Yancey
Last seen for girls in 2004 at #10,690 · Last seen for boys in 2020 at #9,554
Given to boys 97.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1894 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,503since 1894
Yancey over time
Rank among boys' names. Yancey has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | #9,554 | 7 | |
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | #8,819 | 8 | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | #12,185 | 5 | |
| 2015 | — | #9,568 | 7 | |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | #10,770 | 6 | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | #7,591 | 10 | |
| 2009 | — | #10,994 | 6 | |
| 2008 | — | #9,871 | 7 | |
| 2007 | — | #8,915 | 8 | |
| 2006 | — | #7,998 | 9 | |
| 2005 | — | #10,151 | 6 | |
| 2004 | #10,690 | 9 | #5,007 | 16 |
| 2003 | — | #5,271 | 14 | |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | #7,643 | 8 |
| 2001 | — | #4,476 | 17 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,764 | 21 | |
| 1999 | — | #4,537 | 15 | |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | #3,708 | 19 |
| 1997 | — | #3,601 | 19 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,202 | 22 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,559 | 18 | |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | #4,803 | 12 |
| 1993 | — | #3,141 | 21 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,920 | 15 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,105 | 20 | |
| 1990 | — | #5,823 | 8 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,271 | 12 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,523 | 14 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,725 | 19 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,226 | 25 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,226 | 24 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,437 | 20 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,140 | 24 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,999 | 27 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,204 | 23 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,808 | 31 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,510 | 39 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,616 | 34 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,743 | 30 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,828 | 27 | |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | #1,361 | 41 |
| 1974 | — | #1,335 | 41 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,268 | 42 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,391 | 37 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,181 | 48 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,222 | 46 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,414 | 32 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,282 | 35 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,340 | 32 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,613 | 23 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,720 | 21 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,975 | 17 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,839 | 19 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,805 | 20 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,521 | 28 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,382 | 33 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,360 | 33 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,642 | 10 | |
| 1957 | — | #3,993 | 5 | |
| 1956 | — | — | ||
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | — | #3,095 | 7 | |
| 1951 | — | #3,714 | 5 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,580 | 9 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,802 | 8 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,788 | 8 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,862 | 8 | |
| 1946 | — | #3,525 | 5 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,009 | 12 | |
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | — | #2,732 | 8 | |
| 1942 | — | #3,560 | 5 | |
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | — | #2,671 | 8 | |
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | #3,534 | 5 | |
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | #2,629 | 8 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,951 | 7 | |
| 1934 | — | #3,277 | 6 | |
| 1933 | — | #3,642 | 5 | |
| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | — | #3,390 | 6 | |
| 1930 | — | #3,022 | 8 | |
| 1929 | — | #3,959 | 5 | |
| 1928 | — | — | ||
| 1927 | — | #3,451 | 7 | |
| 1926 | — | #3,708 | 6 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,936 | 9 | |
| 1924 | — | #4,347 | 5 | |
| 1923 | — | #4,239 | 5 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,486 | 12 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,632 | 11 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,336 | 13 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,511 | 11 | |
| 1918 | — | #3,728 | 6 | |
| 1917 | — | #3,545 | 6 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,730 | 9 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,829 | 8 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,457 | 8 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,092 | 8 | |
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | #1,373 | 5 | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
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| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | #1,074 | 5 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Yancey! It came in at #1,074, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1894–1912, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Yancey is popular in 1971
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Louisiana#578 · 1 in 6,618
- Texas#846 · 1 in 14,257
Best ever in a state: #354 in Arkansas, 1979.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | #578 | 5 | 1 in 6,618 |
| Texas | #846 | 8 | 1 in 14,257 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| California | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
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| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Yancey
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2020
- Debuted 1894
- Peaked 1894 at #1,074 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1895, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 23,154 boys born in 1894 were named Yancey (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 246,582 boys born in 2020 (0.00%)
- 25.6% of all boys named Yancey (385) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,074 (1894) | #1,074 |
| 1900s | 5 | #1,373 (1908) | #1,373 |
| 1910s | 56 | #2,092 (1913) | #2,842 |
| 1920s | 73 | #2,336 (1920) | #3,344 |
| 1930s | 45 | #2,629 (1936) | #3,206 |
| 1940s | 62 | #2,009 (1945) | #2,869 |
| 1950s | 69 | #1,360 (1959) | #2,897 |
| 1960s | 260 | #1,282 (1968) | #1,589 |
| 1970s | 385 | #1,181 (1971) | #1,446 |
| 1980s | 219 | #1,808 (1980) | #2,556 |
| 1990s | 169 | #3,105 (1991) | #3,940 |
| 2000s | 112 | #3,764 (2000) | #7,409 |
| 2010s | 36 | #7,591 (2010) | #9,787 |
| 2020s | 7 | #9,554 (2020) | #9,554 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Yancey in 1971
Top boys' names in 1971
More about 1971
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1,768,447 boys got a published name in 1971; 1 in 36,843 of them was named Yancey, which outranked 79.1% of the 5,655 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,165Rojelio49
- #1,165Vernell49
- #1,165Zachery49
- #1,181Yancey48
- #1,181Alden48
- #1,181Amir48
- #1,181Brandy48
- #1,199Ahmed47
- #1,199Asa47
- #1,199Christos47
Tied with 17 names at #1,181; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.