Fancy
Fancy is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Fancy
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Fancy is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Fancy
The earliest SSA record of Fancy as a baby girl name dates back to 1952, when 7 babies received it. 1991 was its biggest year on record, with 36 newborns named Fancy — #3,097 in the national rankings. About 28% of every Fancy on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Fancy last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 14 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 562 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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About the name Fancy
Fancy is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1952 and has accumulated 562 births in the dataset. Fancy's peak popularity came in 1991 when it ranked #3,097. Use the chart and map above to compare Fancy'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.