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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201917peak #47, 1885girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
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 1917

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Fannie, so not publishedAKMaine: #178 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 865 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Fannie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Fannie, so not publishedNHWashington: 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: #285 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,398 girlsMNIllinois: #219 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 1,820 girlsILWisconsin: #295 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,911 girlsWIMichigan: #200 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 1,424 girlsMINew York: #114 for girls · 177 births · 1 in 549 girlsNYMassachusetts: #201 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,759 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Fannie, so not publishedRIOregon: 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: #237 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,719 girlsIAIndiana: #283 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,698 girlsINOhio: #167 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 1,127 girlsOHPennsylvania: #183 for girls · 68 births · 1 in 1,374 girlsPANew Jersey: #138 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 747 girlsNJConnecticut: #145 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 849 girlsCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Fannie, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Fannie, so not publishedUTColorado: #238 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,468 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Fannie, so not publishedNEMissouri: #212 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,360 girlsMOKentucky: #85 for girls · 76 births · 1 in 326 girlsKYWest Virginia: #145 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 701 girlsWVVirginia: #68 for girls · 97 births · 1 in 258 girlsVAMaryland: #122 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 670 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Fannie, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Fannie, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: #178 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 639 girlsNMKansas: #315 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,494 girlsKSArkansas: #76 for girls · 63 births · 1 in 286 girlsARTennessee: #54 for girls · 113 births · 1 in 216 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #53 for girls · 160 births · 1 in 197 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #63 for girls · 94 births · 1 in 208 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Fannie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #133 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 550 girlsOKLouisiana: #95 for girls · 55 births · 1 in 341 girlsLAMississippi: #29 for girls · 135 births · 1 in 130 girlsMSAlabama: #30 for girls · 187 births · 1 in 133 girlsALGeorgia: #40 for girls · 208 births · 1 in 150 girlsGAHawaii: #153 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 531 girlsHITexas: #87 for girls · 125 births · 1 in 378 girlsTXFlorida: #116 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 469 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Mississippi#29 · 1 in 130
  2. Alabama#30 · 1 in 133
  3. Georgia#40 · 1 in 150
  4. North Carolina#53 · 1 in 197
  5. Tennessee#54 · 1 in 216

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#291351 in 130
Alabama#301871 in 133
Georgia#402081 in 150
North Carolina#531601 in 197
Tennessee#541131 in 216
South Carolina#63941 in 208
Virginia#68971 in 258
Arkansas#76631 in 286
Kentucky#85761 in 326
Texas#871251 in 378
Louisiana#95551 in 341
New York#1141771 in 549
Florida#116191 in 469
Maryland#122191 in 670
Oklahoma#133361 in 550
New Jersey#138401 in 747
Connecticut#145171 in 849
West Virginia#145231 in 701
Hawaii#15351 in 531
Ohio#167451 in 1,127
Maine#17871 in 865
New Mexico#17851 in 639
Pennsylvania#183681 in 1,374
Michigan#200241 in 1,424
Massachusetts#201201 in 1,759
Missouri#212211 in 1,360
Illinois#219321 in 1,820
Iowa#237121 in 1,719
Colorado#23851 in 1,468
Indiana#28391 in 2,698
Minnesota#28591 in 2,398
Wisconsin#29581 in 2,911
Kansas#31561 in 2,494
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Oregon
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South Dakota
Utah
Vermont
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 1917

girls
#115
1,961 births · 1 in 551 girls
boys
#2,956
8 births · 1 in 115,685 boys

Top girls' names in 1917

  1. #1Mary64,280
  2. #2Helen34,251
  3. #3Dorothy28,852
  4. #4Margaret25,560
  5. #5Ruth23,568
  6. #6Mildred16,256
  7. #7Anna15,160
  8. #8Elizabeth15,131
  9. #9Frances14,363
  10. #10Virginia14,261
  11. #115Fannie1,961

Top boys' names in 1917

  1. #1John51,852
  2. #2William42,422
  3. #3James37,337
  4. #4Robert35,220
  5. #5Joseph24,761
  6. #6George24,196
  7. #7Charles24,143
  8. #8Edward17,501
  9. #9Frank15,768
  10. #10Thomas12,611
  11. #2,956Fannie8
More about 1917

girls

1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 551 of them was named Fannie, which outranked 97.8% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Fannie
  1. #112Hilda2,006
  2. #113Geneva1,997
  3. #114Loretta1,970
  4. #115Fannie1,961
  5. #115Lorraine1,961
  6. #117Audrey1,906
  7. #118Hattie1,858
  8. #119Ada1,853

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1916
Risers
  1. 549Georgene#1,445#896
  2. 380Ottie#1,332#952
  3. 365Louis#1,298#933
  4. 334Valentine#1,298#964
  5. 322Harold#1,210#888
Fallers
  1. 401Ceola#840#1,241
  2. 373Floretta#964#1,337
  3. 344Buelah#993#1,337
  4. 326Glennie#915#1,241
  5. 290Maye#915#1,205

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

boys

925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 115,685 of them was named Fannie, which outranked 35.8% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Fannie
  1. #2,732Yoshimi9
  2. #2,732Zigmont9
  3. #2,732Zigmunt9
  4. #2,956Fannie8
  5. #2,956Able8
  6. #2,956Adalbert8
  7. #2,956Addis8
  8. #3,217Abelino7
  9. #3,217Ac7
  10. #3,217Achilles7

Tied with 260 names at #2,956; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1916
Risers
  1. 520Nicolas#1,304#784
  2. 469Hezekiah#1,415#946
  3. 433Hilliard#1,415#982
  4. 404Rayford#1,304#900
  5. 338Minoru#1,335#997
Fallers
  1. 1,738Tatsuo#824#2,562
  2. 709Berlin#984#1,693
  3. 556Prentice#972#1,528
  4. 473Manning#964#1,437
  5. 457Lovell#939#1,396

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

See the top 100 for 1917