Nance
Byrsonima crassifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Malpighiaceae, native to tropical America. Common names used in English include nance, maricao cimun, craboo, and golden spoon. In Jamaica it is called hogberry.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Nance
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Byrsonima crassifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Malpighiaceae, native to tropical America. Common names used in English include nance, maricao cimun, craboo, and golden spoon. In Jamaica it is called hogberry.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Nance
American parents first put Nance on the record books as a baby girl name in 1913, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1947, when 32 Nances were born — ranking #1,697 that year. About 29% of every Nance on record arrived during the 1950s, its defining decade. Nance last appeared in the published SSA data in 1973, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 761 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Nance
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About the name Nance
Nance is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1913 and has accumulated 761 births in the dataset. Nance's peak popularity came in 1947 when it ranked #1,697. Use the chart and map above to compare Nance'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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