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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201915peak #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.

Where Fannie is popular in 1915

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Fannie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Fannie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Fannie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #111 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 448 girlsNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Fannie, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Fannie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Fannie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Fannie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #304 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,836 girlsMNIllinois: #207 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 1,567 girlsILWisconsin: #358 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,237 girlsWIMichigan: #193 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,325 girlsMINew York: #99 for girls · 199 births · 1 in 460 girlsNYMassachusetts: #163 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 1,203 girlsMARhode Island: #143 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 755 girlsRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Fannie, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Fannie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Fannie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Fannie, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Fannie, so not publishedIAIndiana: #286 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,539 girlsINOhio: #209 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 1,630 girlsOHPennsylvania: #165 for girls · 71 births · 1 in 1,229 girlsPANew Jersey: #120 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 645 girlsNJConnecticut: #134 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 731 girlsCTCalifornia: #327 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,663 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Fannie, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Fannie, so not publishedCONebraska: #186 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,047 girlsNEMissouri: #170 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 979 girlsMOKentucky: #74 for girls · 82 births · 1 in 288 girlsKYWest Virginia: #163 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 870 girlsWVVirginia: #66 for girls · 98 births · 1 in 235 girlsVAMaryland: #120 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 631 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Fannie, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Fannie, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: #128 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 432 girlsNMKansas: #248 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,670 girlsKSArkansas: #69 for girls · 60 births · 1 in 258 girlsARTennessee: #63 for girls · 87 births · 1 in 246 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #39 for girls · 181 births · 1 in 160 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #48 for girls · 102 births · 1 in 171 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Fannie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #147 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 600 girlsOKLouisiana: #81 for girls · 60 births · 1 in 280 girlsLAMississippi: #37 for girls · 111 births · 1 in 149 girlsMSAlabama: #33 for girls · 158 births · 1 in 147 girlsALGeorgia: #40 for girls · 188 births · 1 in 154 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Fannie, so not publishedHITexas: #74 for girls · 128 births · 1 in 337 girlsTXFlorida: #65 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 221 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Alabama#33 · 1 in 147
  2. Mississippi#37 · 1 in 149
  3. North Carolina#39 · 1 in 160
  4. Georgia#40 · 1 in 154
  5. South Carolina#48 · 1 in 171

Best ever in a state: #14 in Alabama, 1911.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Alabama#331581 in 147
Mississippi#371111 in 149
North Carolina#391811 in 160
Georgia#401881 in 154
South Carolina#481021 in 171
Tennessee#63871 in 246
Florida#65381 in 221
Virginia#66981 in 235
Arkansas#69601 in 258
Kentucky#74821 in 288
Texas#741281 in 337
Louisiana#81601 in 280
New York#991991 in 460
New Hampshire#11171 in 448
Maryland#120191 in 631
New Jersey#120421 in 645
New Mexico#12861 in 432
Connecticut#134161 in 731
Rhode Island#14361 in 755
Oklahoma#147281 in 600
Massachusetts#163271 in 1,203
West Virginia#163171 in 870
Pennsylvania#165711 in 1,229
Missouri#170271 in 979
Nebraska#186101 in 1,047
Michigan#193211 in 1,325
Illinois#207341 in 1,567
Ohio#209281 in 1,630
Kansas#24881 in 1,670
Indiana#28691 in 2,539
Minnesota#30471 in 2,836
California#32771 in 2,663
Wisconsin#35851 in 4,237
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Idaho
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Montana
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Utah
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Washington
Wyoming

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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 1915

girls
#105
1,927 births · 1 in 511 girls
boys
#2,458
10 births · 1 in 84,858 boys

Top girls' names in 1915

  1. #1Mary58,187
  2. #2Helen30,866
  3. #3Dorothy25,154
  4. #4Margaret23,054
  5. #5Ruth21,878
  6. #6Mildred15,254
  7. #7Anna15,119
  8. #8Elizabeth14,103
  9. #9Frances12,786
  10. #10Evelyn11,595
  11. #105Fannie1,927

Top boys' names in 1915

  1. #1John47,576
  2. #2William38,563
  3. #3James33,773
  4. #4Robert28,737
  5. #5Joseph23,051
  6. #6George22,307
  7. #7Charles21,960
  8. #8Edward15,889
  9. #9Frank15,006
  10. #10Thomas11,490
  11. #2,458Fannie10
More about 1915

girls

983,852 girls got a published name in 1915; 1 in 511 of them was named Fannie, which outranked 97.9% of the 4,967 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Fannie
  1. #102Nancy1,987
  2. #103Carrie1,968
  3. #104Kathleen1,940
  4. #105Fannie1,927
  5. #106Sara1,913
  6. #107Hilda1,891
  7. #108Geraldine1,866
Biggest movers since 1914
Risers
  1. 500Gerda#1,444#944
  2. 451Theda#1,034#583
  3. 441Dominga#1,385#944
  4. 354Vernon#1,344#990
  5. 308Loyce#1,147#839
Fallers
  1. 383Drusilla#956#1,339
  2. 342Rossie#798#1,140
  3. 335Arlie#855#1,190
  4. 329Orene#956#1,285
  5. 329Margot#988#1,317

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

boys

848,575 boys got a published name in 1915; 1 in 84,858 of them was named Fannie, which outranked 44.0% of the 4,390 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Fannie
  1. #2,310Wilmont11
  2. #2,310Yoshito11
  3. #2,310Zeke11
  4. #2,458Fannie10
  5. #2,458Abelardo10
  6. #2,458Achilles10
  7. #2,458Ah10
  8. #2,621Ada9
  9. #2,621Alanson9
  10. #2,621Albertus9

Tied with 162 names at #2,458; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1914
Risers
  1. 691Eston#1,687#996
  2. 565Estill#1,545#980
  3. 545Garth#1,260#715
  4. 474Hiroshi#1,342#868
  5. 439Domingo#1,101#662
Fallers
  1. 674Gilmore#986#1,660
  2. 667Barnett#933#1,600
  3. 526Rose#884#1,410
  4. 517Toivo#855#1,372
  5. 461Sampson#949#1,410

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

See the top 100 for 1915