Clancey
Clancey is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:George Clancey (1881–1921), American actor Julia Clancey, London-based fashion designer Margaret Clancey (1897–1989), American film editor Phillip Clancey (1917–2001), British-South African ornithologist William Clancey, American computer scientist
Meaning & Origin of Clancey
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Clancey is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:George Clancey (1881–1921), American actor Julia Clancey, London-based fashion designer Margaret Clancey (1897–1989), American film editor Phillip Clancey (1917–2001), British-South African ornithologist William Clancey, American computer scientist
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The Story of Clancey
As a girl name
Clancey first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1975, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1991: 7 births, good for #10,271 nationwide. About 30% of every Clancey on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Clancey last appeared in the published SSA data in 2003, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 23 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Clancey on the record books as a boy name in 1983, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1995, when 11 Clanceys were born — ranking #5,124 that year. About 55% of every Clancey on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Clancey last appeared in the published SSA data in 2013, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 71 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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About the name Clancey
Clancey is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1983 and has accumulated 71 births in the dataset. Clancey's peak popularity came in 1995 when it ranked #5,124. Use the chart and map above to compare Clancey's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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