Is Yancy a boy or girl name?

Yancy is mostly a boy’s name. Of the 2,951 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 17.5% were girls and 82.5% were boys. It changed hands in 2004, and has gone mainly to girls since.

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Yancy

Recorded 1886–2025 · United States

Yancy was most popular in 1959, when 123 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,585 that year. In 2025 it ranked #22,044, with 6 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,951 people named Yancy.

Yancy over time

Births per year. The dot marks Yancy’s peak in 1959. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Yancy a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Yancy is mostly a boy’s name — 17.5% of the 2,951 Americans given it were girls and 82.5% were boys. It changed hands: since 2004 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 65% girls and 35% 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 Yancy

Where Yancy 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