Is Nancye a boy or girl name?

Nancye is a girl’s name. Of the 1,031 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

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Nancye

Recorded 1912–1979 · United States

Nancye was most popular in 1944, when 36 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,338 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,031 people named Nancye.

Nancye over time

Births per year. The dot marks Nancye’s peak in 1944. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Nancye a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Nancye is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 1,031 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were 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.

Names that peaked alongside Nancye

Where Nancye is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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