Girl · English
Nancy
Say it: NAN-see
Meaning
Originally a pet form of Annis (Agnes), later of Ann.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
In use since the 18th century, it was a top-ten US name in the 1940s and 1950s.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1940s
In the United States
- 1,005,950 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1947, about 1 in 55 girls
- 294 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Nancie
Famous bearers
- Nancy Reagan, US First Lady
- Nancy Pelosi, US politician
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Where this comes from
- Parish baptism registers
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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