The baby name Nancy appears in baby name data for the United States from 1910 to 2024. It was most popular in 1952 with 42,266 babies given the name.
In the later years of this period, Nancy has become less common than it once was.
| Year | Count |
|---|---|
| 1910 | 1,143 |
| 1911 | 1,220 |
| 1912 | 1,421 |
| 1913 | 1,624 |
| 1914 | 2,106 |
| 1915 | 2,560 |
| 1916 | 2,842 |
| 1917 | 3,216 |
| 1918 | 3,247 |
| 1919 | 3,362 |
| 1920 | 3,766 |
| 1921 | 4,154 |
| 1922 | 3,882 |
| 1923 | 4,567 |
| 1924 | 5,007 |
| 1925 | 6,190 |
| 1926 | 6,505 |
| 1927 | 7,290 |
| 1928 | 8,182 |
| 1929 | 9,945 |
| 1930 | 13,107 |
| 1931 | 13,603 |
| 1932 | 15,152 |
| 1932 | 12 |
| 1933 | 16,365 |
| 1933 | 10 |
| 1934 | 17,054 |
| 1934 | 5 |
| 1935 | 18,571 |
| 1935 | 14 |
| 1936 | 21,464 |
| 1936 | 20 |
| 1937 | 21,876 |
| 1937 | 45 |
| 1938 | 24,105 |
| 1938 | 54 |
| 1939 | 23,209 |
| 1939 | 44 |
| 1940 | 23,840 |
| 1940 | 42 |
| 1941 | 23,818 |
| 1941 | 33 |
| 1942 | 26,148 |
| 1942 | 22 |
| 1943 | 29,941 |
| 1943 | 23 |
| 1944 | 26,413 |
| 1944 | 12 |
| 1945 | 24,154 |
| 1945 | 8 |
| 1946 | 32,124 |
| 1946 | 10 |
| 1947 | 38,875 |
| 1947 | 30 |
| 1948 | 35,254 |
| 1948 | 6 |
| 1949 | 35,038 |
| 1950 | 37,393 |
| 1950 | 39 |
| 1951 | 39,497 |
| 1952 | 42,266 |
| 1952 | 12 |
| 1953 | 39,985 |
| 1953 | 12 |
| 1954 | 37,316 |
| 1954 | 27 |
| 1955 | 36,328 |
| 1955 | 14 |
| 1956 | 35,589 |
| 1956 | 14 |
| 1957 | 32,382 |
| 1957 | 19 |
| 1958 | 32,118 |
| 1958 | 13 |
| 1959 | 29,992 |
| 1959 | 30 |
| 1960 | 29,094 |
| 1960 | 20 |
| 1961 | 27,639 |
| 1961 | 7 |
| 1962 | 22,597 |
| 1962 | 28 |
| 1963 | 18,257 |
| 1964 | 16,832 |
| 1964 | 9 |
| 1965 | 14,100 |
| 1965 | 7 |
| 1966 | 13,310 |
| 1966 | 10 |
| 1967 | 11,550 |
| 1968 | 10,466 |
| 1968 | 12 |
| 1969 | 9,245 |
| 1969 | 5 |
| 1970 | 8,255 |
| 1971 | 7,295 |
| 1971 | 6 |
| 1972 | 5,512 |
| 1973 | 4,359 |
| 1974 | 4,287 |
| 1975 | 3,862 |
| 1975 | 5 |
| 1976 | 3,450 |
| 1977 | 3,606 |
| 1978 | 3,321 |
| 1979 | 2,920 |
| 1979 | 5 |
| 1980 | 2,789 |
| 1981 | 2,716 |
| 1982 | 2,414 |
| 1983 | 2,147 |
| 1983 | 5 |
| 1984 | 2,150 |
| 1984 | 7 |
| 1985 | 2,028 |
| 1986 | 2,238 |
| 1987 | 2,064 |
| 1988 | 2,126 |
| 1989 | 2,019 |
| 1989 | 9 |
| 1990 | 1,364 |
| 1991 | 1,653 |
| 1991 | 7 |
| 1992 | 1,253 |
| 1993 | 1,258 |
| 1994 | 1,558 |
| 1995 | 1,215 |
| 1996 | 1,330 |
| 1997 | 1,197 |
| 1998 | 1,222 |
| 1999 | 993 |
| 2000 | 928 |
| 2001 | 925 |
| 2002 | 933 |
| 2003 | 913 |
| 2004 | 1,264 |
| 2005 | 1,102 |
| 2006 | 962 |
| 2007 | 884 |
| 2008 | 778 |
| 2009 | 490 |
| 2010 | 453 |
| 2011 | 471 |
| 2012 | 395 |
| 2013 | 316 |
| 2014 | 292 |
| 2015 | 312 |
| 2016 | 270 |
| 2017 | 344 |
| 2018 | 232 |
| 2019 | 268 |
| 2020 | 309 |
| 2021 | 261 |
| 2022 | 215 |
| 2023 | 262 |
| 2024 | 263 |