Nannie
Last seen for girls in 1991 at #11,509 · Last seen for boys in 1925 at #4,197
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1882 · 299 births
- Debut · girls
- 248 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 8 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 25,560since 1880
Nannie over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | — | |
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | — | |
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | — | |
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| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | — | |
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,563 | 11 | — | |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | — | |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 | — | |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 | — | |
| 1974 | #5,360 | 10 | — | |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,523 | 12 | — | |
| 1971 | #5,136 | 10 | — | |
| 1970 | #5,061 | 10 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,012 | 20 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,057 | 18 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,781 | 20 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,752 | 20 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,733 | 12 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,348 | 27 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,211 | 29 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,463 | 24 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,411 | 25 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,855 | 37 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,794 | 38 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,557 | 47 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,588 | 46 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,560 | 46 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,229 | 67 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,267 | 61 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,082 | 79 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,059 | 79 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,005 | 86 | — | |
| 1950 | #937 | 91 | — | |
| 1949 | #948 | 88 | — | |
| 1948 | #821 | 112 | — | |
| 1947 | #775 | 123 | — | |
| 1946 | #728 | 123 | — | |
| 1945 | #654 | 126 | — | |
| 1944 | #592 | 154 | — | |
| 1943 | #588 | 164 | — | |
| 1942 | #572 | 166 | — | |
| 1941 | #518 | 179 | — | |
| 1940 | #471 | 203 | — | |
| 1939 | #470 | 202 | — | |
| 1938 | #466 | 209 | — | |
| 1937 | #422 | 236 | — | |
| 1936 | #402 | 253 | — | |
| 1935 | #391 | 269 | — | |
| 1934 | #379 | 283 | — | |
| 1933 | #377 | 290 | — | |
| 1932 | #363 | 307 | — | |
| 1931 | #349 | 332 | — | |
| 1930 | #351 | 359 | — | |
| 1929 | #333 | 375 | — | |
| 1928 | #325 | 420 | — | |
| 1927 | #311 | 459 | — | |
| 1926 | #296 | 515 | — | |
| 1925 | #295 | 521 | #4,197 | 5 |
| 1924 | #279 | 561 | — | |
| 1923 | #275 | 548 | — | |
| 1922 | #268 | 579 | — | |
| 1921 | #271 | 610 | #4,322 | 5 |
| 1920 | #258 | 655 | — | |
| 1919 | #256 | 621 | — | |
| 1918 | #255 | 631 | #4,179 | 5 |
| 1917 | #254 | 596 | — | |
| 1916 | #250 | 593 | — | |
| 1915 | #241 | 607 | #3,825 | 5 |
| 1914 | #246 | 457 | — | |
| 1913 | #242 | 402 | — | |
| 1912 | #217 | 427 | — | |
| 1911 | #215 | 329 | — | |
| 1910 | #197 | 334 | — | |
| 1909 | #170 | 355 | — | |
| 1908 | #182 | 313 | — | |
| 1907 | #175 | 320 | — | |
| 1906 | #167 | 323 | — | |
| 1905 | #172 | 303 | — | |
| 1904 | #171 | 289 | — | |
| 1903 | #157 | 325 | — | |
| 1902 | #148 | 359 | — | |
| 1901 | #139 | 358 | — | |
| 1900 | #136 | 446 | — | |
| 1899 | #142 | 331 | — | |
| 1898 | #141 | 359 | — | |
| 1897 | #143 | 333 | — | |
| 1896 | #119 | 400 | — | |
| 1895 | #129 | 355 | — | |
| 1894 | #123 | 374 | — | |
| 1893 | #112 | 392 | — | |
| 1892 | #118 | 385 | — | |
| 1891 | #124 | 315 | — | |
| 1890 | #112 | 355 | — | |
| 1889 | #100 | 396 | — | |
| 1888 | #103 | 373 | — | |
| 1887 | #95 | 340 | — | |
| 1886 | #97 | 347 | — | |
| 1885 | #104 | 285 | — | |
| 1884 | #97 | 314 | — | |
| 1883 | #87 | 305 | — | |
| 1882 | #86 | 299 | — | |
| 1881 | #88 | 258 | — | |
| 1880 | #87 | 248 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Nannie was already there! It came in at #87, and was given to 248 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1980, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Nannie is popular in 1916
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Virginia#63 · 1 in 253
- Kentucky#75 · 1 in 286
- North Carolina#81 · 1 in 299
- Tennessee#104 · 1 in 405
- South Carolina#144 · 1 in 712
Best ever in a state: #52 in Virginia, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | #63 | 96 | 1 in 253 |
| Kentucky | #75 | 84 | 1 in 286 |
| North Carolina | #81 | 102 | 1 in 299 |
| Tennessee | #104 | 57 | 1 in 405 |
| South Carolina | #144 | 27 | 1 in 712 |
| Alabama | #153 | 35 | 1 in 739 |
| West Virginia | #154 | 20 | 1 in 759 |
| Mississippi | #165 | 24 | 1 in 750 |
| Georgia | #171 | 36 | 1 in 871 |
| Maryland | #196 | 9 | 1 in 1,338 |
| Texas | #236 | 39 | 1 in 1,155 |
| Arkansas | #303 | 9 | 1 in 1,821 |
| Oklahoma | #325 | 8 | 1 in 2,292 |
| Louisiana | #359 | 7 | 1 in 2,533 |
| Pennsylvania | #408 | 12 | 1 in 7,439 |
| Ohio | #541 | 5 | 1 in 9,595 |
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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.
See more about Nannie
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1991
- Biggest jump: 12 spots in 1909 (#182 → #170)
- Biggest drop: 127 spots in 1949 (#821 → #948)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1882 at #86 (299 births)
- Births halved by 1945, 63 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 8 yrs · run 1880–1884
- Top 1,000: 71 yrs · run 1880–1950
- Highest: 1 in 356 girls born in 1881 were named Nannie (0.28%)
- Latest: 1 in 312,501 girls born in 1991 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #86 in 1882, was only 1 in 361 (0.28%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 20.5% of all girls named Nannie (5,243) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 3,165 | #86 (1882) | #94 |
| 1890s | 3,599 | #112 (1893) | #126 |
| 1900s | 3,391 | #136 (1900) | #162 |
| 1910s | 4,997 | #197 (1910) | #237 |
| 1920s | 5,243 | #258 (1920) | #291 |
| 1930s | 2,740 | #349 (1931) | #397 |
| 1940s | 1,438 | #471 (1940) | #667 |
| 1950s | 640 | #937 (1950) | #1,308 |
| 1960s | 232 | #1,855 (1960) | #2,662 |
| 1970s | 93 | #4,523 (1972) | #5,940 |
| 1980s | 16 | #9,110 (1981) | #10,607 |
| 1990s | 6 | #11,509 (1991) | #11,509 |
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.
Nannie in 1916
Top girls' names in 1916
More about 1916
girls
1,044,334 girls got a published name in 1916; 1 in 1,761 of them was named Nannie, which outranked 95.2% of the 5,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.