Fancy

Where Fancy comes from

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  • Vowel-ended
Fancy through the years
  1. 1952
    First appearance
    #4,483 among girls with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1991
    Peak, #3,097
    36 babies named Fancy, the most in any year.
  3. 1993
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #5,419.
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