How Many People Are Named Fancy?
people named Fancy are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 613,617 people in the US has this name
Based on 573 babies named Fancy in Social Security records from 1952 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
36 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the English word fancy which means either "like, love, inclination" or "ornamental". It is derived from Middle English fantasie, which comes (via Norman French and Latin) from Greek φαινω (phaino) "to show, to appear".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Fancy in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Fancy alive today is about 26 years old, and 59% are under 30. Half of them were between 13 and 34 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Fancy first appears in the records in 1952 and was given most often in 1991, to 36 babies. In 2025, 11 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1952 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Fancy has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #3,107, in 1991. In 2025 it ranked #9,047.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #9,047 |
| Best rank | #3,107 (1991) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #5,872 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Fancy alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Fancy were born in California than in any other state: about 12 of those alive today.
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