girl's name

Nancylou

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 8
  • Births on record 29

Nancylou is a girl's name. In 1941 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1934, when 8 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1934.

Nancylou over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1930s to 1940s. The striped bar is the 1940s, still in progress — it covers 1940 to 1941, not a full ten years.

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Births named Nancylou by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1930s 8
1940s (to 1941) 11

How popular is Nancylou?

In 1941, Nancylou was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Nancylou is used

United States #4,798 5 in 1941
England & Wales as Nancy-Lou #4,957 4 in 2018

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

How Nancylou is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Nancy-Lou Nancy-Lou is Nancylou written with a hyphen, used in England and Wales, where it ranks #4,957. 10

Names that peaked alongside Nancylou

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Nancylou also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Nancylou over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Nancylou

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Nancylou — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Nancylou

How popular is the name Nancylou?

In 1941, Nancylou was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Nancylou a girl's or a boy's name?

Nancylou is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Nancylou most popular?

Nancylou peaked in 1934, when 8 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.