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Clancy

boys’ name · 71%girls’ name · 29%At its peakCompare

Clancy is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 37 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
370.00% of boys
Peak year
202437 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1914
1,968people given the name
Babies named Clancy, by year of birthboysgirls
01325385018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

1,395 boys have been named Clancy in the United States since 1914, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 37 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1991, and the 2010s alone account for 15%.

Clancy is used for both sexes: 29% of its bearers are girls (573), most of them born around 1993.

By decade

Decadeboys named Clancy
1910s17
1920s52
1930s16
1940s62
1950s106
1960s106
1970s136
1980s156
1990s200
2000s187
2010s214
2020s143

In 2024, its biggest year

Clancy was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Clancy

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.