Zannie

Last seen for girls in 1972 at #8,292 · Last seen for boys in 1961 at #4,065
Given to boys 50.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
1940 · 12 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
144
since 1912

Zannie over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201951peak #1,659, 1904peak #2,081, 1940girlsboys
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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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1972#8,2925
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1961#4,0655
1960#2,42312
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1958#3,5596
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1955#3,8865
1954#3,8275
1953#2,53110
1952#3,3736
1951#5,4145#3,3646
1950#3,6815
1949#3,6905
1948
1947#3,7335
1946#3,9947
1945#4,5565
1944#2,4679
1943#3,8017#3,2316
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1941#3,5055
1940#2,08112
1939#4,2505
1938#4,3425#3,5345
1937#2,9409
1936#2,8579
1935#3,2526
1934
1933#3,6425
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1931#3,3906
1930#4,0476
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1927#4,2866
1926#4,8515
1925#4,4266#4,1975
1924#3,14410
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1921#4,0237
1920#4,9755#2,9679
1919#4,8145
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1915#4,2745
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1913#2,03410
1912#2,6346#2,2696
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1906#1,7276
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1904#1,6596
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First appearance
1912

The first year at least five boys were named Zannie! It came in at #2,269, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1913–1919, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Zannie
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1961
Rise & fade · boys
28 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1912
  • Peaked 1940 at #2,081 (12 births)
  • Births halved by 1941, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 71,657
  • Highest: 1 in 71,657 boys born in 1912 were named Zannie (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 424,839 boys born in 1961 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #2,081 in 1940, was only 1 in 96,598 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 29.9% of all boys named Zannie (43) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1972
  • Mostly boys until 1971, mostly girls since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s6#2,269 (1912)#2,269
1920s14#2,967 (1920)#3,582
1930s22#3,252 (1935)#3,455
1940s42#2,081 (1940)#3,118
1950s43#2,531 (1953)#3,460
1960s17#2,423 (1960)#3,244

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

Zannie in 1951

girls
#5,414
5 births · 1 in 360,172 girls
boys
#3,364
6 births · 1 in 313,806 boys

Top girls' names in 1951

  1. #1Linda73,982
  2. #2Mary65,721
  3. #3Patricia56,446
  4. #4Deborah42,053
  5. #5Barbara40,617
  6. #6Susan40,228
  7. #7Nancy30,346
  8. #8Karen27,998
  9. #9Sandra27,665
  10. #10Kathleen26,716
  11. #5,414Zannie5

Top boys' names in 1951

  1. #1James87,256
  2. #2Robert86,353
  3. #3John81,569
  4. #4Michael72,807
  5. #5David64,788
  6. #6William62,781
  7. #7Richard54,541
  8. #8Thomas48,275
  9. #9Charles39,406
  10. #10Gary38,160
  11. #3,364Zannie6
More about 1951

girls

1,800,859 girls got a published name in 1951; 1 in 360,172 of them was named Zannie, which outranked 12.9% of the 6,213 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Zannie
  1. #4,833Zollie6
  2. #4,833Zonnie6
  3. #4,833Zorina6
  4. #5,414Zannie5
  5. #5,414Abelina5
  6. #5,414Adlean5
  7. #5,414Adriene5

Tied with 799 names at #5,414; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1950
Risers
  1. 345Rhona#1,333#988
  2. 307Bobbi#1,153#846
  3. 296Ricki#1,090#794
  4. 295Mindy#771#476
  5. 288Sharleen#1,053#765
Fallers
  1. 395Sharman#668#1,063
  2. 343Manuela#773#1,116
  3. 294Allie#945#1,239
  4. 253Merrie#937#1,190
  5. 252Olive#891#1,143

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

boys

1,882,837 boys got a published name in 1951; 1 in 313,806 of them was named Zannie, which outranked 20.9% of the 4,253 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Zannie
  1. #3,066Yves7
  2. #3,066Zan7
  3. #3,066Zenas7
  4. #3,364Zannie6
  5. #3,364Abie6
  6. #3,364Abundio6
  7. #3,364Acey6
  8. #3,714Abbie5
  9. #3,714Abron5
  10. #3,714Acy5

Tied with 349 names at #3,364; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1950
Risers
  1. 428Kimberly#1,139#711
  2. 372Cole#1,364#992
  3. 357Wayland#1,272#915
  4. 354Ricki#1,139#785
  5. 346Lou#1,289#943
Fallers
  1. 944Jory#960#1,904
  2. 502Samual#960#1,462
  3. 426Carlyle#918#1,344
  4. 319Shaun#899#1,218
  5. 318Tex#977#1,295

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

See the top 100 for 1951