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Nancye

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Nancye is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
194436 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1912
1,031people given the name
Babies named Nancye, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

1,031 girls have been named Nancye in the United States since 1912, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1944, with 36 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 36 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1942, and the 1940s alone account for 28%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Nancye
1910s49
1920s141
1930s243
1940s288
1950s221
1960s72
1970s17

In 1944, its biggest year

Nancye was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1944 were Mary, Barbara, Linda, Patricia and Carol. See all of 1944.

Names that rose and fell with Nancye

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.