Is Yancey a boy or girl name?

Yancey is a boy’s name. Of the 1,537 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 2.2% were girls and 97.8% were boys.

Yancey

Recorded 1894–2020 · United States

Yancey was most popular in 1971, when 48 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,890 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,537 people named Yancey.

Yancey over time

Births per year. The dot marks Yancey’s peak in 1971. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Yancey a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Yancey is a boy’s name — 2.2% of the 1,537 Americans given it were girls and 97.8% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% 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