Fancy
- #8,860 for girls in 2025, 11 births
- Peak · girls
- 1991 · 36 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 573since 1952
Fancy over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Fancy has never cracked the top 3,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,860 | 11 |
| 2024 | #7,594 | 14 |
| 2023 | #9,616 | 10 |
| 2022 | #10,383 | 9 |
| 2021 | #9,562 | 10 |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 |
| 2019 | #9,112 | 11 |
| 2018 | #9,151 | 11 |
| 2017 | #8,776 | 12 |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 |
| 2015 | #8,931 | 12 |
| 2014 | #8,966 | 12 |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 |
| 2012 | #7,804 | 15 |
| 2011 | #7,436 | 16 |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 |
| 2009 | #9,975 | 11 |
| 2008 | #8,109 | 15 |
| 2007 | #6,552 | 20 |
| 2006 | #5,906 | 22 |
| 2005 | #9,452 | 11 |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | #9,671 | 10 |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 |
| 2001 | #11,020 | 8 |
| 2000 | #8,534 | 11 |
| 1999 | #7,239 | 13 |
| 1998 | #8,584 | 10 |
| 1997 | #6,844 | 13 |
| 1996 | #5,771 | 16 |
| 1995 | #7,514 | 11 |
| 1994 | #5,713 | 16 |
| 1993 | #5,419 | 17 |
| 1992 | #4,382 | 23 |
| 1991 | #3,097 | 36 |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 |
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| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 |
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| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 |
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| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 |
| 1976 | #4,614 | 13 |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 |
| 1971 | #4,534 | 12 |
| 1970 | #3,311 | 19 |
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| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 |
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| 1955 | #4,069 | 9 |
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| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 |
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First appearance
1952
The first year at least five girls were named Fancy! It came in at #4,483, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1953–1954, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Fancy is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Fancy in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Fancy
Momentum · girls
Rising
- 1,266 spots since 2024 (#7,594 → #8,860)
- 4,593 spots since 2020 (#13,453 → #8,860)
- 71 spots since 2015 (#8,931 → #8,860)
Rise & fade · girls
39 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1952
- Peaked 1991 at #3,097 (36 births)
- Births halved by 1993, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 52,084
- Highest: 1 in 52,084 girls born in 1991 were named Fancy (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 146,115 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
- 27.9% of all girls named Fancy (160) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 16 | #4,069 (1955) | #4,276 |
| 1960s | 7 | #5,309 (1961) | #5,309 |
| 1970s | 79 | #3,311 (1970) | #6,017 |
| 1980s | 30 | #8,318 (1985) | #9,217 |
| 1990s | 160 | #3,097 (1991) | #6,752 |
| 2000s | 113 | #5,906 (2006) | #9,406 |
| 2010s | 108 | #7,436 (2011) | #10,346 |
| 2020s | 60 | #7,594 (2024) | #9,911 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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