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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Yancey

Yancey was not among the names given to 5 or more boys in 2025. Its best year was 1971, when it ranked 1198th with 48 babies. More babies were named Yancey in the 1970s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedboys
Babies in 2025
0boys
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
197148 babies
Total since 1880
1,537babies recorded

Yancey popularity since 1880

012.52537.550 1900192019401960198020002020
Boys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few girls are given the name too: 34 since 1975.

YearRank (boys)Babies (boys)
2025——
2020#10,5617
2010#8,11110
2000#3,91721
1990#6,3958
1980#1,85131
1970#1,23646
1960#1,39933
1950#2,7679
1940#2,8688
1930#3,2878
1920#2,45513
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Yancey, counting every spelling?

Yancey has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Yancey?

About 1,200 people born in the US named Yancey are alive today, with a median age of 48; half are between 35 and 57. That makes Yancey mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Yancey by state

How common Yancey was among boys born in each state in 1969–1973, around its peak. In 48 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesLA0.03Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesAL0.04Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesTX0.02Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Yancey, boys, 1969–1973. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Yancey: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Yancey, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Yancey

How popular is the name Yancey?

Yancey was not among the names given to 5 or more boys in 2025. Its best year was 1971, when it ranked 1198th with 48 babies. More babies were named Yancey in the 1970s than in any other decade.

Is Yancey a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 34 girls and 1,503 boys.

Where was Yancey most popular?

In 1969–1973, Yancey was most common in Alabama (0.04 per 1,000 boys), followed by Louisiana and Texas.