NANCY is ranked as the 29th most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 1,335,833.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 418.94 people named NANCY for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 99% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named NANCY is 776,881.
The SSA data also shows that NANCY is used as a girl's name 100% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
NANCY is
78.2% White,
7.1% Hispanic origin,
10.4% Black,
2.3% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.4% Two or More Races,
and 0.6% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name NANCY have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name NANCY is included in the following name categories:
English feminine given name
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
Common Swedish feminine given name - SCB Data
US feminine baby name - Social Security Administration
English surname
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name NANCY
The state with the most people named
NANCY is
California where
160,964 people have this name.
Wisconsin is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named NANCY, as
570.85 in every 100,000
Wisconsinites
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
California.
Wisconsin is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
District of Columbia
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name NANCY
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
48,216
374.33
99.9%
Indiana
24,980
378.66
99.9%
Iowa
14,969
481.77
99.9%
Kansas
10,211
351.61
99.7%
Michigan
52,875
533.55
100.0%
Minnesota
30,637
561.41
99.9%
Missouri
6,422
214.48
99.6%
Nebraska
6,288
334.18
99.5%
North Dakota
1,850
250.11
98.6%
Ohio
47,706
411.47
99.9%
South Dakota
2,821
330.63
99.1%
Wisconsin
32,867
570.85
99.9%
West States
State stats for the first name NANCY
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
2,357
319.97
99.0%
Arizona
26,753
397.43
99.9%
California
160,964
414.83
100.0%
Colorado
20,151
376.25
99.8%
Hawaii
3,715
261.68
99.8%
Idaho
5,302
324.36
99.5%
Montana
3,687
360.2
99.4%
Nevada
9,226
324.97
99.8%
New Mexico
7,437
356.57
99.7%
Oregon
16,760
422.15
99.9%
Utah
6,542
222.31
99.5%
Washington
32,878
465.59
100.0%
Wyoming
1,996
341.61
99.1%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name NANCY
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have NANCY as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named NANCY.
The most popular full name is NANCY Smith.
0.79% of all the people named NANCY
have this family name.
There are 75316 last
names associated with this first name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name NANCY