Yanci
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- YAN-see
- Origin
- English
Yanci is a girls' name of English origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Yanci mean?
English: spelling of Yancy; American surname, perhaps from Dutch Jansen
An American surname used as a first name; its origin is uncertain, possibly from a Dutch patronymic like Jansen.
Meaning borrowed from Yancy. More on Wiktionary.
Is Yanci a girl's or a boy's name?
Yanci is a girls' name.
How popular is Yanci in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 1990.
Half of all the girls named Yanci in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yanci in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
Names like Yanci
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Yanci
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Yanci: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yanci, updated 20 October 2026.