Fannie

#3,342 for girls in 2025, 46 births · Last seen for boys in 1946 at #3,525
Given to girls 99.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1885 · 783 births
Debut · girls
560 births
In top 100 · girls
35 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
85,580
since 1880

Fannie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201899peak #47, 1885girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#3,34246
2024#3,57543
2023#3,09153
2022#2,68964
2021#2,84859
2020#2,52368
2019#2,92356
2018#2,78261
2017#3,19250
2016#3,22950
2015#3,12953
2014#3,48645
2013#3,31448
2012#3,85440
2011#3,35048
2010#3,51645
2009#3,16153
2008#3,15853
2007#3,09656
2006#3,22451
2005#2,82758
2004#2,58964
2003#3,23245
2002#2,70956
2001#2,51261
2000#2,45762
1999#2,50157
1998#2,27962
1997#2,17463
1996#2,76044
1995#2,12563
1994#2,32356
1993#2,01269
1992#2,38654
1991#2,18960
1990#2,25856
1989#1,78775
1988#1,86366
1987#1,89960
1986#1,91058
1985#1,97555
1984#1,65766
1983#1,81758
1982#1,78661
1981#1,71466
1980#1,64470
1979#1,47181
1978#1,59867
1977#1,28392
1976#1,30783
1975#1,27887
1974#1,34578
1973#1,31277
1972#1,14695
1971#1,093110
1970#1,16899
1969#1,10999
1968#1,09095
1967#926122
1966#890127
1965#858136
1964#824162
1963#722201
1962#798171
1961#724206
1960#667232
1959#628251
1958#623247
1957#556297
1956#523319
1955#490344
1954#453378
1953#413434
1952#416415
1951#384452
1950#336533
1949#334542
1948#329570
1947#321595
1946#297603#3,5255
1945#288586
1944#272643#3,1096
1943#268692
1942#247767#2,38610
1941#239723#3,1336
1940#221750#2,4789
1939#227737#2,8297
1938#211804#2,8687
1937#200849#2,6808
1936#205816#2,30110
1935#198870#2,7198
1934#185955#2,7428
1933#1741,025#2,5429
1932#1641,177#2,46510
1931#1691,094#2,6519
1930#1661,225#2,29312
1929#1691,199#3,2477
1928#1611,361#2,27013
1927#1601,446#2,19314
1926#1531,572#2,72510
1925#1511,656#4,1975
1924#1521,708#2,64111
1923#1421,776#2,61411
1922#1351,867#3,0149
1921#1351,892#3,8696
1920#1271,979#3,4897
1919#1211,981#3,1158
1918#1192,014#2,26013
1917#1151,961#2,9568
1916#1161,883#2,15213
1915#1051,927#2,45810
1914#991,617#2,6517
1913#911,488
1912#871,425#1,7469
1911#881,100#1,3877
1910#781,237#1,1938
1909#791,071#1,2776
1908#761,085
1907#741,089
1906#76955
1905#681,085
1904#73964
1903#641,016#1,0096
1902#72971#65112
1901#72873
1900#621,237#1,3105
1899#68886#61311
1898#611,085
1897#66956#1,0575
1896#651,001
1895#621,012
1894#631,003#1,0745
1893#611,003
1892#571,031
1891#57916
1890#521,005
1889#53909#7897
1888#50991#8157
1887#52798
1886#48837
1885#47783
1884#50738#9715
1883#47696
1882#47650
1881#47565
1880#49560
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Fannie was already there! It came in at #49, and was given to 560 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2005–2017, when fewer than 59 girls a year got the name.

See more about Fannie
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 233 spots since 2024 (#3,575#3,342)
  • 819 spots since 2020 (#2,523#3,342)
  • 213 spots since 2015 (#3,129#3,342)
  • Biggest jump: 76 spots in 1963 (#798#722)
  • Biggest drop: 164 spots in 1968 (#926#1,090)
Rise & fade · girls
5 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1885 at #47 (783 births)
  • Births halved by 1954, 69 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 35 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 35 yrs · run 1880–1914
  • Top 1,000: 88 yrs · run 1880–1967
Share of babies · girls
1 in 161
  • Highest: 1 in 161 girls born in 1883 were named Fannie (0.62%)
  • Latest: 1 in 34,941 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #47 in 1885, was only 1 in 170 (0.59%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 19.4% of all girls named Fannie (16,633) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s7,527#47 (1885)#49
1890s9,898#52 (1890)#61
1900s10,346#62 (1900)#72
1910s16,633#78 (1910)#102
1920s16,456#127 (1920)#149
1930s9,552#164 (1932)#190
1940s6,471#221 (1940)#282
1950s3,670#336 (1950)#482
1960s1,551#667 (1960)#861
1970s869#1,093 (1971)#1,300
1980s635#1,644 (1980)#1,805
1990s584#2,012 (1993)#2,301
2000s559#2,457 (2000)#2,897
2010s496#2,782 (2018)#3,278
2020s333#2,523 (2020)#3,011

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Fannie in 1899

girls
#68
886 births · 1 in 263 girls
boys
#613
11 births · 1 in 9,656 boys

Top girls' names in 1899

  1. #1Mary13,172
  2. #2Anna5,115
  3. #3Helen5,048
  4. #4Margaret4,249
  5. #5Ruth3,912
  6. #6Florence3,314
  7. #7Elizabeth3,287
  8. #8Marie3,156
  9. #9Ethel2,999
  10. #10Lillian2,703
  11. #68Fannie886

Top boys' names in 1899

  1. #1John6,990
  2. #2William6,086
  3. #3James4,597
  4. #4George4,018
  5. #5Charles3,147
  6. #6Joseph2,679
  7. #7Robert2,609
  8. #8Frank2,550
  9. #9Edward1,901
  10. #10Henry1,831
  11. #613Fannie11
More about 1899

girls

233,022 girls got a published name in 1899; 1 in 263 of them was named Fannie, which outranked 96.3% of the 1,842 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Fannie
  1. #65Katherine942
  2. #66Maude908
  3. #67Lula894
  4. #68Fannie886
  5. #69Vera864
  6. #70Maggie814
  7. #71Lucille812
Biggest movers since 1898
Risers
  1. 972Tula#1,700#728
  2. 865Josefina#1,700#835
  3. 822Lempi#1,700#878
  4. 822Villa#1,700#878
  5. 774Fae#1,502#728
Fallers
  1. 946Rosia#650#1,596
  2. 710Lelar#886#1,596
  3. 676Tinnie#920#1,596
  4. 676Tracy#920#1,596
  5. 633Alena#963#1,596

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

106,211 boys got a published name in 1899; 1 in 9,656 of them was named Fannie, which outranked 48.9% of the 1,200 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Fannie
  1. #583Wash12
  2. #583Watson12
  3. #583Webster12
  4. #613Fannie11
  5. #613Adolphus11
  6. #613Alfonso11
  7. #613Alphonso11
  8. #661Adelbert10
  9. #661Alvah10
  10. #661Arvid10

Tied with 47 names at #613; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1898
Risers
  1. 640Rogers#1,121#481
  2. 600Edna#1,121#521
  3. 545Giles#1,002#457
  4. 508Sarah#1,121#613
  5. 461Thaddeus#885#424
Fallers
  1. 566Jason#485#1,051
  2. 564Fitzhugh#364#928
  3. 508Oran#543#1,051
  4. 493Wilber#435#928
  5. 443Hosea#485#928

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1899