Fanny
#6,325 for girls in 2025, 18 births
- Peak · girls
- 1880 · 67 births
- Debut · girls
- 67 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 9,654since 1880
Fanny over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Fanny has never cracked the top 100 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,325 | 18 |
| 2024 | #5,148 | 25 |
| 2023 | #6,169 | 19 |
| 2022 | #4,907 | 27 |
| 2021 | #5,398 | 23 |
| 2020 | #9,546 | 10 |
| 2019 | #6,176 | 19 |
| 2018 | #7,100 | 16 |
| 2017 | #6,287 | 19 |
| 2016 | #4,734 | 29 |
| 2015 | #3,211 | 51 |
| 2014 | #4,544 | 31 |
| 2013 | #7,031 | 17 |
| 2012 | #5,114 | 27 |
| 2011 | #4,681 | 30 |
| 2010 | #5,414 | 25 |
| 2009 | #3,619 | 44 |
| 2008 | #3,316 | 50 |
| 2007 | #3,983 | 39 |
| 2006 | #4,265 | 34 |
| 2005 | #4,704 | 28 |
| 2004 | #3,566 | 41 |
| 2003 | #3,472 | 41 |
| 2002 | #3,595 | 37 |
| 2001 | #2,808 | 52 |
| 2000 | #3,886 | 32 |
| 1999 | #3,099 | 42 |
| 1998 | #2,929 | 44 |
| 1997 | #2,934 | 41 |
| 1996 | #3,028 | 39 |
| 1995 | #2,486 | 51 |
| 1994 | #2,255 | 58 |
| 1993 | #1,854 | 77 |
| 1992 | #1,855 | 76 |
| 1991 | #1,958 | 71 |
| 1990 | #1,989 | 68 |
| 1989 | #1,998 | 63 |
| 1988 | #1,986 | 60 |
| 1987 | #2,236 | 48 |
| 1986 | #2,724 | 35 |
| 1985 | #2,398 | 41 |
| 1984 | #2,340 | 41 |
| 1983 | #2,516 | 36 |
| 1982 | #2,250 | 44 |
| 1981 | #2,342 | 42 |
| 1980 | #2,391 | 40 |
| 1979 | #2,112 | 47 |
| 1978 | #2,572 | 33 |
| 1977 | #2,715 | 30 |
| 1976 | #2,292 | 36 |
| 1975 | #2,097 | 41 |
| 1974 | #2,066 | 40 |
| 1973 | #1,732 | 51 |
| 1972 | #2,276 | 33 |
| 1971 | #2,296 | 34 |
| 1970 | #2,577 | 28 |
| 1969 | #2,917 | 21 |
| 1968 | #2,164 | 31 |
| 1967 | #3,340 | 15 |
| 1966 | #2,937 | 18 |
| 1965 | #2,293 | 27 |
| 1964 | #2,195 | 30 |
| 1963 | #2,211 | 29 |
| 1962 | #2,163 | 30 |
| 1961 | #2,299 | 27 |
| 1960 | #2,196 | 28 |
| 1959 | #2,108 | 29 |
| 1958 | #2,167 | 27 |
| 1957 | #1,928 | 32 |
| 1956 | #1,931 | 31 |
| 1955 | #1,803 | 34 |
| 1954 | #1,836 | 32 |
| 1953 | #1,872 | 29 |
| 1952 | #1,934 | 27 |
| 1951 | #1,805 | 29 |
| 1950 | #1,495 | 38 |
| 1949 | #1,469 | 39 |
| 1948 | #1,669 | 31 |
| 1947 | #1,545 | 37 |
| 1946 | #1,771 | 26 |
| 1945 | #1,175 | 45 |
| 1944 | #1,340 | 36 |
| 1943 | #1,143 | 50 |
| 1942 | #1,195 | 44 |
| 1941 | #1,184 | 40 |
| 1940 | #1,218 | 36 |
| 1939 | #996 | 50 |
| 1938 | #875 | 64 |
| 1937 | #1,085 | 43 |
| 1936 | #979 | 49 |
| 1935 | #715 | 88 |
| 1934 | #700 | 91 |
| 1933 | #736 | 80 |
| 1932 | #703 | 93 |
| 1931 | #638 | 109 |
| 1930 | #622 | 124 |
| 1929 | #582 | 139 |
| 1928 | #579 | 149 |
| 1927 | #549 | 166 |
| 1926 | #554 | 163 |
| 1925 | #513 | 188 |
| 1924 | #560 | 167 |
