Nancye

Girl · recorded 1912–1979

  • 1979last recorded
  • 1940best year

Most popular in 1940.

Last recorded in 1979. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Nancye.

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Its story

Popularity since 1912

0153019121929194619621979

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 58 recorded years as a table
Nancye, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19129
19138
19148
19157
19176
19189
19198
192016
19218
192212
19239
192415
192513
192610
19278
192814
192913
193020
193120
193217
193323
193426
193522
193629
193726
193821
193926
194030
194125
194224
194316
194427
194519
194618
194719
194819
19498
195018
195111
195213
195310
195415
19559
195611
195710
195810
19599
19607
19615
19629
19635
19643
19653
19663
19693
19703
19714
19794

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Nancye isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1979
6
Rank in 1979
#9,010
How rare
1 in 267,544 girls
Since 1912
1,031

Nancye was last recorded in 1979. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1940, at 30 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Nancye doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.