Nancy

English diminutive of Ann or Agnes, Hebrew or Greek, "grace or pure"

There are so many famous Nancys—Nancy Sinatra, Nancy Drew, Nancy Pelosi, just to name a few—but it’s one of our favorite Nancy’s birthday on December 8: the It’s Complicated filmmaker Nancy Meyers. Though the name Nancy has since fallen out of fashion, it ranked in the US Top 10 for two decades straight, from the mid-1930s through the mid fifties, making it one of the quintessential midcentury names. Nancy might be due for a comeback—it’s a cool vintage name that was one of the fastest rising girl names of 2024 in the US and makes the British Top 100.