| 1923 | #533 | 177 |
| 1922 | #499 | 194 |
| 1921 | #544 | 170 |
| 1920 | #453 | 222 |
| 1919 | #485 | 190 |
| 1918 | #469 | 202 |
| 1917 | #444 | 209 |
| 1916 | #404 | 241 |
| 1915 | #410 | 211 |
| 1914 | #409 | 167 |
| 1913 | #443 | 124 |
| 1912 | #438 | 116 |
| 1911 | #402 | 100 |
| 1910 | #390 | 102 |
| 1909 | #410 | 79 |
| 1908 | #388 | 86 |
| 1907 | #343 | 103 |
| 1906 | #405 | 71 |
| 1905 | #401 | 71 |
| 1904 | #403 | 65 |
| 1903 | #355 | 79 |
| 1902 | #381 | 68 |
| 1901 | #380 | 60 |
| 1900 | #363 | 86 |
| 1899 | #348 | 73 |
| 1898 | #352 | 78 |
| 1897 | #332 | 78 |
| 1896 | #276 | 108 |
| 1895 | #294 | 94 |
| 1894 | #290 | 90 |
| 1893 | #307 | 79 |
| 1892 | #278 | 92 |
| 1891 | #267 | 84 |
| 1890 | #272 | 84 |
| 1889 | #251 | 87 |
| 1888 | #267 | 75 |
| 1887 | #228 | 83 |
| 1886 | #224 | 81 |
| 1885 | #212 | 85 |
| 1884 | #234 | 66 |
| 1883 | #214 | 68 |
| 1882 | #247 | 49 |
| 1881 | #201 | 55 |
| 1880 | #182 | 67 |
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 1933
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- New York#321 · 1 in 3,758
- New Jersey#328 · 1 in 4,824
- Kentucky#355 · 1 in 3,248
- Virginia#388 · 1 in 4,525
- Alabama#434 · 1 in 4,569
Best ever in a state: #153 in Hawaii, 1917.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | #321 | 22 | 1 in 3,758 |
| New Jersey | #328 | 5 | 1 in 4,824 |
| Kentucky | #355 | 8 | 1 in 3,248 |
| Virginia | #388 | 5 | 1 in 4,525 |
| Alabama | #434 | 6 | 1 in 4,569 |
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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.
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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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 716 | #182 (1880) | #226 |
| 1890s | 860 | #267 (1891) | #302 |
| 1900s | 768 | #343 (1907) | #383 |
| 1910s | 1,662 | #390 (1910) | #429 |
| 1920s | 1,735 | #453 (1920) | #537 |
| 1930s | 791 | #622 (1930) | #805 |
| 1940s | 384 | #1,143 (1943) | #1,371 |
| 1950s | 308 | #1,495 (1950) | #1,888 |
| 1960s | 256 | #2,163 (1962) | #2,472 |
| 1970s | 373 | #1,732 (1973) | #2,274 |
| 1980s | 450 | #1,986 (1988) | #2,318 |
| 1990s | 567 | #1,854 (1993) | #2,439 |
| 2000s | 398 | #2,808 (2001) | #3,721 |
| 2010s | 264 | #3,211 (2015) | #5,429 |
| 2020s | 122 | #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 1933
girls
#736
80 births · 1 in 12,599 girls
Top girls' names in 1933
More about 1933
girls
1,007,932 girls got a published name in 1933; 1 in 12,599 of them was named Fanny, which outranked 84.8% of the 4,858 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).