Girl
Nancy
Nancy is a girl's name meaning "Grace", drawing on Hebrew roots. It belongs mostly to the 1950s at this point. These days, it is one of the most familiar names around. The registry counts around 994,811 U.S. births under this name going back to 1900.
HebrewGrace
HebrewDiminutive of Ann
Births by decade
1900s
5,738
1910s
17,339
1920s
43,958
1930s
143,037
1940s
252,622
1950s
287,320
1960s
143,121
1970s
42,070
1980s
25,739
1990s
19,628
2000s
10,955
2010s
3,284
Peaked in the 1950s · 994,811 total U.S. births since 1900