Meaning and history
Fancy is an English name derived from the word fancy, meaning either “like, love, inclination” or “ornamental.” The word comes from Middle English fantasie, which entered through Norman French and Latin from Greek φαίνω (phaino), meaning “to show” or “to appear.”
20062006: 22 births, rank #5,906
2007: 20 births, rank #6,552
2008: 15 births, rank #8,109
2009: 11 births, rank #9,975
2010: 6 births, rank #14,959
20112011: 16 births, rank #7,436
2012: 15 births, rank #7,804
2013: 5 births, rank #16,547
2014: 12 births, rank #8,966
2015: 12 births, rank #8,931
20162016: 8 births, rank #11,781
2017: 12 births, rank #8,776
2018: 11 births, rank #9,151
2019: 11 births, rank #9,112
2020: 6 births, rank #13,453
20212021: 10 births, rank #9,562
2022: 9 births, rank #10,383
2023: 10 births, rank #9,616
2024: 14 births, rank #7,594
20252025: 11 births, rank #8,860
In 2025, 11 babies were recorded with the name Fancy, ranking #8,860 among girls.