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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201918peak #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 1918

girls
#119
2,014 births · 1 in 575 girls
boys
#2,260
13 births · 1 in 77,960 boys

Top girls' names in 1918

  1. #1Mary67,365
  2. #2Helen36,148
  3. #3Dorothy32,030
  4. #4Margaret27,139
  5. #5Ruth25,535
  6. #6Mildred17,258
  7. #7Virginia16,421
  8. #8Frances16,132
  9. #9Elizabeth15,853
  10. #10Anna15,666
  11. #119Fannie2,014

Top boys' names in 1918

  1. #1John56,558
  2. #2William45,291
  3. #3James42,115
  4. #4Robert40,619
  5. #5Charles26,921
  6. #6George26,318
  7. #7Joseph26,261
  8. #8Edward19,489
  9. #9Frank17,018
  10. #10Thomas13,910
  11. #2,260Fannie13
More about 1918

girls

1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 575 of them was named Fannie, which outranked 97.9% of the 5,585 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. #116Loretta2,051
  2. #117Rosa2,034
  3. #118Audrey2,022
  4. #119Fannie2,014
  5. #119Christine2,014
  6. #121Hattie1,999
  7. #122Alberta1,988
  8. #123Ada1,943

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

Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. 547Jesse#1,507#960
  2. 494Liberty#1,079#585
  3. 389Marilynn#1,337#948
  4. 312Margueritte#1,281#969
  5. 306Syble#807#501
Fallers
  1. 447Valentine#964#1,411
  2. 428Ottie#952#1,380
  3. 354Delora#923#1,277
  4. 318Georgene#896#1,214
  5. 299Clifford#904#1,203

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

boys

1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 77,960 of them was named Fannie, which outranked 53.0% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Fannie
  1. #2,165Walden14
  2. #2,165Ygnacio14
  3. #2,165Ysidro14
  4. #2,260Fannie13
  5. #2,260Admiral13
  6. #2,260Aldrich13
  7. #2,260Alexis13
  8. #2,398Able12
  9. #2,398Agnes12
  10. #2,398Alban12

Tied with 137 names at #2,260; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. 600Quinton#1,092#492
  2. 542Pershing#876#334
  3. 480Quentin#723#243
  4. 440Issac#1,264#824
  5. 339Furman#1,092#753
Fallers
  1. 473Bernhard#900#1,373
  2. 424Edson#919#1,343
  3. 394Gasper#919#1,313
  4. 352Berton#934#1,286
  5. 346Ishmael#997#1,343

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

See the top 100 for 1918