ranked 80th for girls in the UK (643 babies) and 965th for girls in the US (265 babies).
What does Nancy mean?
Hebrew: English pet form of Ann; earlier of Annis (Agnes)
“grace, favour”
Nancy Astor became the first woman to take her seat in the House of Commons, in 1919.
- Say it
- NAN-see
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Is Nancy a girl's or a boy's name?
Nancy is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 643 girls in the UK and 265 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nancy in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #80among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 643about 1 in 430 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 3.2%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 643 girls in the UK were named Nancy, making it the 80th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 75th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 890 girls.
Half of all the girls named Nancy in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 720 girls in the UK were given Nancy or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #79, up from #80 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 78th in England and Wales, 211th in Scotland and 96th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#100), 1914 (#50), 1924 (#50), 1934 (#78), 2014 (#90) and 2024 (#81).
Nancy in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 643 | #80 |
| 2024 | 608 | #87 |
| 2023 | 685 | #75 |
| 2022 | 789 | #71 |
| 2021 | 835 | #74 |
| 2020 | 808 | #75 |
| 2019 | 841 | #73 |
| 2018 | 835 | #72 |
| 2017 | 890 | #73 |
| 2016 | 863 | #71 |
| 2015 | 844 | #74 |
| 2014 | 640 | #101 |
| 2013 | 497 | #127 |
| 2012 | 464 | #142 |
| 2011 | 428 | #147 |
| 2010 | 398 | #154 |
| 2009 | 352 | #176 |
| 2008 | 297 | #200 |
| 2007 | 296 | #203 |
| 2006 | 228 | #234 |
| 2005 | 206 | #249 |
| 2004 | 162 | #287 |
| 2003 | 144 | #305 |
| 2002 | 148 | #295 |
| 2001 | 123 | #321 |
| 2000 | 111 | #339 |
| 1999 | 125 | #302 |
| 1998 | 122 | #322 |
| 1997 | 108 | #353 |
| 1996 | 158 | #263 |
How popular is Nancy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #965among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 265about 1 in 6,100 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 265 girls in the US were named Nancy, making it the 965th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 896th. Its busiest year was 1947, with 32,445 girls.
2025 had the fewest girls named Nancy since the records began in 1880.
Half of all the girls named Nancy in the US since 1880 were born between 1941 and 1959, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nancy in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 265 | #965 |
| 2024 | 290 | #914 |
| 2023 | 281 | #941 |
| 2022 | 267 | #991 |
| 2021 | 279 | #945 |
| 2020 | 295 | #896 |
| 2019 | 298 | #893 |
| 2018 | 326 | #833 |
| 2017 | 314 | #870 |
| 2016 | 310 | #899 |
| 2015 | 345 | #812 |
| 2014 | 371 | #755 |
| 2013 | 412 | #687 |
| 2012 | 437 | #651 |
| 2011 | 541 | #537 |
| 2010 | 574 | #519 |
| 2009 | 667 | #463 |
