Given name

Nansy

Nansy is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Nansy isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1991. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Nansy through the years

Babies since 1880
11
0 boys · 11 girls
Most popular year
2002
6 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Nansy in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1991–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2002. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 148 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

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Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

People named Nansy

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

Similar names

If you love Nansy, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Narali

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Nachaly

Nachaly is a feminine given name.

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

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Natasa

“born on Christmas Day”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Mckensi

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Natailia

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Nashai

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Nakiah

“one who is pure; chaste”

0Not recently recordedEasing

>99% girls

Modern

Naiome

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Nansy’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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