Fanny

#6,325 for girls in 2025, 18 births

Peak · girls
#182
1880 · 67 births
Debut · girls
1880
67 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
9,654
since 1880

Fanny over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Fanny has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201890peak #182, 1880girls
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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
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#6,32518
2024#5,14825
2023#6,16919
2022#4,90727
2021#5,39823
2020#9,54610
2019#6,17619
2018#7,10016
2017#6,28719
2016#4,73429
2015#3,21151
2014#4,54431
2013#7,03117
2012#5,11427
2011#4,68130
2010#5,41425
2009#3,61944
2008#3,31650
2007#3,98339
2006#4,26534
2005#4,70428
2004#3,56641
2003#3,47241
2002#3,59537
2001#2,80852
2000#3,88632
1999#3,09942
1998#2,92944
1997#2,93441
1996#3,02839
1995#2,48651
1994#2,25558
1993#1,85477
1992#1,85576
1991#1,95871
1990#1,98968
1989#1,99863
1988#1,98660
1987#2,23648
1986#2,72435
1985#2,39841
1984#2,34041
1983#2,51636
1982#2,25044
1981#2,34242
1980#2,39140
1979#2,11247
1978#2,57233
1977#2,71530
1976#2,29236
1975#2,09741
1974#2,06640
1973#1,73251
1972#2,27633
1971#2,29634
1970#2,57728
1969#2,91721
1968#2,16431
1967#3,34015
1966#2,93718
1965#2,29327
1964#2,19530
1963#2,21129
1962#2,16330
1961#2,29927
1960#2,19628
1959#2,10829
1958#2,16727
1957#1,92832
1956#1,93131
1955#1,80334
1954#1,83632
1953#1,87229
1952#1,93427
1951#1,80529
1950#1,49538
1949#1,46939
1948#1,66931
1947#1,54537
1946#1,77126
1945#1,17545
1944#1,34036
1943#1,14350
1942#1,19544
1941#1,18440
1940#1,21836
1939#99650
1938#87564
1937#1,08543
1936#97949
1935#71588
1934#70091
1933#73680
1932#70393
1931#638109
1930#622124
1929#582139
1928#579149
1927#549166
1926#554163
1925#513188
1924#560167
1923#533177
1922#499194
1921#544170
1920#453222
1919#485190
1918#469202
1917#444209
1916#404241
1915#410211
1914#409167
1913#443124
1912#438116
1911#402100
1910#390102
1909#41079
1908#38886
1907#343103
1906#40571
1905#40171
1904#40365
1903#35579
1902#38168
1901#38060
1900#36386
1899#34873
1898#35278
1897#33278
1896#276108
1895#29494
1894#29090
1893#30779
1892#27892
1891#26784
1890#27284
1889#25187
1888#26775
1887#22883
1886#22481
1885#21285
1884#23466
1883#21468
1882#24749
1881#20155
1880#18267
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Fanny was already there! It came in at #182, and was given to 67 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 2020, when fewer than 11 girls a year got the name.

Where Fanny is popular in 1890

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Fanny
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 1,177 spots since 2024 (#5,148 → #6,325)
  • 3,221 spots since 2020 (#9,546 → #6,325)
  • 3,114 spots since 2015 (#3,211 → #6,325)
  • Biggest jump: 210 spots in 1938 (#1,085 → #875)
  • Biggest drop: 264 spots in 1936 (#715 → #979)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #182 (67 births)
  • Births halved by 1946, 66 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 59 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 59 yrs · run 1880–1936
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,358
  • Highest: 1 in 1,358 girls born in 1880 were named Fanny (0.07%)
  • Latest: 1 in 89,293 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 18.0% of all girls named Fanny (1,735) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s716#182 (1880)#226
1890s860#267 (1891)#302
1900s768#343 (1907)#383
1910s1,662#390 (1910)#429
1920s1,735#453 (1920)#537
1930s791#622 (1930)#805
1940s384#1,143 (1943)#1,371
1950s308#1,495 (1950)#1,888
1960s256#2,163 (1962)#2,472
1970s373#1,732 (1973)#2,274
1980s450#1,986 (1988)#2,318
1990s567#1,854 (1993)#2,439
2000s398#2,808 (2001)#3,721
2010s264#3,211 (2015)#5,429
2020s122#4,907 (2022)#6,249

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.

Fanny in 1890

girls
#272
84 births · 1 in 2,266 girls

Top girls' names in 1890

  1. #1Mary12,078
  2. #2Anna5,233
  3. #3Elizabeth3,112
  4. #4Margaret3,100
  5. #5Emma2,980
  6. #6Florence2,744
  7. #7Ethel2,718
  8. #8Minnie2,650
  9. #9Clara2,496
  10. #10Bertha2,388
  11. #272Fanny84
More about 1890

girls

190,377 girls got a published name in 1890; 1 in 2,266 of them was named Fanny, which outranked 82.3% of the 1,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Fanny
  1. #269Dovie86
  2. #270Audrey85
  3. #270Olivia85
  4. #272Fanny84
  5. #273Eugenia83
  6. #273Linnie83
  7. #273Miriam83
Biggest movers since 1889
Risers
  1. ↑ 612Electa#1,279 → #667
  2. ↑ 586Lular#1,279 → #693
  3. ↑ 548Alvena#1,147 → #599
  4. ↑ 521Prudie#1,279 → #758
  5. ↑ 505Tempie#1,147 → #642
Fallers
  1. ↓ 581Lella#757 → #1,338
  2. ↓ 581Vira#757 → #1,338
  3. ↓ 553Buena#657 → #1,210
  4. ↓ 536Roxana#802 → #1,338
  5. ↓ 499Fleda#839 → #1,338

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

See the top 100 for 1890 →