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How popular is “Yancy” in the USA?

Number of people named “Yancy” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Yancy” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Yancy” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Yancy” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Yancy” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Yancy” by birth year

This chart shows how “Yancy” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1886 5 0.000019584 5 -100%
1887 6 0.000024253 6 -100%
1894 5 0.000014763 5 -100%
1900 8 0.000017768 8 -100%
1902 5 0.000012929 5 -100%
1912 9 0.000009109 9 -100%
1915 7 0.00000382 7 -100%
1916 15 0.000007754 15 -100%
1917 6 0.00000299 6 -100%
1918 18 0.000008291 18 -100%
1919 10 0.000004739 10 -100%
1920 10 0.00000442 10 -100%
1921 10 0.000004284 10 -100%
1922 12 0.000005242 12 -100%
1923 8 0.000003475 8 -100%
1924 7 0.000002939 7 -100%
1925 7 0.000003 7 -100%
1926 7 0.000003049 7 -100%
1927 8 0.000003449 8 -100%
1928 14 0.000006192 14 -100%
1929 10 0.000004562 10 -100%
1931 7 0.000003326 7 -100%
1932 5 0.000002368 5 -100%
1933 11 0.000005502 11 -100%
1934 8 0.000003852 8 -100%
1935 5 0.000002392 5 -100%
1938 12 0.000005424 12 -100%
1939 5 0.000002269 5 -100%
1940 11 0.000004777 11 -100%
1941 11 0.000004515 11 -100%
1942 7 0.000002562 7 -100%
1943 7 0.00000248 7 -100%
1944 5 0.000001859 5 -100%
1945 6 0.000002262 6 -100%
1946 11 0.000003443 11 -100%
1947 8 0.000002221 8 -100%
1948 5 0.000001448 5 -100%
1949 15 0.000004304 15 -100%
1950 9 0.000002569 9 -100%
1951 8 0.000002172 8 -100%
1952 6 0.00000158 6 -100%
1953 8 0.000002076 8 -100%
1954 9 0.000002261 9 -100%
1955 8 0.000001992 8 -100%
1956 6 0.000001455 6 -100%
1958 25 0.000006048 25 -100%
1959 123 0.000029582 123 -100%
1960 67 0.00001613 67 -100%
1961 37 0.000008932 37 -100%
1962 51 0.000012638 51 -100%
1963 39 0.000009853 39 -100%
1964 42 0.000010804 42 -100%
1965 45 0.000012412 45 -100%
1966 43 0.000012372 43 -100%
1967 46 0.00001355 46 -100%
1968 50 0.0000148 7 43 -72%
1969 65 0.000018703 9 56 -72%
1970 67 0.000018577 67 -100%
1971 75 0.000021851 7 68 -81%
1972 68 0.000021635 6 62 -82%
1973 77 0.000025523 77 -100%
1974 71 0.000023355 10 61 -72%
1975 66 0.000021859 66 -100%
1976 51 0.000016808 5 46 -80%
1977 46 0.000014481 8 38 -65%
1978 43 0.000013548 43 -100%
1979 40 0.000012023 40 -100%
1980 49 0.000014226 9 40 -63%
1981 45 0.000013008 5 40 -78%
1982 40 0.000011403 8 32 -60%
1983 43 0.000012416 5 38 -77%
1984 42 0.000012039 42 -100%
1985 41 0.000011487 6 35 -71%
1986 45 0.000012651 8 37 -64%
1987 44 0.000012203 7 37 -68%
1988 40 0.000010825 9 31 -55%
1989 32 0.000008324 9 23 -44%
1990 43 0.000010879 9 34 -58%
1991 42 0.000010782 6 36 -71%
1992 55 0.000014318 13 42 -53%
1993 39 0.000010344 12 27 -38%
1994 30 0.00000807 9 21 -40%
1995 38 0.000010376 13 25 -32%
1996 40 0.000010967 16 24 -20%
1997 38 0.000010481 17 21 -11%
1998 44 0.000011962 14 30 -36%
1999 25 0.000006768 9 16 -28%
2000 34 0.000008995 11 23 -35%
2001 36 0.000009617 21 15 17%
2002 38 0.000010165 16 22 -16%
2003 35 0.000009205 16 19 -9%
2004 32 0.000008375 18 14 13%
2005 34 0.000008843 19 15 12%
2006 29 0.00000733 15 14 3%
2007 22 0.000005503 10 12 -9%
2008 30 0.000007632 19 11 27%
2009 18 0.000004712 11 7 22%
2010 17 0.0000046 8 9 -6%
2011 26 0.000007108 14 12 8%
2012 19 0.000005195 9 10 -5%
2013 5 0.000001371 5 100%
2014 25 0.000006745 14 11 12%
2015 15 0.000004053 8 7 7%
2016 15 0.000004089 8 7 7%
2017 21 0.000005872 12 9 14%
2018 17 0.000004835 8 9 -6%
2019 6 0.000001729 6 100%
2020 5 0.000001497 5 100%
2021 16 0.000004723 11 5 38%
2022 6 0.000001774 6 100%
2024 12 0.000003605 12 100%

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