Yancey is a boy name with a rare feel, drawn from real birth records. Below you'll find how many babies have been named Yancey across the United States, UK, Ireland and New Zealand, how popular Yancey has been over the decades, and the year it peaked.
| Country | Births on record |
|---|---|
| United States since 1880 | 1,537 births |
Counts come from official national birth-registration statistics: U.S. Social Security Administration, England & Wales (Office for National Statistics), Scotland (National Records of Scotland), Northern Ireland (NISRA), Ireland (Central Statistics Office) and New Zealand (Dept. of Internal Affairs). Coverage spans differ, so totals aren't directly comparable across countries.
Babies named Yancey per year, United States (1894 to 2020). United States peaked in 1971 (48/yr).
Yancey is an uncommon baby name in the United States. It was most common in 1971, when it ranked #2,934 nationally (given to 48 babies that year).
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