Is Clancy a boy or girl name?

Clancy is a unisex name. Of the 2,010 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 29.1% were girls and 70.9% were boys. It changed hands in 2005, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Clancy

Recorded 1914–2025 · United States

Clancy was most popular in 2024, when 50 American babies were given the name — ranking #5,628 that year. In 2025 it ranked #6,196, with 43 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,010 people named Clancy.

Clancy over time

Births per year. The dot marks Clancy’s peak in 2024. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Clancy a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Clancy is a unisex name — 29.1% of the 2,010 Americans given it were girls and 70.9% were boys. It changed hands: since 2005 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 31% girls and 69% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org