| 2008 | 858 | #379 |
| 2007 | 903 | #362 |
| 2006 | 1,017 | #325 |
| 2005 | 1,017 | #317 |
| 2004 | 1,151 | #289 |
| 2003 | 1,179 | #267 |
| 2002 | 1,369 | #229 |
| 2001 | 1,420 | #223 |
| 2000 | 1,378 | #232 |
| 1999 | 1,421 | #225 |
| 1998 | 1,480 | #207 |
| 1997 | 1,525 | #197 |
| 1996 | 1,825 | #172 |
| 1995 | 2,001 | #160 |
| 1994 | 2,189 | #144 |
| 1993 | 1,986 | #156 |
| 1992 | 2,185 | #142 |
| 1991 | 2,498 | #125 |
| 1990 | 2,385 | #131 |
| 1989 | 2,342 | #128 |
| 1988 | 2,348 | #121 |
| 1987 | 2,235 | #126 |
| 1986 | 2,426 | #116 |
| 1985 | 2,609 | #108 |
| 1984 | 2,487 | #113 |
| 1983 | 2,520 | #113 |
| 1982 | 2,808 | #106 |
| 1981 | 2,912 | #101 |
| 1980 | 2,806 | #110 |
| 1979 | 2,864 | #107 |
| 1978 | 3,044 | #97 |
| 1977 | 3,222 | #89 |
| 1976 | 3,281 | #87 |
| 1975 | 3,510 | #82 |
| 1974 | 3,891 | #78 |
| 1973 | 3,945 | #77 |
| 1972 | 4,818 | #63 |
| 1971 | 6,212 | #52 |
| 1970 | 7,063 | #50 |
| 1969 | 7,902 | #45 |
| 1968 | 8,961 | #39 |
| 1967 | 10,268 | #37 |
| 1966 | 11,729 | #33 |
| 1965 | 12,255 | #32 |
| 1964 | 14,696 | #26 |
| 1963 | 16,266 | #23 |
| 1962 | 18,027 | #19 |
| 1961 | 20,729 | #16 |
| 1960 | 21,891 | #15 |
| 1959 | 23,079 | #14 |
| 1958 | 24,819 | #12 |
| 1957 | 27,515 | #11 |
| 1956 | 28,784 | #11 |
| 1955 | 30,023 | #9 |
| 1954 | 30,270 | #9 |
| 1953 | 30,620 | #8 |
| 1952 | 31,739 | #7 |
| 1951 | 30,346 | #7 |
| 1950 | 29,617 | #6 |
| 1949 | 29,249 | #7 |
| 1948 | 29,411 | #7 |
| 1947 | 32,445 | #7 |
| 1946 | 28,345 | #7 |
| 1945 | 21,456 | #7 |
| 1944 | 23,218 | #7 |
| 1943 | 23,988 | #9 |
| 1942 | 23,327 | #8 |
| 1941 | 20,885 | #8 |
| 1940 | 19,737 | #7 |
| 1939 | 19,723 | #7 |
| 1938 | 18,951 | #7 |
| 1937 | 17,074 | #7 |
| 1936 | 16,755 | #8 |
| 1935 | 14,544 | #9 |
| 1934 | 13,520 | #10 |
| 1933 | 11,869 | #11 |
| 1932 | 10,948 | #13 |
| 1931 | 10,036 | #17 |
| 1930 | 9,068 | #24 |
| 1929 | 6,872 | #32 |
| 1928 | 5,537 | #43 |
| 1927 | 5,022 | #56 |
| 1926 | 4,566 | #57 |
| 1925 | 4,325 | #60 |
| 1924 | 3,989 | #69 |
| 1923 | 3,673 | #75 |
| 1922 | 3,518 | #78 |
| 1921 | 3,323 | #87 |
| 1920 | 2,982 | #95 |
| 1919 | 2,628 | #100 |
| 1918 | 2,510 | #102 |
| 1917 | 2,411 | #98 |
| 1916 | 2,166 | #102 |
| 1915 | 1,987 | #102 |
| 1914 | 1,575 | #102 |
| 1913 | 1,290 | #102 |
| 1912 | 1,078 | #108 |
| 1911 | 827 | #110 |
| 1910 | 811 | #105 |
| 1909 | 610 | #118 |
| 1908 | 651 | #109 |
| 1907 | 582 | #113 |
| 1906 | 557 | #112 |
| 1905 | 535 | #118 |
| 1904 | 508 | #115 |
| 1903 | 527 | #109 |
| 1902 | 571 | #103 |
| 1901 | 519 | #102 |
| 1900 | 673 | #99 |
| 1899 | 475 | #107 |
| 1898 | 546 | #106 |
| 1897 | 553 | #96 |
| 1896 | 527 | #96 |
| 1895 | 566 | #93 |
| 1894 | 515 | #98 |
| 1893 | 538 | #88 |
| 1892 | 591 | #81 |
| 1891 | 523 | #83 |
| 1890 | 512 | #84 |
| 1889 | 470 | #86 |
| 1888 | 582 | #76 |
| 1887 | 511 | #71 |
| 1886 | 492 | #72 |
| 1885 | 527 | #67 |
| 1884 | 520 | #68 |
| 1883 | 412 | #71 |
| 1882 | 439 | #67 |
| 1881 | 429 | #59 |
| 1880 | 410 | #62 |
Nicknames for Nancy
- Nan
Names like Nancy
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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