# Clancy (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/clancy/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “descendant of a person named red warrior”, “blood-red” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈklænsi/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Clancey, Glancey, Glancy |
| US babies named this | 2,010 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,425 / 585 (29% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 15, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Fhlannchaidh (“descendant of a person named Red Warrior”), from flann (“blood-red”).

## What it means

Clancy is grouped under warrior.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13 | 8,736 |
| 2012 | 5 | 17,462 |
| 2013 | 9 | 11,217 |
| 2014 | 8 | 12,193 |
| 2015 | 8 | 12,087 |
| 2016 | 13 | 8,496 |
| 2017 | 12 | 8,917 |
| 2018 | 11 | 9,302 |
| 2019 | 10 | 9,889 |
| 2020 | 12 | 8,511 |
| 2021 | 9 | 10,464 |
| 2022 | 15 | 7,357 |
| 2023 | 12 | 8,594 |
| 2024 | 13 | 8,061 |
| 2025 | 12 | 8,476 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 15 | 5,718 |
| 2012 | 17 | 5,290 |
| 2013 | 19 | 4,831 |
| 2014 | 31 | 3,468 |
| 2015 | 25 | 4,098 |
| 2016 | 15 | 5,838 |
| 2017 | 28 | 3,791 |
| 2018 | 20 | 4,777 |
| 2019 | 26 | 4,025 |
| 2020 | 22 | 4,448 |
| 2021 | 29 | 3,754 |
| 2022 | 21 | 4,734 |
| 2023 | 34 | 3,432 |
| 2024 | 37 | 3,228 |
| 2025 | 31 | 3,592 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2019 | 5 | 4,001 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,867 |

## People named Clancy

- Clancy Brown, American actor (born 1959)
- Clancy Cooper, American actor (1906-1975)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.