# Nanci (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/nanci/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,474 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 6,474 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 107, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 59 | 2,591 |
| 2002 | 49 | 3,002 |
| 2003 | 47 | 3,168 |
| 2004 | 41 | 3,605 |
| 2005 | 40 | 3,705 |
| 2006 | 32 | 4,546 |
| 2007 | 39 | 4,036 |
| 2008 | 21 | 6,500 |
| 2009 | 14 | 8,762 |
| 2010 | 19 | 6,825 |
| 2011 | 17 | 7,336 |
| 2012 | 9 | 11,953 |
| 2013 | 7 | 14,190 |
| 2014 | 8 | 12,741 |
| 2022 | 5 | 17,028 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 10 | 2,432 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,969 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4,739 |
| 2014 | 6 | 3,514 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2016 | 5 | 4,096 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2,502 |
| 2018 | 7 | 3,178 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,643 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4,535 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,961 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,673 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,598 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4,201 |

## People named Nanci

- Nanci Griffith, American singer-songwriter (1953-2021)

## 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.